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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...about Nawaz," says TIME New Delhi correspondent Maseeh Rahman. "The general had to find a way to keep the well-connected Nawaz from mounting a challenge to his regime." Disposing of the head of the ancien régime has become something of a tradition in Pakistani politics: General Zia-ul-Haq had Zulfikar Ali Bhutto hanged after taking power in a 1977 coup; Bhutto's daughter, Benazir, didn't have to bother since it was the plane crash that killed General Zia that allowed her to come to power in 1988. Then, Nawaz Sharif put Benazir out of action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Pakistan, a Deadly Tradition Continues | 11/11/1999 | See Source »

...perpetual state of low-key hostilities with its nearest neighbor; or does it work with General Musharraf in the hope that he can be coaxed back onto the democratic path. Tradition points to the latter course. After all, Washington worked closely with the last military government, led by General Zia ul-Haq, which ceded to civilian rule in 1988, and successive U.S. administrations have recognized the Pakistani military as a source of stability in a fractious and volatile nation. Still, a martial law declaration by any other name is still martial law, and this dashes hopes that General Musharraf could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Not Martial Law, it's Just Planned Democracy | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...attacks against the Mohajir Qami Movement, an Indian Muslim opposition group, in the southern port city of Karachi. Bhutto, whose political career was born out of violence when she inherited the leadership of her father's populist party after he was deposed and later executed by General Mohammed Zia-ul Haq in 1977, first won the prime minister's office in 1988. She was dismissed after only 20 months amid allegations of corruption and incompetence. The term that ended ignominiously in November began with her first re-election in 1993. Bhutto's removal was the fourth government dismissal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bhutto and Mr. 40 Percent Rebuffed | 1/29/1997 | See Source »

...hypocrisy and ambivalence of the West. Many Westerners are indifferent to the brutalities of the Algerian government because they justifiably fear that a takeover by the Islamists will mean savage beheadings, amputations and unfair treatment of women and minorities. The irony is that similar laws were instituted by General Zia ul-Haq in Pakistan, whose government had the full blessings of the West. The only way to defuse the situation in Algeria is to hold a free general election and require the Islamic Salvation Front to renounce extremism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 10, 1995 | 4/10/1995 | See Source »

...decision to attend the conference. Sadik knew that Bhutto's absence could be especially damaging. Not only was she to deliver a keynote speech, but she would also be the only female head of a Muslim country in attendance. Prime Ministers Tansu Ciller of Turkey and Begum Khaleda Zia of Bangladesh had both backed out, although their countries were still sending delegations. Herself a Pakistani Muslim, Sadik reassured Bhutto's Foreign Secretary that "all opposing views would be discussed" at the conference. At week's end Islamabad reaffirmed Bhutto's commitment to be in Cairo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clash of Wills in Cairo | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

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