President Ronald Reagan and Bill Clark meeting with President Zia-ul-Haq, 1982.
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was 6th president of of Pakistan (1977–1988). He was born in Jalandhar of Indian Punjab and migrated to Pakistan after partition of sub-continent in 1947. He was well known for his work to contain Soviets in Afghanistan and Islamization of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Quotes
- What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow we shall live under a different system. Today, the people will follow wherever I lead. All the politicians including the once mighty Mr. Bhutto will follow me with tails wagging.
- Speaking to an Iranian Newspaper in September 1977, as quoted in Pakistan, a Dream Gone Sour (1997) by Roedad Khan.
- I genuinely feel that the survival of this country lies in democracy and democracy alone.
- As quoted in "Mohammad Zia ul-Haq : Unbending Commander for Era of Atom and Islam", The New York Times (18 August 1988).
- Cricket can be a bridge and a glue... Cricket for peace is my mission.
- Quoted in Helen Exley Cricket Quotations (1992)[1]
External links
- ↑ Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 937
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