Was Zia ul Haq a wahhabi or a deobandi or barelvy?
Apparently even that is debatable..
But there does seem to be a lot more love for him from the Wahabbi and Deoband clans than the rest of the spectrum that are Pakistani Muslims.
It has to do with the "perceived" Saudi backing for him and his creations the extremists that run rife in our country..
Again.. these extremists are NOT the mujahidden...they were the initial wave.
What was created in these Saudi Madressa's was supposed to act as a backup in case the original Afghan insurgency failed..and as a side use against India in Kashmir.
The result however, has been MUCH more than that.
Zia was not the only one responsible for the militants that roam the streets of Pakitan today in disguise.
But his acquiescence to the draconian implementation of "Islamic thought" by the clerics then fuels many evils rife in the sectarian and social problems that plague us today.
Some say.. and I say Some..
That the "uber-draconian implementation" allowed was done so as a ruse by Zia, that people would be thoroughly exposed to the horrors it brings.. Then.. they would plead Zia for a solution and he would take all that clergy responsible for those horrid changes and send them to the gallows, ridding Pakistan of this evil once and for all.
However.. history and other records have no backup claims to this regard. And so for all and sundry his legacy is that of a dictator that misused Islam to consolidate his power.