Rawalpindi conspiracy
| The Rawalpindi Conspiracy | |||||||
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| Part of Military coups in Pakistan | |||||||
Liaquat Ali Khan | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Government of Pakistan |
Anti-Liaquat factions of the Pakistan Army Communist Party of Pakistan | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Liaquat Ali Khan (Prime Minister of Pakistan) Ayub Khan (Commander-in-Chief of the Army) |
Akbar Khan (POW) (Chief of General Staff) Sajjad Zaheer (POW) (General-Secretary of the Communist Party) Faiz Ahmad Faiz (POW) | ||||||
The Rawalpindi conspiracy was an attempted coup to overthrow Liaquat Ali Khan, the first prime minister of Pakistan, in March 1951. It was the first of many subsequent coup attempts against governments in the history of Pakistan. The coup was notably planned by military general Akbar Khan, poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and writer Sajjad Zaheer along with 12 others.