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Why did Ayub Khan come to power in 1958?
Three things are usually credited here: the instability of the civilian governments, the failure of the 1956 constitution to produce workable politics, and Iskander Mirza's declaration of martial law, which handed Ayub the opening he took weeks later.
Examiners noted that weaker answers described the events without explaining why each one mattered, which is what the marks are for.
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Examiner report, Oct/Nov 2020, page 4
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Subjects
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Being prepared
- 1123 English Language
- 4024 Mathematics
- 2058 Islamiyat
- 3248 Urdu
- 5054 Physics
- 5070 Chemistry
- 5090 Biology
- 2210 Computer Science
- 4037 Additional Mathematics
- 7707 Accounting
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