Word: moslem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent local elections, the Moslem League Party, founders of Pakistan and hitherto its absolute rulers, found itself overwhelmingly repudiated by the voters. It was faced with two alternatives: to seize power through the army, after the classical pattern of one-party dictatorship, or to rule by the traditional democratic process of political horse-trading and parliamentary maneuver...
...Mirza, who believes his country ready only for "controlled democracy" (TIME, Aug. 15), recognized that Premier Mohammed Ali, though he had served his country well by obtaining U.S. economic aid at a critical moment, had no following in the Assembly. He had to go. The only way for the Moslem League to stay in power was to make a deal with one of its opponents. Skillfully playing the opposite leaders against one another, the Leaguers made a deal with aging and fat Fazlul Huq. Result: Huq, last year dismissed as Chief Minister of East Pakistan for "treasonable activities," now became...
PAKISTAN Her Majesty's G.G. In Pakistan, which has no constitution, real power resides in the hands of a little clique of soldier-administrators and Moslem League politicians. The able among them have created a strong army and a strong foreign policy on the side of the West; but the corrupt among them have badly discredited the regime at home...
...replaced him, Major General Iskandar Mirza, is a blunt soldier who believes his people ready only for a "controlled democracy." Descended from one of the great Mogul families of India, and the son of a wealthy Bengal landowner, Mirza is a Moslem aristocrat and autocrat. Says he bluntly: "Democracy requires breeding. Pakistan is not ripe for democracy. These illiterate peasants certainly know less about running a country than I do." Mirza joined India's raj, or ruling class, when the British sent him to Sandhurst military college in 1918. There he got to be a crack rifle shot...
...doubt about what his authority will give him. Said he: "The Governor General must have extensive and clearly defined powers, including the power to dismiss governments." Mirza's first job was to accept the resignation of Premier Mohammed Ali. The Premier did not want to quit, but the Moslem League, in an all-night session, removed him as its leader. Rebuffed by his party, Ali gave up the premiership...