Abstract
This Paper is about the Combined Opposition Parties, an electoral alliance which
challenged Ayub Khan in the 1965 Presidential election. The alliance not only
challenged but it gave a tough time through its effective mass mobilisation both in
the urban and rural areas to one of the strongest military ruler in Pakistan. The
alliance played a vital role in initiating critical debate and discussion in place of
dead conformism, in rekindling and refurbishing the enfeebled and dying flame of
democracy in Pakistan and thus setting the nation a new towards a democratic
destiny. Furthermore this alliance made a female as its candidate for
Presidentship which is a debatable issue among the orthodox Muslim scholars and
religio-political parties of the country. The paper focuses on the political
background, formation, strategies and politics of COP to get rid of the military
ruler. The paper is mainly descriptive in approach yet partial analytical approach
is also employed. Both primary and secondary sources of information are used in
this article.
Akhtar Hussain. (2018) Politics of Combined Opposition Parties (Cop) During Ayub Khan Era (1958-1969), Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, Volume 31, issue 1.
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