Ayub Khan as President of Pakistan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2889945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W M Dobell (Western University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 294 |
| Publication date | 1969-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pacific Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2753900 |
| OpenAlex | W2319307006 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
IN JUST OVER ELEVEN YEARS, during the first half of Pakistan's existence, the country was governed by four heads of state and seven prime ministers. In the second half, it was ruled by one president, Mohammad Ayub Khan. Even without Ayub Khan's sudden retirement from the presidency, ten-and-a-half years would have been an appropriate time for a preliminary judgment of his success; many leaders have forfeited power long before a decade has elapsed. The Begum Liaquat Ali Khan conjectured to Ayub five months before the October i958 coup d'etat that Pakistan would benefit from ten years of tight rule. Ayub's justification for presidential rule includes the statement that, given a president who can stand up to pressure, the system affords ten years for new institutions to take root, for education to spread farther, and for a larger middle class to come into existence. That he believed that he could stand up to pressure for as long as ten years and that resistance from established interests would be intense was clear from his words to President Mirza during the Naguib phase of the revolution that October: is not just an ordinary routine revolution; there is going to be a real, basic change in this country. This is my policy. Now do not get frightened. It is my responsibility. I have to
Political science · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2018 (3) |
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