Introduction:

Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth President of Pakistan in 1977 till his demise. He avowed martial
law for the third period in the country’s history. He ruled eleven years helping as a Head of state
of Pakistan and did much effort to convey religion into ordinary society, the brace for the
mujahideen battle contrary to Soviets in Afghanistan.
Every administration salaried only lip service regarding the religion Islam and there wasn’t any
truthful effort before Zia ever made in this direction. General Zia was conscious of such feelings.
So, he focused his devotion towards practical measure. Main points that were computed in this
regard are: Conception of encouraging atmosphere,
Improvements in information media,
Prohibition on lewd adds,
Connection with Ulama and Mashaikh,
Abolition of disorder,
Prayer in audience,
Admiration for Ramazan,
Better conveniences for pilgrimage,
Resettling of education guideline,
Building of International Islamic University Islamabad,
Arranging the Sharia court,
Sharia bench of Supreme court,
Qazi courts,
Development in the direction of Islamic economic system,
National language and national dress,
Judgments about Qadianis,
Implementation of Sharia rule in 1988.

1. During the Zia government such an atmosphere was created where denoting Islam was
respected and contrasting Islam was detested and criticized. He acted upon Islamic
commands, declared speeches and the addresses he used to deliver imitated his devoutness
to Islam.
2. Firstly, He introduced developments in media as his important role was creating favorable
community view for a specific organization. Music and dancing was banned whereas
penitentiary programs were presented. Azan was ventilated at the time of prayers. Hajj live
broadcast were publicized on small screen programs and entirely T.V programs were
clogged overall throughout Iftar time to present peaceful surroundings for the Muslims to
pray.
3. Zia concerned agreements of Ulama and Mashaikh to prompt their view easily and to
disapprove government if it trails the un-Islamic path.
 4. For every prayer, arrangements were made for attending in the government offices and
schools. Nazimin-i-Salat was selected who used to assemble the organizations of the
prayers, and advised the societies to offer prayers.
5. To implement the admiration for Ramazan a superior order was released, conferring to
which smoking, drinking, eating was forbidden publically and who so ever set up doing
that could be confined for three months or will be fined for 500 rupees. All the foodstuff
markets were closed down during Ramazan.
6. To instruct Islamic concept in students, general Zia well-arranged to appraisal all textbooks
regarding Islam and the ideology of Pakistan was removed. Islamiat and Pakistan studies
was made obligatory and were presented in all categories of educational foundations.
Arabic language was presented as obligatory subject from sixth to eight Class.
7. For the research in fiqh and principles of Sharia an Islamic International University was
established in Islamabad.
8. On 10 February 1979, Four punishments were imposed by an decree as mentioned in
Quran. Punishments include the wounding of hands for theft, hundred strokes and pelting
for death for infidelity and eighty lashes for drinking and for wrong allegation of disloyalty.
9. The sharia bench of Supreme Court was the uppermost court for plea concerning Islamic
law and the values of Islamic Law are deliberated and understood.
10. For protecting the people from the prejudice of bureaucracy the government chosen a
regulator in June 1981, who might transfer the grumbles of the societies.

General Zia is a provocative character in the history of Pakistan. He faced the leading class of
Pakistan, who were disappointed with his speedy Islamization of Pakistan. Political Ulema
reinforced Zia but claimed that Islamizing the nation wasn’t Zia’s Job as an alternative of this he
must focus on to hold polls and handover the control to elected legislatures, who will resolve then
to impose Islam.