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- ↑ "Protests Against Pakistan Regime Virtually Paralyze Karachi Port". New York Times. 21 April 1977.
- ↑ "What goes around: the movement against Bhutto". Dawn.com. August 31, 2014.
- ↑ "Pakistan's Black Day". TheDiplomat. July 8, 2016.