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| The plot had it's initiation in 1982 when Major Aftab along with another major in [[Pakistan army]], met with lawyer, philosopher and Marxist sympathizer, Raza Kazim at his residence. | The plot had it's initiation in 1982 when Major Aftab along with another major in [[Pakistan army]], met with lawyer, philosopher and Marxist sympathizer, Raza Kazim at his residence. |
| Kazim was imprisoned just an year before for publishing a pamphlet against [[Ziaul Haq]]. The majors began expressing their dissatisfaction towards the regime of [[Zia ul Haq]], but the majors did not inform him that they were planning to organise a coup against him.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1272024|title=Men on horseback,a history of coups}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nayadaur.tv/22-Jul-2020/fallen-horses-the-coup-attempts-that-failed-in-pakistan|title =fallen horses the coups that failed in Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://resonantnews.com/2021/09/08/a-coup-that-wasnt-a-threat-that-remains/|title=a coup that wasn't a threat that remains}}</ref> | Kazim was imprisoned just an year before for publishing a pamphlet against [[Ziaul Haq]]. The majors began expressing their dissatisfaction towards the regime of [[Zia ul Haq]], but the majors did not inform him that they were planning to organise a coup against him.<ref name=attock/><ref name=gn/><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1272024|title=Men on horseback,a history of coups}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nayadaur.tv/22-Jul-2020/fallen-horses-the-coup-attempts-that-failed-in-pakistan|title =fallen horses the coups that failed in Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://resonantnews.com/2021/09/08/a-coup-that-wasnt-a-threat-that-remains/|title=a coup that wasn't a threat that remains}}</ref> |
| These majors, along with a member of the Pakistan leftist intelligentsia, Ali Mehmood, continued to have secret meetings with Raza. Moreover, Mustafa Khar, a former minister in the [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]] regime and a senior member of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] also "*****" in contact with the plotters from his exile in the UK<ref name=mfl/><ref name=monitor>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJ5tAAAAMAAJ&q=Mustafa+khar+coup+attempt|title=Asian monitor|date=1985 }}</ref><ref name=Khar>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfdtAAAAMAAJ&q=Mustafa+khar+coup+attempt|title=Lahore coup attempt|date=1985 }}</ref><ref name=Journey>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuVtAAAAMAAJ&q=Mustafa+khar+coup+attempt|title=A Journey to Disillusionment|isbn=978-0-19-579076-4 |last1=Mazari |first1=Sherbaz Khan |last2=Mazari |first2=Shehryar Khan |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>. | These majors, along with a member of the Pakistan leftist intelligentsia, Ali Mehmood, continued to have secret meetings with Raza. Moreover, Mustafa Khar, a former minister in the [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]] regime and a senior member of the [[Pakistan People's Party]] also "*****" in contact with the plotters from his exile in the UK<ref name=mfl/><ref name=monitor>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rJ5tAAAAMAAJ&q=Mustafa+khar+coup+attempt|title=Asian monitor|date=1985 }}</ref><ref name=Khar>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yfdtAAAAMAAJ&q=Mustafa+khar+coup+attempt|title=Lahore coup attempt|date=1985 }}</ref><ref name=Journey>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NuVtAAAAMAAJ&q=Mustafa+khar+coup+attempt|title=A Journey to Disillusionment|isbn=978-0-19-579076-4 |last1=Mazari |first1=Sherbaz Khan |last2=Mazari |first2=Shehryar Khan |date=1999 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref>. |
| Khar was requested by the plotters to help them overthrow<ref name=Journey/><ref name=monitor/><ref name=Khar/> . Moreover, Kazim was also asked to talk to some other anti-Zia officers in the military about history, philosophy and politics. It is not known exactly how the plotters had planned to execute the coup and how many officers in planning it. But according to Kazim, over 500 military officers and soldiers were interrogated by the military intelligence apparatus.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1272024|title=Men on horseback,a history of coups}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nayadaur.tv/22-Jul-2020/fallen-horses-the-coup-attempts-that-failed-in-pakistan|title =fallen horses the coups that failed in Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://resonantnews.com/2021/09/08/a-coup-that-wasnt-a-threat-that-remains/|title=a coup that wasn't a threat that remains}}</ref> | Khar was requested by the plotters to help them overthrow<ref name=Journey/><ref name=monitor/><ref name=Khar/> . Moreover, Kazim was also asked to talk to some other anti-Zia officers in the military about history, philosophy and politics. It is not known exactly how the plotters had planned to execute the coup and how many officers in planning it. But according to Kazim, over 500 military officers and soldiers were interrogated by the military intelligence apparatus.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1272024|title=Men on horseback,a history of coups}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://nayadaur.tv/22-Jul-2020/fallen-horses-the-coup-attempts-that-failed-in-pakistan|title =fallen horses the coups that failed in Pakistan}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://resonantnews.com/2021/09/08/a-coup-that-wasnt-a-threat-that-remains/|title=a coup that wasn't a threat that remains}}</ref> |
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