Word: pakistani
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first time, Pakistan will operate under the one-man, one-vote rule. The chief result will be to give populous but impoverished East Pakistan greater power-this despite the fact that Yahya is a West Pakistani and his province has been predominant in the past. The move, he explained, was "a basic requirement of any democratic form of government...
...might as well destroy two other myths at the same time. The first is about Pakistan. Just after the Center issued its Tenth Annual Report in 1968, in which they praised the "progress of the economic policy and performance" of the Pakistani government, that government was overthrown after days of bloody rioting in major cities. The new rulers were from the same class, but plainly some one was unhappy...
...million and Pakistan's 90 million). Next day the Indian Ambassador to Morocco, a gray-bearded Sikh sporting an elegant white turban, joined the Congress. He was, of course, not a Moslem, and it was as if W. C. Fields had shuffled into a W.C.T.U rally. Sputtered a Pakistani journalist: "If India can come, there could be an Islamic summit next year to which Israel could be invited. They have a Moslem minority...
...overtures from Moscow. Since Pakistan is technically a military ally of the U.S. under the CENTO and SEATO treaties, Nixon has every right to inquire about this trend. Yahya Khan will explain that China has taken Pakistan's side in the fight with India; as for Russia, the Pakistani reasoning is that those close relations are simply a sign that Pakistan wants to be friendly with everyone. The President is not likely to involve himself in an attempt to solve the subcontinent's old festering problems; but at least he will hear the same good news from both...
...short skewer of cane and dipped in curry sauce). Others stopped off on their way home for a bowl of soup. In the polyglot capital of Malaysia, this nightly relaxation attracted not only Malays but also citizens of the large Chinese minority and the smaller Indian and Pakistani groups...