General Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq war ein pakistanischer Politiker. Er regierte Pakistan zwischen 1977 und 1988. Die Ära Zia wird als Tiefpunkt in der Geschichte Pakistans gesehen. Wikipedia
“I genuinely feel that the survival of this country lies in democracy and democracy alone.”
As quoted in "Mohammad Zia ul-Haq : Unbending Commander for Era of Atom and Islam" http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE2D71239F93BA2575BC0A96E948260, The New York Times (18 August 1988).
Speaking to an Iranian Newspaper in September 1977, as quoted in Pakistan, a Dream Gone Sour http://www.defencejournal.com/dec98/pakdream.htm (1997) by Roedad Khan.
“Cricket can be a bridge and a glue… Cricket for peace is my mission.”
Quoted in Helen Exley Cricket Quotations (1992)
Quelle: Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 937
