Zia ul-Haq

Only in the 1980s, under the fundamentalist Sunni dictatorship of Gen. Zia ul-Haq, did the compact between Sunni and Shia begin to fray.

The Plight of Pakistan's Shia Sadanand Dhume 2011

Taseer's assassination prompted a debate: Was the blasphemy law, introduced by Gen. Zia ul-Haq in the 1980s in his bid to "Islamize" Pakistan, being exploited for mundane interests?

Pakistan's Army Is the Real Obstacle to Peace Mira Sethi 2011

Another in a long list is Zia ul-Haq, the most brutal of Pakistan's dictators and President Reagan's favorite, who carried out a program of radical Islamization with Saudi funding.'

Bianca Jagger: The Fall of Mubarak Bianca Jagger 2011

Only in the 1980s, under the fundamentalist Sunni dictatorship of Gen. Zia ul-Haq, did the compact between Sunnis and Shiites begin to fray.

Pakistan's Low-Grade Civil War Sadanand Dhume 2011

Another in a long list is Zia ul-Haq, the most brutal of Pakistan's dictators and President Reagan's favorite, who carried out a program of radical Islamization with Saudi funding.'

Bianca Jagger: The Fall of Mubarak Bianca Jagger 2011

We were largely responsible for propping up the likes of Zia ul-Haq.

U.S. Has Helped to Fuel Pakistan's Increasing Problems 2011

And so many liberals are increasingly nostalgic for the past, before the 1980s rule of army Gen. Zia ul-Haq.

Pakistanis Mourn A Once Religiously Tolerant, Relaxed Nation AP 2011

What killed Salman Taseer was the primary and overwhelming disparity in Pakistan -- the one that has steadily fundamentalized that country since the days of the U.S.-imposed religious dictator Zia ul-Haq, through the first Afghan war and now the new Afghan war that is also blatantly being fought in Pakistan.

Shirin Sadeghi: What Really Killed Pakistan's Taseer Shirin Sadeghi 2011

And so many liberals are increasingly nostalgic for the past, before the 1980s rule of army Gen. Zia ul-Haq.

Pakistanis Mourn A Once Religiously Tolerant, Relaxed Nation AP 2011

Another in a long list is Zia ul-Haq, the most brutal of Pakistan's dictators and President Reagan's favorite, who carried out a program of radical Islamization with Saudi funding.'

Bianca Jagger: The Fall of Mubarak Bianca Jagger 2011