Word: haq
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...Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Pakistan's neighbor and a fellow Muslim country, Washington and Islamabad quickly rediscovered each other. That rediscovery was at the heart last week of the warm greeting in Washington given by President Reagan to Pakistan's unelected President since 1977, Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. With his good looks, set off by an invariable charcoal tunic, and his ready grin and seemingly reasonable attitude, Zia staged an energetic performance. His intention: to establish a highly visible presence for his country and elicit from the Reagan Administration a renewed commitment for political and economic...
...much geopolitical importance as it had centuries ago. To the west lies an Iran convulsed by Ayatullah Khomeini's revolution, to the east a teeming, sometimes hostile India, to the north and west an Afghanistan occupied by the Soviet army. When Pakistan's President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, 58, meets President Reagan in Washington this week, strategic issues, not surprisingly, will dominate the agenda...
Five and a half years ago, when the military seized power in Pakistan, Army Chief of Staff General Mohammed Zia ul-Haq lived in the modest bungalow in Rawalpindi where he still resides. As President, Zia might have moved into the official residence in Islamabad. But then, as now, the President seemed more content with the daily reminders of a soldier's life and duties. Last week, in his library, surrounded by the trophies, photographs and regimental emblems of a long military career, President Zia received TIME New Delhi Bureau Chief Dean Brelis. Excerpts t from the interview...
...Latin America--and especially his chance to embrace the man responsible for the slaughter of thousands in Guatemala--so much that he decided to bring a bit of the road show back to Washington. This week, Reagan met with the visiting President of Pakistan, Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, once more making it clear that his Administration will tolerate even the most heinous affront to human rights from foreign governments as long as they line up on the Right side of the political spectrum...
...Andropov's meetings with Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Pakistani President Mohammed Zia ul-Haq and Afghan President Babrak Karmal produce any movement toward a settlement in Afghanistan...