Pakistan Under Bhutto, 1971-1977

Pakistan Under Bhutto, 1971-1977
Author: Shahid Javed Burki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1980
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This Book Explains Economic And Political Decision-Making During The 1971-77 Period Of Pakistan`S History, When The Country`S Politiical Scene Was Dominated By One Individual; Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The Author Argues That, Unlike His Predecessors, Bhutto`S Actions Were Motivatedd By The Interests Of The Groups Prominent. Without Dustjacket. Spine Slightly Nicked At The Bottom.

Pakistan's Drift into Extremism

Pakistan's Drift into Extremism
Author: Hassan Abbas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317463285

This book examines the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan, particularly since 1947, and analyzes its connections to the Pakistani army's corporate interests and U.S.-Pakistan relations. It includes profiles of leading Pakistani militant groups with details of their origins, development, and capabilities. The author begins with an historical overview of the introduction of Islam to the Indian sub-continent in 712 AD, and brings the story up to the present by describing President Musharraf's handling of the war on terror. He provides a detailed account of the political developments in Pakistan since 1947 with a focus on the influence of religious and military forces. He also discusses regional politics, Pakistan's attempt to gain nuclear power status, and U.S.-Pakistan relations, and offers predictions for Pakistan's domestic and regional prospects.

A Case of Exploding Mangoes

A Case of Exploding Mangoes
Author: Mohammed Hanif
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2010-10-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307373363

Teasing, provocative, and very funny, Mohammed Hanif’s debut novel takes one of the subcontinent’s enduring mysteries and out if it spins a tale as rich and colourful as a beggar’s dream. Why did a Hercules C130, the world’s sturdiest plane, carrying Pakistan’s military dictator General Zia ul Haq, go down on 17 August, 1988? Was it because of: 1. Mechanical failure 2. Human error 3. The CIA’s impatience 4. A blind woman’s curse 5. Generals not happy with their pension plans 6. The mango season Or could it be your narrator, Ali Shigri? Here are the facts: • A military dictator reads the Quran every morning as if it was his daily horoscope. • Under Officer Ali Shigri carries a deadly message on the tip of his sword. • His friend Obaid answers all life’s questions with a splash of eau de cologne and a quote from Rilke. • A crow has crossed the Pakistani border illegally. As young Shigri moves from a mosque hall to his military barracks before ending up in a Mughal dungeon, there are questions that haunt him: What does it mean to betray someone and still love them? How many names does Allah really have? Who killed his father, Colonel Shigri? Who will kill his killers? And where the hell has Obaid disappeared to?

Pakistan

Pakistan
Author: Benazir Bhutto
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1983
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Faith and Feminism in Pakistan

Faith and Feminism in Pakistan
Author: Afiya S. Zia
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1782846670

Are secular aims, politics, and sensibilities impossible, undesirable and impracticable for Muslims and Islamic states? Should Muslim women be exempted from feminist attempts at liberation from patriarchy and its various expressions under Islamic laws and customs? Considerable literature on the entanglements of Islam and secularism has been produced in the post-9/11 decade and a large proportion of it deals with the Woman Question. Many commentators critique the secular and Western feminism, and the racialising backlash that accompanied the occupation of Muslim countries during the War on Terror military campaign launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in 2001. Implicit in many of these critical works is the suggestion that it is Western secular feminism that is the motivating driver and permanent collaborator -- along with other feminists, secularists and human rights activists in Muslim countries -- that sustains the Wests actual and metaphorical war on Islam and Muslims. The book addresses this post-9/11 critical trope and its implications for womens movements in Muslim contexts. The relevance of secular feminist activism is illustrated with reference to some of the nation-wide, working-class womens movements that have surged throughout Pakistan under religious militancy: polio vaccinators, health workers, politicians, peasants and artists have been directly targeted, even assassinated, for their service and commitment to liberal ideals. Afiya Zia contends that Muslim womens piety is no threat against the dominant political patriarchy, but their secular autonomy promises transformative changes for the population at large, and thereby effectively challenges Muslim male dominance. This book is essential reading for those interested in understanding the limits of Muslim womens piety and the potential in their pursuit for secular autonomy and liberal freedoms.

The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State

The Nine Lives of Pakistan: Dispatches from a Precarious State
Author: Declan Walsh
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0393249921

Winner of the 2021 Overseas Press Club of America Cornelius Ryan Award The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting, up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh is one of the New York Times’s most distinguished international correspondents. His electrifying portrait of Pakistan over a tumultuous decade captures the sweep of this strange, wondrous, and benighted country through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment as the country careened between crises, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to the mountains of Waziristan. He met a diverse cast of extraordinary Pakistanis—a chieftain readying for war at his desert fort, a retired spy skulking through the borderlands, and a crusading lawyer risking death for her beliefs, among others. Through these “nine lives” he describes a country on the brink—a place of creeping extremism and political chaos, but also personal bravery and dogged idealism that defy easy stereotypes. Unbeknownst to Walsh, however, an intelligence agent was tracking him. Written in the aftermath of Walsh’s abrupt deportation, The Nine Lives of Pakistan concludes with an astonishing encounter with that agent, and his revelations about Pakistan’s powerful security state. Intimate and complex, attuned to the centrifugal forces of history, identity, and faith, The Nine Lives of Pakistan offers an unflinching account of life in a precarious, vital country.

Muslim Zion

Muslim Zion
Author: Faisal Devji
Publisher: Hurst Publishers
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 1849042764

Originally published: London: C.Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2013.

Pakistan's Security Under Zia

Pakistan's Security Under Zia
Author: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1991-12-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780312060671

Based largely on field visits and interviews with key individuals, this is the first study to focus on Pakistan's security policies under the rule of General Zia ul-Haq.