Re: Pakistan’s reaction on Rushdie knighthood (merged)
I grew up in Pakistan in the 80s and that was nothing but sham islamisation. It was his own way of keeping his grip on power and prolonging his dictatorship. First and foremost you cannot force people to pray or fast, that’s also unislamic as I understand religion. So many people were flogged and hanged in a haste without receiving a fair trial. Even Bhutto’s case (not an angel himself) was forged. Atleast when Musharraf came to power there was no bloodshed.
That said I appreciate Zia’s services during the Soviet-Afghan war and also approve of how he completely dismantled the terrorists of Al-Zulfikar tanzeem.
His greatest deed IMHO was persuading Imran Khan in 1988 to come out of retirement :k: 