Former Ambassador to Pakistan Wendy Chamberlin says anti-U.S.feeling began with American support for President General Zia ul Haq in 1979.

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But so were similar plans by General Ayub Khan in 1960 and General Zia in 1984.

ECONOMIST: Pakistan

Like General Zia before him, Mr Musharraf often found Islamist political parties more congenial than secular ones.

ECONOMIST: Banyan

He's from a wealthy family of industrialists, and he's a protege of an earlier military dictator, General Zia-ul-Haq.

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