Evaluating Public Policy within a Framework: The Case of Madrassa Reforms in General Zia Era (1977-1988) by Maryam Siddiqa, Husnul Amin

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Locating the Storyteller in Silent Waters: Sabiha Sumar’s Cinematic Tale of Shared Histories and Divided Identities by Rahat Imran

“…In her multi award-winning feature film Silent Waters (2003), Pakistani woman filmmaker Sabiha Sumar connects the socio-political traumas of the Partition of India and creation of Pakistan (1947) with the onset of military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq’s Islamization period (1977-1988) in Pakistan. …”
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ENGLISH-APPRAISAL OF ISLAMIC DEMOCRATIZATION IN ZIA UL-HAQ REGIME by Muhammad Ibrahim, Razia Musarrat

“…There are different views on the lslamization policy of General Zia-ul-Haq. Political decisions were made to democratize the society on Islamic principles. …”
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The Dilemma of “Blasphemy Laws” in Pakistan – Symptomatic of Unsolved Problems in the Post-Colonial Period? by Roswitha Badry

“…The controversial amendments to the provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code on “offences relating to religion” go back to General Zia ul-Haq’s top-down policies of Islamization. Despite their flaws, doubtful legitimacy, and negative repercussions, the “blasphemy laws” have neither been reformed nor abolished under subsequent governments. …”
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Patronage, Populism, and Protest: Student Politics in Pakistani Punjab by Hassan Javid

“…Despite the over three decades of repression in Pakistan under the regimes of General Zia-ul-Haq and General Musharraf Student, student politics began its revival with the emergence of student-led activist groups during the anti-Musharraf movement of 2007. …”
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The Female Nude in Anti-Zia Feminist Painting by Kristin Plys

“…After the 1977 coup that launched General Zia-ul-Haq’s decade-long military dictatorship in Pakistan, visual arts flourished as part of many progressive movements. …”
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Islamization of Zia Regime: An Appraisal from Gender Perspective by Dr. Abid Hussain Abbasi, Saad Jaffar

“…General Zia Ul Haq’s military regime is known, for many for its blatant violation of human rights, hanging, flogging, and imprisonment of political workers. …”
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Pakistan and its militants : who is mainstreaming whom? by Dorsey, James Michael

“…They were entrenched by Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in the 1970s and General Zia ul-Haq’s Islamization of Pakistani society in the 1980s. …”
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STRUGGLING FIELD OF SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY IN PAKISTAN by Faseeha Shafqat

“…In the tenure of 6th president of Pakistan General Zia-ul-Haq, many organizations were formed to serve special needs children. …”
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A Comparative analysis of critique of the patriarchal social system in the poetry of Simin Behbahani and Fahmida Riyadh by Ali ahmad Shirazi, Reza Chehreghani, Muhammad Iqbal Shahid

“…The military government did not come to terms with her and she went to India for several years and did not return until General Zia-ul-Haq was alive (Shams ul-Haqq, 2008, p. 381). …”
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