Military rule in Pakistan

When Ghulam Muhammad was the governor general, he had implicit faith in General Ayub Khan who bided his time even when Ghulam Muhammad was bedridden, paralysed and could hardly speak. When he was taken to London for treatment, he telephoned Ayub Khan in Rawalpindi and spoke with him for fifteen minutes. Ayub Khan did not understand anything that Ghulam Muhammad had said and when the governor general had rung off, Ayub Khan telephoned Iskander Mirza, the defence secretary, in Karachi, to tell him that the governor general had telephoned him from London and that he had not understood a word. Iskander Mirza replied, “Don’t worry, he has just spoken with me too. I did not understand anything either, except that he had a very satisfactory talk with you.”