antiobl said:No! It was the dreamer socialist Bhutto who wanted to unite Muslim nations. Zia was much more pragmatic than him.
Zia was replaced by rabid Islamist like Aslam Beg as COAS.
Also Zia's ISI director Akhtar Abul Rehman was replaced by another Islamist Hamid Gul.
Zia's son, and Gen Rehman's son are on the record accusing Aslam Beg for killing their fathers.
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Some say it was KGB to punnish Zia for attacking the Soviet southern underbelly through the Mujahideen. William Casey and Zia both planned it, Casey was Mysteriously killed a few months ago before Zia.
Others say it was the CIA , Zia was going to watch a demonstration of the American Abrahms Tank which Zia was going to buy from the US.That Tank would have changed the balance of Power in the subcontinent. So CIA killed ZIA and installed Benazir Bhutto in the seat of Government.
Then again some say it was MOSSAD because ZIA was close to testing a Nuclear Weapon in 1988 to ward off India which was conducting operation BrassTacks close to the Sind/Punjab border.
Some also say it was RAW.....although i find it very unlikely since RAW had neither the resources or the cranial capacity to carry out such an attack without Israeli and Russian manuals and Brainpower.
So in conclusion i think it could be one of the above.......OR an INSIDE JOB!