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October 18, 1985, Forty Years Ago: Zia Is President

October 18, 2025 6:48 am

Gen Ziaul Haq of Pakistan was confirmed as Pakistan’s President for five years. The assembly agreed to validate his tenure of the last eight years on the unwritten promise that he will lift martial law by December 31 next year.

Faiz’s ‘Hum dekhenge’ is not about country or religion. It is anti-oppression

May 25, 2025 12:43 pm

Three people have been booked for reciting the poem in Nagpur. But the protest anthem speaks neither for Pakistan nor for India but for a more inclusive world

Like many of the previous chiefs, General Munir would want to stick around. Pakistan’s near-term fortunes, then, appear tied inextricably to Asim Munir’s. (AP)

C Raja Mohan writes: Whoever wins Pak election, General Asim Munir will wear a crown of thorns

February 07, 2024 11:19 am

The betting will be that Munir will win for now and pick up a prime minister of his choice. But that is when his problems will begin

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July 21, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Teesta River Share

July 20, 2023 10:59 pm

India and Bangladesh agreed on ad hoc sharing of the Teesta waters. Under the new arrangements, Bangladesh will get 36 per cent and India 39 per cent of the flows while the remaining 25 per cent will remain unallocated.

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July 6, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Pakistan riots

July 05, 2023 10:57 pm

President Zia’s government troops clashed with opposition party members in Karachi and arrested a dozen top leaders protesting against the sixth anniversary of Gen Zia-ul-Haq’s military take-over.

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May 27, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Power To The States

May 26, 2023 10:43 pm

A confederation of regional parties with a clear-cut socio-economic outlook and sound political approach is favoured by a resolution adopted by the delegates session of the ruling Telugu Desam party.

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May 6, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Punjab Police Firing

May 05, 2023 10:39 pm

One person was killed when the police opened fire in the curfew bound Arna Barna Chowk area in Patiala. Two others were injured when they were hit with lathis by policemen.

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March 27, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Zia on Kashmir

March 26, 2023 10:44 pm

Pakistan’s President Gen Zia-ul Haq was quoted as saying that under the Simla Agreement, India had no right to demand the return of Pak-occupied Kashmir.

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March 16, 1983, Forty Years Ago: OPEC Bonanza

March 15, 2023 10:30 pm

The five-dollar per barrel cut in crude price by OPEC will bring a bonanza to India. The country will save between Rs 350 and Rs 400 crore in the import of crude oil.

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March 10, 1983, Forty Years Ago: Pak President Ziaul Haq calls for 'just settlement' of J&K 'problem'

March 10, 2023 7:05 am

Pakistan President GenERAL Ziaul Haq said that India and Pakistan should find a “just settlement of the problem of Jammu and Kashmir” in the spirit of improvement in the climate of relations between the two countries.