- 1953/54 constitutional coup: General Ayub Khan
- 1958 coup: In 1958, the first Pakistani President Major General Iskander Mirza dismissed the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan and the government of Prime Minister Feroz Khan Noon, appointing army commander-in-chief Gen. Ayub Khan as the Chief martial law administrator.
- 1977 coup (Operation Fair Play): led by Chief of Army Staff General Zia-ul-Haq