Dispatches from Pakistan / Madiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon, and Vijay Prashad, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tahir, Madiha R., editor.

Memon, Qalandar Bux, editor.

Prashad, Vijay, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pakistan--Politics and government.

Pakistan.

Politics and government.

Pakistan--Foreign relations.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xv, 288 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2014.

Summary:

" Since 9/11, Pakistan has loomed large in the geopolitical imagination of the West. A key ally in the global war on terror, it is also the country in which Osama bin Laden was finally found and killed--and the one that has borne the brunt of much of the ongoing conflict's collateral damage. Despite its prominence on the front lines and on the front pages, Pakistan has been depicted by Western observers simplistically in terms of its corruption, its fundamentalist Islamic beliefs, and its propensity for violence. Dispatches from Pakistan, in contrast, reveals the complexities, the challenges, and the joys of daily life in the country, from the poetry of Gilgit to the graffiti of Gwadar, from an army barrack in Punjab to the urban politics of Karachi.This timely book brings together journalists, activists, academics, and artists to provide a rich, in-depth, and intriguing portrait of contemporary Pakistani society. Straddling a variety of boundaries--geographic, linguistic, and narrative--Dispatches from Pakistan is a vital attempt to speak for the multitude of Pakistanis who, in the face of seemingly unimaginable hardships, from drone strikes to crushing poverty, remain defiantly optimistic about their future. While engaging in conversations on issues that make the headlines in the West, the contributors also introduce less familiar dimensions of Pakistani life, highlighting the voices of urban poets, rural laborers, industrial workers, and religious-feminist activists--and recovering Pakistani society's inquilabi (revolutionary) undercurrents and its hopeful overtones.Contributors: Mahvish Ahmad; Nosheen Ali, U of California, Berkeley; Shafqat Hussain, Trinity College; Humeira Iqtidar, King's College London; Amina Jamal, Ryerson U; Hafeez Jamali, U of Texas at Austin; Iqbak Khattak; Zahra Malkani; Raza Mir; Hammad Nasar; Junaid Rana, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Maliha Safri, Drew U; Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, Lahore U of Management Sciences; Ayesha Siddiqa; Sultan-i-Rome, Government Jahanzeb Postgraduate College, Swat, Pakistan; Saadia Toor, Staten Island College. "-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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Contents

Pakistan Ka Matlab Kya? (What Does Pakistan Mean?)

Habib Jalib

Introduction: Pakistan's Futures

Madiha R. Tahir, Qalandar Bux Memon, and Vijay Prashad

Several Dawns Over the Indus

Zahra Malkani

New Wine in Old Bottles

Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

The Neoliberal Security State

Saadia Toor

The Mixed Modern Economy of Pakistan

Maliha Safri

The Generals' Labyrinth: Pakistan and its Military

Ayesha Siddiqa

The Desperate U.S.-Pakistan Alliance

Junaid Rana

I'll be Your Mirror: The Politics of Pakistan's Populism

Madiha Tahir

Feminism and 'Fundamentalism' in Pakistan

Amina Jamal

Punjab in Play

Humeira Iqtidar

Blood on the Path of Love: Faisalabad, Punjab

Qalandar Bux Memon

Balochistan Betrayed

Mahvish Ahmad

A Tempest in My Harbour: Gwadar, Balochistan

Hafees Jamali

Swat in Transition

Sultan-i-Rome

Inside Militancy in Waziristan

Iqbal Khattak

Poetic Reflection and Activism in Gilgit-Baltistan

Nosheen Ali

The Nature of Conservation: Conflict and Articulation in Northern Pakistan

Shafqat Hussain

An Art of Extremes

Hammad Nasar

Kya Tum Poora Chaand Na Dekhoge (Will You Not See the Full Moon)

Fehmida Riyaz

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Originally published: New Delhi : LeftWord Books, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Edition:

Reproduction of: New Delhi : LeftWord Books, 2012 (327 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.) Call number of original: DS384.D57 2012

ISBN:

9780816692231

0816692238

9780816692248

0816692246

OCLC:

863196266