Word: akhund
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...response of Afro-Asian delegates who had voted for the Zionism resolution was predictably cold. Pakistan's Iqbal Akhund made the observation that no nation "has a monopoly on righteousness or self-righteousness," while Saudi Arabia's irrepressible Jamil Baroody offered a mock resolution forgiving "the illustrious Daniel Patrick Moynihan for any misconceptions he may have formed about the U.N. during his sojourn...
...Akhund said Pakistan wants to develop its economic potential and this "would be easier if we had the cooperation of our friends throughout the world," he said, "particularly those closest...
...Iqbal Akhund told fellows of the Center for International Affairs that even with the new arms purchases Pakistan will be unable to win a war against India...
...Prime Minister Zulfikar Bhutto wrote to Mrs. [Indira] Gandhi and assured her that had we ever the intention of starting a war with India--and we have no reason--we could hardly win it with the spare parts and few other items we'll be buying from the U.S." Akhund said...
...Akhund proposed negotiations between Pakistan and India aimed at "mutual and balanced force reductions, much as in Europe...