Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, em urdu محمد ضياء الحق, foi um político e militar paquistanês, presidente de seu país entre 1978 e 1988. 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)
Fonte: Dictionary of Quotations, Chambers: Edinburgh, U.K, 2005, p. 937