1973 Pakistan coup attempt
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| 1973 Pakistan coup attempt | |||||||
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| Part of Military coups in Pakistan | |||||||
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 Government of Pakistan |
 Fraction of the Army Fraction of the PAF | ||||||
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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (Prime minister of Pakistan) |
Brig. F.B Ali Major Farouk Adam Khan Squadron Leader Ghous Colonel Aleem Afridi (Double agent) Lt. Colonel Tariq Rafi | ||||||
The 1973 Pakistan coup attempt, also known as the Attock Conspiracy, refers to a plot[1] by Brig. Ali, Major Farouk Adam Khan, Squadron Leader Ghous, Colonel Aleem Afridi and Lt. Colonel Tariq Rafi against the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to overthrow the government and establish a revolutionary military junta.[2][3][4]
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) had come to power in December 1971 the independence of Bangladesh from Pakistan as PPP had won majority seats in the 1970 elections in the then West Pakistan.[2][3][4]
Previous role of the plotters
The coup was plotted by the same group of officers who had actually helped Bhutto to come to power after the Bangladesh Liberation War, these officers forced Yahya Khan to resign and transfer power to Bhutto, by threatening an officer's coup if he didn't comply. Yahya Khan resigned.[2][3][4][1][5][6]