President Zia-ul-Haq

During Zia'a martial law there was economic growth favoring the private sector, and efforts were made to Islamize the political, legal and economic structures.

	Pakistan provided refugee to millions of Afghans affected by the Russian invasion of Afghanistan during the early 1980s

	Afghan refugee girls at a tentage village school

Pakistan gained the status of the Most Favored Nation from the United States following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. Vast amounts of military equipment and aid were donated to Pakistan to help the four million Afghan refugees who crossed into Baluchistan and the North-West Frontier Province.

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