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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statesmen who did have cause for self-satisfaction in 1958 were nearly all new men?relative unknowns who had ridden a wave of discontent into power. Most of them were generals?Lebanon's Chehab, Iraq's Kassem, Burma's Ne Win, Pakistan's Ayub Khan, the Sudan's Abboud. And most seemed to have no program beyond the military man's urge to tidy up the frequently corrupt, frequently ineffectual parliamentary systems of young nations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Man of the Year | 1/5/1959 | See Source »

Pakistan's General Mohammed Ayub Khan. No leader of the pro-Western Asiatic nations has a mass following equal to that of our President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 15, 1958 | 12/15/1958 | See Source »

First of all, regarding General Ayub Khan it is still too early to say what kind of a ruler he is going to turn out. It is true that conditions in Pakistan had come to such a pass that some drastic action was not only necessary but also probably welcome to the populace. It remains to be seen whether the leader of the so-called "best fighting force east of Suez" can also be the leader of the country with the worst political mess both east and west of Suez. I would like to chime in with Mr.Awan in hoping...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAKISTAN REAPPRAISAL | 12/10/1958 | See Source »

...rock on which Gen. Ayub might flounder is Kashmir. Carrying on in the glorious traditions of his predecessors of the last eleven years, he has threatened to wage a war with India over Kashmir. If the Pakistanis who invaded Kashmir in 1948 had not done so, and had not shown their true colors by looting, plundering, and raping Hindus and Muslims alike, they would have some ground to stand on today. It is not surprising that in two elections the People of Kashmir have shown their determination to stay as an integral part of India. If the Indian leaders, like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAKISTAN REAPPRAISAL | 12/10/1958 | See Source »

Indeed, it is very disturbing that neither exiled President Mirza and Revolutionary President Ayub nor your two worthy readers from Pakistan had anything to say in favor of democracy and civil rights. This is in great contrast to the statement of Prime Minister Nehru that the answer to the stupendous development of Communist China is a "challenge to democracy to achieve equal progress without coercion," not a Mirzaesque approach that democracy is unfit for this challenge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PAKISTAN REAPPRAISAL | 12/10/1958 | See Source »

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