Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa5 July 1977, Bhutto akabviswa pachigaro nemukuru wake wemauto General Zia-ul-Haq mukubvuta masimba kwemauto asati atongwa zvine nharo uye kuurayiwa. Zia akabva atora chinzvimbo chaPurezidhendi wePakistan muna 1978 uye mutemo wezviuru zvakapfupikiswa wakatanga kutora chimiro. Pashure pokukundwa kwePakistan muHondo yeIndo-Pakistani ya1971, Pakistan yakakamurwa uye
Bangladesh yakasikwa. Hondo yacho yakajekesa kuti Kashmir yakanga isingachagoni kutorwa kuIndia nehondo yenguva dzose. Zia akashandisa "hondo yamakore ane chiuru" yaBhutto nedzidziso ye'Bleed India Through A Thousand Cuts' achishandisa hondo yakavanzika uye yakaderera nechisimba nechisimba uye kupinda.