Chapter 16 - International Relations of Pakistan

Pakistan

________ has been a major importer of oil from Iran.

Ayub Khan

In the late 1950s, he allowed the USA to build air bases in Pakistan to conduct espionage on the Soviets

Senator Larry Pressler

________ in 1991 warned Pakistan to take steps against the growth of fundamentalism (extremism in Muslims)

General Zia

He paid a visit to Kabul in 1977 after which Sardar Daud visited Islamabad in March 1978 in order to strengthen ties with Pakistan.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

He visited and persuaded the Indian PM Mrs. Indra Gandhi to strike a peace deal about the release of more than 90, 000 POWs (Prisoners of War) that had been in the Indian custody after the fall of East Pakistan on 16 December 1971.

Iran

was the first country of the world to recognize Pakistan.

PM Sheikh Hasina Wajid

In 1998, ________ paid a goodwill visit to Pakistan.

Iranian Revolution

After the ________ of 1980, the RCD gradually became insignificant but after some years it was reorganized as the ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) by adding the Central Asian states and Afghanistan.

Mrs Hilary Clinton

In 1996, visited Pakistan to further improve relations.

Lahore Accord

was signed between Mr. Sharif and the Indian PM Mr. Vajpayee in 1998 and a bus service was started between Pakistan and India.

1947

Since when has Afghanistan denied the Durand line as the natural border with Pakistan.

Z.A.Bhutto

________ visited Kabul shortly after his election and convinced the Afghan government to attend the second OIC (Organization of Islamic Conference) summit in Lahore.

Yasser Arafat

________, head of the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organization) attended it along with the other 35 heads of the Muslim states.

1948

When did Indian Pakistan successfully draw a border between the East Pakistan and Assam.

Arab Israel

After the ________ war in October 1973, Pakistans PM Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto convened the second summit of the OIC in Ferburary 1974 in Lahore.

Nawaz Sharifs

________ visits to Washington 1991- 1992, were attempts to convince the US about the peaceful nuclear program of Pakistan.

British attack

In 1956, the ________ on the Suez Canal in Egypt was criticized by Pakistan.

Iskandar Mirza

In 1956, visited Kabul after an attack on the Pakistan embassy to normalize the relations.

Indus Water Treaty

In September 1960, the treaty signed to resolve the issue of the canal waters that had originated with the partition of the Punjab in 1947.

Minorities Agreement

Also known as the Liaqat- Nehru Pact

Britain

________ played key role in ending the 1965 war.

Organization of Islamic Conference Countries

Organization founded after a failed attempt by a lunatic Jew to burn the al- Aqsa Mosque in 1969.

Commonwealth meeting

In a(n) ________ in 1950 in Colombo, the Colombo Plan was set up to extend aid to Pakistan.

club of Great Britain

It is a(n) ________ and its former colonies.

British PM Mrs Margaret Thatcher

was the first Western leader to visit Pakistan in 1981 during the Afghan war.

Benazir Bhutto

visited the USA in 1996 and, under the Brown Amendment, many sanctions were lifted and a package of $ 388 million military aid was given to Pakistan.

Afghanistan

opposed Pakistans membership of the UNO in September 1947.

1980s

During the ________ Britain remained a major trading partner of Pakistan, with an estimated 376 million Sterling Pounds worth a trade between the two countries by 1986.

Pakistan

________ recognized the post- revolution communist regime under Mao Zedong in January 1950.