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What Gen. Zia actually said on Siachen Glacier

In my recent article, “When boots fail to deliver, Parliament must step in,” I quoted Gen. Zia as saying on Siachen Glacier, “Even grass does not grow there.” I knew only these words. 

Dr Shahzad Iqbal Sham has given me the complete quotation. I am very grateful to him for putting the words of Gen. Zia in proper context. The quotation is reproduced below to emphasize how words taken out of context convey entirely different meanings. Zia was referring to PPP leadership, which had refused to attend the first session of the newly elected Constituent Assembly, which was to be held in Dhaka in early 1971.

“Gentlemen, look! Defenders of Pakistan are performing their functions with full courage. I am fully aware of my duties, we are doing our best.

“But is it not a matter of surprise that this whole bull shit is from the leaders of the Party, solely responsible for the dismemberment of half of the country? They didn’t allow their parliamentarians to attend assembly session and as result of which the nation had to surrender half of the country before the enemy and now they are shedding crocodile tears for a rocky and barren glacier where even a leaf of grass does not grow.”

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