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Pakistan in an age of turbulence / Masuma Hasan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hasan, Masuma, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pakistan--Politics and government.
- Pakistan.
- Pakistan--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, England : Pen & Sword Books Ltd, [2022]
- Summary:
- A detailed and graphic personal and family history within a national and international context. It mirrors and brings to life the modern and contemporary history of the Indian sub-continent and of India and Pakistan, and the dramatic birth-struggles of both major nation states dominating South Asia. And the complex racial, religious and ethnic mix was central to turbulent politics and Islamic identity is a factor in international politics. The overshadowing influence of the British Indian Empire was a constant factor and sets the context. The huge upheaval and tragedy of Partition is at the heart of the story with the flight of an influential Muslim population, advanced in education and culture and prominent in the professions, to Pakistan to form a new state, liberal in form but Islamic in confession. Here is a vivid and attractive personal family life followed by distinguished state service, laying bare the modern political history of Pakistan from the inside with sharp and decisive insight, including the promise and tragedy of the Bhutto era, the excesses and cruel extremism of the Ziaul Haq regime, and the struggle of the return to democracy in Pakistan.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Panipat and My Family
- Chapter 2 Hyderabad Interlude
- Chapter 3 Life in Intelligence School
- Chapter 4 Farewell to Panipat
- Chapter 5 Fatehyab and the Anti-Ayub Movement
- Chapter 6 Education and Employment
- Chapter 7 The Bhutto Years
- Chapter 8 Movement for Restoration of Democracy
- Chapter 9 Vienna
- Chapter 10 Last Posting
- Chapter 11 For Fatehyab
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Plate section.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526788610
- 1526788616
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