Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Vision for Pakistan, Impressions, and Reminiscences A selection of talks, interviews, and speeches

by Khan, Mohammad Ayub

• ISBN13: 9780195476248
• ISBN10: 0195476247
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The present-day political scenario of Pakistan could not be more aptly described than in these lines spoken by Ayub Khan decades ago.

Author Biography

Mohammad Ayub Khan (1907-1974) was a Field Marshal during the mid-1960s, and the second President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969. He became Pakistan's first native Commander-in-Chief in 1951, and was the youngest full-rank general and self-appointed field marshal in Pakistan's military history. He was also the first Pakistani military general to seize power through a coup.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Preface	p. xv
Address to Senior Officers, 20 April 1964	p. 1
Press Conference with Editors, 25 March 1964	p. 18
Talk with Editors, 1 July 1964	p. 24
Interview with British Correspondent, 6 February 1965	p. 26
Interview Conducted by Mr N.A. Faruqui, 15 February 1965	p. 41
Interview Conducted by Mr N.A. Faruqui, 16 February 1965	p. 59
Questions Put by Mr Altaf Gauhar, 23 June 1964	p. 99
Questions Put by Mr Altaf Gauhar, 23-28 April 1966	p. 142
Presidential Elections	p. 171
Sino-Soviet Relations with Pakistan	p. 199
Geopolitics of Pakistan	p. 216
President's Television Interview, 16 August 1967	p. 278
Appendices
A Short Appreciation of Present and Future Problems of Pakistan, 4 October 1954	p. 291
Proclamation of the Presidential Order of the Day, 7 October 1958	p. 297
Declaration of India-Pakistan War of 1965	p. 301
Resignation Speech, 25 March 1969	p. 303
About the Interviewers	p. 306
Index	p. 307
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