Question

How came the decline of Ayub Khan and start of movement for democracy?

Answer 1

Explanation:

• Concentration of political power in his own hands.
• Dictatorial powers of President: people want parliamentary form of democracy
• Right of adult franchise curtailed by the system of basic democracy
• Hold of military hierarchy, civil bureaucracy and rural elite in policy making.
• Disqualification of politicians and political parties under Elective Bodies Disqualification Order (EBDO).

Answer 2

Forced to resign to avoid further protests while inviting army chief Yahya Khan to impose martial law for the second time, he fought a brief illness and died in 1974.