Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
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Why Zia, Munir, Ayub, and Even Modi, Are Jinnah’s Children
X.T.M argues that Zia-ul-Haq, Asim Munir, Ayub Khan and Narendra Modi are Jinnah’s true heirs, because Jinnah’s communal mobilisation built a state of permanent insecurity, military guardianship and Islamic legitimacy.…
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Zia-Era Pakistan & Today’s India
Commenting on a reader’s dismissal of comparing Zia-era Pakistan with Modi’s India, X.T.M notes both pair economic growth with cultural conservatism, and asks whether right-wing politics is how societies answer…
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Caesar’s Pakistani wife must be above suspicion
Responds to claims that the Pahalgam attack was a false flag by arguing that Pakistan must stay above suspicion. The author says its ideology is defined by opposing India, cites…
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Maj General Tajammal Malik. Very Important Interview
Omar Ali reposts an old Agha H. Amin interview with Maj. Gen. Tajammal Hussain Malik, calling it a must-read on the Pakistan Army, and describes Malik as an excellent field…
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Interview with a Mujahid: Maj Gen Tajammal Hussain Malik
An interview Major Amin conducted in 2001 with the late Maj Gen Tajammal Hussain Malik, a devout officer who planned to assassinate Zia, posted with a long introduction as a…
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The “Same Page” saga..
Retired general Asad Durrani’s article on the army chief’s tenure extension and the ‘same page’ arrangement in Pakistan, reposted with red comments by Dr Hamid Hussain and blue comments by…
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Direct Participants Remember the 1977 Zia Coup
Major Agha H Amin’s collected recollections from retired officers who took part in or observed General Zia’s July 1977 coup, including Brigadier Warraich’s account of being taken into confidence only…
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Why did Bhutto Select Zia as Chief
An extract from Major Agha Amin’s 2001 interview with Major General Nuk Babar on why Zulfikar Ali Bhutto chose Zia as army chief, citing his feigned humility, flattery and displays…
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Clarifying Two Misconceptions
Though a critic of the Pakistan Army’s political interference, the author sets out to correct two common misconceptions, first examining whether General Zia played a role in Jordan’s Black September…
