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Bhutto was hailed as a hero in 1988 after she became the first woman to lead a modern Moslem nation, restoring democracy to Pakistan after 11 years of military rule under Mohammad Zia ul-Haq. Last year, she spoke at Harvard's Commencement, where she was awarded an honorary degree...
...Galbraith said that Ishaq Khan, whom hecalled an "old protege" of Zia ul-Haq, had opposedBhutto since her election...
...cohabitated not well at all with the youngwomen prime minister of a party vehemently opposedto Zia ul-Haq," Galbraith said. "He and the armytook advantage of the current crisis...
Afterward, he marches up to the teacher, salutes and marches back to his place. Ahmad Zia says he wants to go to the front in June, and the teacher doesn't smile. The child is not being cute. "I want to fight the jihad." Asked to define jihad, he replies, "Jihad is to fight Russians...
...extravagant promises of the party manifesto and Pakistan's abysmal poverty and appalling 77% illiteracy rate, there is little time to waste. To make matters worse, Bhutto has expended much of her energy on disputes with President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, a cautious civil servant who was close to Zia...