The Oppression under the Military Governmental regime of General Zia-ul-Haq, is a period in the Cold war context and the history of Pakistan in which the mass political and military repression occurred during the military regime of General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq who gave the authorization of such political crimes to curbed the communist, secular, socialist, liberal and democratic socialist forces, from 1982 to 1988. It involve the large-scale purge of Communist Party, repression of peasants, senior military leaders, characterised by widespread police surveillance, widespread suspicion of "saboteurs", imprisonment, and arbitrary executions of the Pro-Russian parties opposing the country's covert involvement to arm the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union in Soviet Afghanistan.

On July 5, 1977 Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Army General Zia-ul-Haq the orchestrated a plan to overthrow the civilian and democratically elected government of Prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto in a bloodless coup, codename —Operation Fair Play. After the imposition of martial law in Pakistan, the military dictatorial regime moved swiftly to thwart any opposition or prospective opposition against Zia's regime, while the initial public response against the imposition of martial law was limited to lounges, the persecution and opposition increased in the run up to the conviction and execution of Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Thereafter the opposition and simultaneously the persecution became more organized with the advent of Movement for Restoration of Democracy under the leadership of Benazir Bhutto.

Hassan Nisar (Punjabi: حسن نثار) is a syndicated columnist and an analyst with his own talk show Choraha on Geo TV, Pakistan. His presentations are in Urdu. His commentaries in print media and television focusing on contemporary Pakistan, and the political history of Islam, have earned him both praise from liberal peers and scorn from Nationalist and religious elements in Pakistan.

Although Nisar is a veteran journalist, who has been involved with print media for more than a decade, he became a household name due to the rise of private TV channels in Pakistan followed by YouTube, where many of his TV appearances including Meray Mutabiq (Urdu: میرے مطابق) are regularly uploaded. He has also hosted a talk show, "Choraha" on Geo News.

He is criticized by fellow journalists for being biased against PML(N).^{[citation needed]}