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Practical Step. The unrest stemmed in large part from Nasser's failure to deliver on his pledge of national rebirth, proclaimed just after similar rioting in February. His new National Congress has done little but issue loud exhortations for Egypt to mobilize, which is what it was set up to plan, and a Central Committee of 150 men has likewise spent most of its time in talk...
Stumping the Country. The unrest confronting Ayub was heightened by the unexpected decision of retired Air Marshal Mohammed Asghar Khan, air force commander until 1965, to enter politics on the side of Ayub's opposition. The 47-year-old Asghar Khan has so far refused to ally himself directly with any of the opposition parties. But he is stumping the country with a campaign that calls for the release of Bhutto and demands an end to the bribery, nepotism and incompetence that he says are rampant in the government of President Ayub...
...borrow, the only question being: From whom? If we had so suicidal a trade union system as the British, our mark would be just as tuberculous as the pound. If we had as many unsolved social problems as the French, then we would have as much unrest and -as in May in Paris-a ruinous rebellion...
Though unable to unite Pakistan's fractious opposition parties, Bhutto stumped the country, drawing bigger crowds than Ayub. His militant nationalism and fiery rhetoric made him a popular figure in the universities. For his part, Bhutto hinted privately that he was counting on popular unrest to give him a boost in next year's elections. The riots upset that timing...
...unchecked. The Hausa government elected in 1964 amidst cries of foul play was topped by an Ibo-led coup in January, '66. The new government which had seized power to "clean up the country" did so with a vengeance, and the deaths of former Hausa leaders sparked riots and unrest in the North...