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Law & Order' in Pakistan
Ahmad, Aijaz | April 14, 1969 issue

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Martial law has just been imposed on Pakistan for the second time in its twenty-two years as a nation. It seems evident that the armed forces decided to dispense with Ayub Khan, who became President when martial law was declared in 1958, in order to retain their power in the face of opposition from the Left as well as the civilian elements of the Right. At the same time, the new military regime has been installed to perpetuate the domination of East Pakistan by the West Pakistanis, and to contain the upsurge in the East of a widespread, anti-U.S., pro-Peking opposition. In other words, the military are playing their traditional political role.

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MARTIAL law; PAKISTAN -- Politics & government; ASAKZAY, Muhammad Ayyub Khan, 1906-1976; MILITARY law; POLITICAL doctrines; PAKISTAN
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