Pakistan's first and only other Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan rose to absolute power more than six decades ago.

While Ayub Khan was the first Pakistani Field Marshal to lose a war with India, now, decades later, history seems to echo.

As Field Marshal Munir rises, Shehbaz and Zardari grapple with the enduring shadow of Pakistan’s military coups ...

Pakistan’s government says it’s recognition of his leadership in the India-Pakistan confrontation. Not everyone agrees.

Mohammad Ayub Khan proclaimed himself Field Marshal as he neared retirement from the Army. He claimed the promotion ...

In today's episode of India Global, Pakistan Army chief General Asim Munir has been promoted to the topmost military rank of Field Marshal - an honour given only in the rarest of occasions and on ...

Since Pakistan’s Mohammed Ayub Khan seized power in 1958. he has argued that Western-style constitutions are unsuited to new, underdeveloped nations. Banning political parties, which he blamed ...

Munir is the first army general since General Ayub Khan to be elevated to the highest military rank in Pakistan. General Khan was conferred the rank of Field Marshal in 1959. “The Government of ...

In Pakistan, Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq and as army chief, Pervez Musharraf seized power through coups and trampled the hopes of the people under their feet. Ayub Khan Ayub ...

With Asim Munir's promotion to the topmost military rank in Pakistan, the world is reminded of the country's turbulent past.

The promotion to Field Marshal is largely ceremonial, acknowledging General Munir’s outstanding contributions to the ...

General Asim Munir’s sudden elevation to Field Marshal, Pakistan’s highest military rank, comes not in a moment of triumph ...