The man who planted the disease of military rule on Pakistan. What’s astonishing is that any student of history would know that he was far more capable than the generation of army dictators that came after him, which is saying a lot because he was clueless both as a military leader and as a dictator.
The current one is the most despotic Pakistan has ever had.
As Information Secretary and the author of the phrase "Decade of Reforms", Altaf Gauhar was privy to information and writes about Ayub's authoritarian system of government and his attempt to lead the young nation towards modernization. This is the first insider account of Ayub Khan's 10 year...
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