Pakistani President dies in plane crash
- Title
- Pakistani President dies in plane crash
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
- TX Date
- 19 Aug 1988
- Year of production
- 1988
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- Duration
- 00:02:38
- Description
- John Alcock reports from Karachi in Pakistan on the body of President Zia returning after he was killed in a suspicious air crash. Includes reaction from opposition People’s Party leader Benazhir Bhutto.
- Contributors
- Benazir Bhutto; John Alcock
- Keywords
- Deaths; Elections; Military aircraft; Pakistan; Geoffrey Howe; Presidents; Explosions; General Zia; George Shultz; Crashes (aircraft); President Zia; Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq; People’s Party
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LBC/IRN, "Pakistani President dies in plane crash". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007900220010 (Accessed 25 Apr 2025)