Historical Dictionary of Pakistan

CHRONOLOGY • xxxviiborder. 21 July: Officials in New Delhi, India, said that Pakistan wasviolating the informal understanding reached between the two countrieson the Siachen Glacier. 3 September: The New York Times carried astory according to which the United States and Pakistan had changedtheir policy with respect to the provision of arms and supplies to themujahideen. Under the new policy, assistance was to be provided directlyto the fighters in Afghanistan and not through the seven politicalgroups operating out of Pakistan, as had been done previously. 8 September:The government denied a report published in the FinancialTimes that a number of army officers had been arrested following afailed coup attempt against Benazir Bhutto. 13 September: GeneralAslam Beg, chief of the Army Staff, said that the purpose of the armedforcesexercise planned for later in the year was to test their readinessfor effective defense. The exercise was named Zarbe Momin. 15 September:The U.S. Senate approved a $460 million aid package for Pakistanfor 1989–90 while voicing concern over the direction of the country’snuclear-development policy. Half of the amount fell in thecategory of foreign military sales (FMS). 20 September: Prime MinisterBhutto reshuffled her Cabinet. 1 October: Pakistan rejoined theCommonwealth. 31 October: Prime Minister Bhutto survived a vote ofno-confidence by a narrow margin of 12 votes. 11 November: PrimeMinister Bhutto included three members from IJI, the opposition party,in her Cabinet. 13 November: Prime Minister Li Peng of China arrivedin Pakistan for his first visit to the country. 26 December: Hyderabadwas put under 24-hour curfew following riots that claimed scores oflives in four days.1990 29 January: The Federal Cabinet, meeting under the chairmanshipof Senior Minister Nusrat Bhutto, took stock of the situation createdby continuing troubles in Kashmir. There were reports of massing oftroops by Indian and Pakistan along their common border. 2 February:Prime Minister V. P. Singh of India warned Pakistan to stay out of Kashmirand to stop assisting the forces of opposition in the Indian state. Hepromised Pakistan “a fitting reply” if it continued its activist policy inKashmir. 18 February: President François Mitterrand of France arrivedin Pakistan on a first-ever visit to the country by the French head of state.26 February: Aftab Shahban Mirani was sworn in as chief minister ofSindh province. 28 February: The Board of Investment, meeting underthe chairmanship of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, approved 13 proj-