Tsawon lokacin da Ayub Khan ya ayyana dokar soji a Pakistan ya kasance da rashin kwanciyar hankali na siyasa da siyasar bangaranci.Gwamnati, da ake ganin ta gaza wajen gudanar da mulkinta, ta fuskanci batutuwa kamar rigingimun ruwan magudanar ruwa da ba a warware ba, da suka shafi tattalin arzikin dogaro da kai, da kuma kalubale wajen tunkarar kasancewar Indiya a Jammu da Kashmir.A shekara ta 1956 Pakistan ta sauya sheka daga mulkin Birtaniya zuwa Jamhuriyar Musulunci tare da sabon kundin tsarin mulki, kuma Manjo Janar Iskander Mirza ya zama shugaban kasa na farko.Sai dai kuma, wannan lokaci ya gamu da rigingimun siyasa da kuma samun nasarar maye gurbin firayim minista hudu cikin shekaru biyu, lamarin da ya kara tayar da hankalin jama'a da sojoji.Rikicin da Mirza ya yi na amfani da madafun iko, musamman shirinsa na Unit Unit na hade lardunan Pakistan zuwa fikafikai biyu, Gabas da Yammacin Pakistan, ya kawo rarrabuwar kawuna a siyasance da wuya a aiwatar da shi.Wannan hargitsi da ayyukan Mirza ya haifar da imani a cikin sojoji cewa jama'a za su goyi bayan juyin mulki, wanda hakan ya share hanyar da Ayub Khan ya dauka.A ranar 7 ga Oktoba, Shugaba Mirza ya ayyana dokar ta-baci, ya soke kundin tsarin mulkin 1956, ya kori gwamnati, ya rusa majalisun dokoki, da kuma haramta jam'iyyun siyasa.Ya nada Janar Ayub Khan a matsayin Babban Jami’in Shari’ar Martial kuma ya ba shi mukamin sabon Firayim Minista.Duka Mirza da Ayub Khan suna kallon juna a matsayin masu fafatawa a kan mulki.Mirza, yana jin rawar da ya taka ta sake komawa baya bayan Ayub Khan ya karbi mafi yawan hukumomin zartarwa a matsayin babban jami'in shari'a kuma Firayim Minista, ya yi kokarin sake jaddada matsayinsa.Akasin haka, Ayub Khan ya zargi Mirza da kulla masa makirci.An sanar da Ayub Khan game da aniyar Mirza na kama shi bayan ya dawo daga Dhaka.Daga karshe dai ana kyautata zaton cewa Ayub Khan, tare da goyon bayan manyan janar-janar, ya tilastawa Mirza yin murabus.^[14] Bayan haka, da farko an kai Mirza zuwa Quetta, babban birnin Baluchistan, sannan aka kai shi Landan, Ingila, a ranar 27 ga Nuwamba, inda ya rayu har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekara ta 1969.Tun da farko an yi maraba da juyin mulkin soja a Pakistan a matsayin hutu daga rashin kwanciyar hankali, tare da fatan daidaita tattalin arziki da zamanantar da siyasa.Gwamnatin Ayub Khan ta samu tallafi daga gwamnatocin kasashen waje, ciki har da Amurka .^[15] Ya haɗu da matsayin shugaban ƙasa da Firayim Minista, ya kafa majalisar ministocin fasaha, hafsoshin soja, da jami'an diflomasiyya.Ayub Khan ya nada Janar Muhammad Musa a matsayin sabon hafsan soji kuma ya tabbatar da hukuncin shari'a don karbar mukaminsa karkashin "Rundunar dole."