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it gets stuck on the fourth question

I believe Pakistan has generally seen more harm then good under military rule. The best two dictators were Ayub and Musharraf, and the worst two were Yahya and Zia.

Awesome!

@Urmi You need to click done, once you've selected all the desired options.

there are certain inconsistencies in the quiz ZA Bhutto was also a Chief Marshal Law administrator so there were four Marshal Laws

I am an indian and I got 6 questions correct :D

wow... I got 100 :) I am a Coup Master....

Oh. Im a Coup Adept :) I personally think it was the political incompetence which always led to coups. Just consider the current condition.

@Wasif It says "Pakistan's military coups" in the title :/

Economic History of Pakistan is evident that it grew more vibrantly in military era than in democracy. Democracy till yet has not delivered anything to Pakistanis. Our Politicians only use it for their corruption and country highjack. our people don't have sense to choose their leaders. They don't know what are the basic characteristics of the leader which they should consider while choosing them. Unfortunately, nobody exist in Pakistan to educate the people on their basic rights and on which grounds they should choose their leaders. First we should educate our people then go for democracy.

Managed just 4 out of 10 correctly. Not that familiar with Pakistan's coup history :(.

@Wasif ZA Bhutto and Marshal Law??? This is always done by Law Enforcement Agencies and most powerful one in Pakistan is Army. Marshal means an officer of the highest rank in the armed forces.

Civil rule or democracy call it what ever you will, all were corrupt and disgrace-full in fact worst then Army rule.

i didn't agree that every coup was bloodless. many lives was taken on coup but none was published. and what about bhutto hanging isn't it the reaction of coup ?

They actually have a quiz for this???? Talk about black humour.

I think Ayub Khan's era is known for the industrialization in the country.

Punishment should be given to all dictators.

@Rizwan Yes political ineptness and military machinations. Like we see today.

1-lahore Martial Law on sectarian problem 2-Ayub Khan ML: to derail democracy but gave economy boost. 3- Yahya Khan,s ML: to save Ayub Khan, gave transparent election, tried to give power to Awami League but West Pakistan's leaders did not like it even ZAB and this led to separation of the eastern province. 4-Civilian ML: ZAB took the power from Yahya Khan 5-Ziaul Haq ML: introduction of so called Sharia half heartedly 6-Pervaiz Musharaf ML: to topple NS govt. introduction of Local Bodies gave good economy boost 7- in waiting

I am not from Pakistan but still scored 6/10! Those who believe that Pakistan economy did better under army should 1. Cold war => In 50,'s US Were in search of ally in south asia after India have decided to follow NAM! Money poured in from USA 2. Zia had advantage of Soviet war in Afghanistan that poured billions $ in Pakistan 3. Musharraf too was involved in Afghanistan war that brought in billion$

One more interesting question that could be included: Q: All of the coups were carried out on: 1. Monday 2. Tuesday 3. Friday

all were in best interest of pakistan,owing to the corrupt politicians negligences

Ayub's Martial Law was the industrial era of Pakistan, golden days. In Musharaf's era we all saw a media and communication flourishing. Most of the telecom private companies and almost all private tv and radio channels are of his era. Only Zia's era was controversial where there was more of islamisation, due to the cold/afghan war and Pakistan had declared its support for US. Thus the initiation of all the fanetics. Overall Military rule has given Pakistan prosperity. The statistics prove this claim. Anyone doesn't agree first go and read the facts.

I am an Indian and a Sindhi . I am a coup master with 8 out of 10.

Wow I got 4 out of 10 :D

@Rana Imran I totally endorsed.

kindly raise a questionnaire ......why martial laws were there q's can be like q-1: what happened b/w 1956-1958 q-2: what happened b/w 7 oct 1958-27 oct 1958 q-3: what happened in 1977 elections q-4: what was law and order in may, june, 1977 ... . q-11: what happened in 2013 elections q-12: what was law and order in aug 2014

I was born in India and migrated to Pakistan in 1947 because of partition. Pakistan need martial law again. Democracy is not going to work in Pakistan. Civilian are corrupt and making our beloved army corrupt. This country needs an honest miilitary Admiministror to run the government.

excellent quiz

Got stuck at fourth question. Slide does not move to next.....

I scored 8 out of 10.

A system of government by its very definition is a system that works....it

Had we followed Qaid-e-Azam's guidelines, we would have never seen any martial law.

Good attempt to educate youth on our past that still haunts us.

There should also be an article on, How well do you know Pakistan's Corrupt Governments? We seem to remember military coups only and conveniently forget about the corrupt governments and the damage they cause to economy and nation. Most of our efforts to inform the people about political and democratic process is designed propaganda to benefit few (actually many stake holders) who are in the business of making money and encouraging corruption. Ask a common man about his life after 68 years of independence, he well tell you he has no rights. no hope of justice and no hope for future.

got 70%

@Rana Imran I respect your judgement which is so true. I now believe that there are some people left in Pakistan with such intellectual vision! I personally feel that we give our Prime Minister Nawaz Shareef his tenure and see what he does for us rather then jump the gun...Qadri & Imrans policies are good but where will they get the MONEY from for the reforms they are talking about ???? ...Its difficult to get our money back from abroad & also to ensure that all business people pay due taxes........It can happen but will take a very long time so our citizen should first learn to be patient. I know for a fact rigging was done but not to an extent where PML would not have won this election.

Good quiz. Now make a quiz about the judges who endorsed and took "oath of allegiance" to these military rulers. Then, make a quiz about politicians who prospered under these military rulers and amassed billions in foreign bank accounts through lucrative businesses sponsored by military rulers.

USA State dept papers and British commonwealth and foreign office'declassified documents about 1950s reveal that Ayub Khan has been itching to get rid of democracy for several yrs before 1958 ,he found a willing partner in Iskander Mirza.According to these records he used to boast to American ambassadors that he would keep Politicians under control ( that is before 1958 and as C in C.) The Pakistani General has followed the same attitude and continue to inherit this diseaseto this day like some illness which runs in the family .I firmly believe Javed Hasmi is telling the truth(although a bit late) .Present situation is replay of 1968/69,1977 and this time IK,TQ are the puppets.Let us not blame the whole Army ,Jawans & most of the officers have nothing to do with this attitude ,it is only some generals who get infected with this Virus and therefore one should use the word Generals rather than Army when talking about their involment in politics and civilian affairs .Like any other individual they are welcomed to enter Politics after genuine retirement but not before.

@Moiz Omar No good choosing the best out of a rotten lot. They were all degenerates who did not care for the solemn pledge which they took as an oath of office, they were all unable to perform an honest job. Some of them were over promoted and the intellectual ability failed them. Others were plan dishonest individuals who could not be trusted with a hundred rupees note. The world over it is proved a dozen times over that any country deteriorates economically under a dictatorship. There is reputable economist who would applaud a dictatorship for the economic progress of the country. You may have seen a comparison in the daily Dawn a few weeks ago where a decent comparison of a Pakistani dictator's economic achievements was published. The result was consistent with the other studies in the world. Some tell you bigger lies than others.

@Kumar You are clueless. It had to do with sound economic policies and political discipline that Pakistan was best off under military leadership.

I am totally against any kind of dictatorship or Martial Law, very clear. But in the meantime, I would like to ask these democrats whose heads are Nawaz Sharif and Zardari. Are they both democrat? The Answer is NO - they are worse than Fouji Dictator, If they are in power, then there is democracy in the Country, if they are NOT, then NO democracy. Their position is, they don't want elections in their own party and try to remain as heads, if NOT by any chance, then try for brother or sister and then to sons. This is NOT a democracy at all, democracy where I am a member of the party, I can also dream to become a Prime Minister, and in the democracy of these civilian dictators, I can't even think that my next 4th generation will be able to even become a member of these Assemblies, because I am from a lower middle Class and also from a lower caste, with no money, not own a house of mine, no car not even motor cycle. What I will be in future - I will be what my father is now - a gardner.

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i am coup master,score 80%...but at least during military rule people get L.B system ,and economy development except during Zia rule

@Sonny Afridi you are in the dark.Pakistan has never been better under military rule e.g under Ayub only textile mills were promoted no heavy industry like steel mill etc was established even the ordinance industry was primitive.Present Energy Crises actually started under Musharif and became quite bad when PPP took over in 2008(although it could not resolve it),also the Circular Debt was also getting worseunder Musharaf .However these things were not given prominence during his regime because of various anti Musharaf movements.

Unfortunately, he was responsible for starting this dirty tradition (Coup). You can call him Coupmarshall instead of so called Field Marshall

Coup Adept B) Hope we don't have anymore of these. These are disastrous for the country and its populace.

Thanks for reminding us what we have been through just a while ago as our memories are too short. I hope we will start learning from our past experiences.

Someone pointed out that Ayub khan was the best dictator. How can someone be the best dictator who sets up a wrong precedence.

I agree with Rana Imran. I did my MA in 1967-69. During my studies I did not loose a single year of studies. Ayub was a military man. But credit goes to him for building Pakistan. South Korean took our 5 years planning and Bangladesh followed the family planning model. These countries have progressed and we are in reverse gear.What is the use of Democracy!

Coup complete successfully and its bloodless.

So military dictatorship is a dictatorship and civilian one is not?? How dose that work?? Civilian dictatorship is worse.

@Rana Imran of course you know very little about this.

@Vivek Good you follow our country.

@Kumar Indian debt $390 billion in 2013 and Pakistan $ 45 billion. Indian annual deficit $ 110 billion Pakistan $ 10 billion. Need I say more. Suggest you dont even go there.

The problem is that our so called democratic or civilian leaders are themselves a product of a coup. Ayub Khan,'s coup produced ZA Bhutto, Zia's coup produced Nawaz Sharif.

@Vivek; "I am an indian and I got 6 questions correct." That is not surprising, it is a subjective matter and this "survey" represents point of view of Pakistan's enemies, or at least Pakistan Army's enemies.

Thanks for something interesting for a change. Our newspapers need to focus a bit on the fun part as well :)

@Gaurav Arya yes, please talk about it. History is what it is. What's wrong with the quiz?

General Ayub Khan was a corrupt general. He spent billions of dollars to make his choice of capital and shifted the capital from Karachi. That is the main reason of the disintegration of Pakistan and formation of Bangladesh

very different and some thing New ever i saw on Dawn news survey..thansk:)

Coup is coming. The new general jj

Pakistani politicians learned only one lesson, not to fight with each other to give the Army a chance to take over. However, they have to learn more about the good governance and reduce if could not eliminate corruption!

Not bad score for some one who has no knowledge of any Asian countries

All Pakistan's military coup were Bloodless justify,? I didnt find any important question about Pakistan asked in this quiz, it was all about Dictators. Zia ulhaq destroyed Pakistan, Pakistan is still waiting for a true leader, after Quaid e Azam,

@Rana Imran Its good to leave on people to chose and in process they will educate themselves what is good for them.after all democratic institutions need time to flourish

Add one more as it seems to me IK and Q are hellbent on their mission

I got 8 out of 10. For a non-pakistani, i think the score is not bad.

@Moiz Omar the only coup was of Zia. The rest was a necessity

@Wasif Only 1 that of Zia.

@Rizwan It was the bureaucracy that did it. Exccept Zia

@Rana Imran Well said, there is nothing more expensive than ignorance. Our Govt did make some attempts but something did go wrong.

@Salman Marshal is spelled as martial law, sir. You loose a point for spelling mistake.

@zain As long as a country exists every or any govt do help it.

@Kumar All the $ were to pay the big shots.

fourth question has some problem

@Aliya press on the done alphabet

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@Abdul H. Khalid, is there anyone like that?

Add another question. When will the next coup take place?