Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais Publisher: Lexington Books ISBN: 1498553966 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 234
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This study examines the conflict between two visions for Pakistan: a modern constitutional framework and an Islamist state. The author argues that Western liberal ideas were at the root of Pakistan’s creation, analyzes the society’s drift away from its founding philosophy, and assesses optimistic indications of its revival.
Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais Publisher: ISBN: 9781498553957 Category : Islam and politics Languages : en Pages : 221
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This study examines the conflict between two visions for Pakistan: a modern constitutional framework and an Islamist state. The author argues that Western liberal ideas were at the root of Pakistan's creation, analyzes the society's drift away from its founding philosophy, and assesses optimistic indications of its revival.
Author: Zafar Adeel Publisher: Springer ISBN: 331932845X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 216
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This volume calls upon over a dozen Indus observers to imagine a scenario for the Indus basin in which transboundary cooperation over water resources overcomes the insecurity arising from water dependence and scarcity. From diverse perspectives, its essays examine the potential benefits to be gained from revisiting the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty, as well as from mounting joint efforts to increase water supply, to combat climate change, to develop hydroelectric power, and to improve water management. The Indus basin is shared by four countries (Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan). The basin’s significance stems in part simply from the importance of these countries, three of them among the planet’s most populous states, one of them boasting the world’s second largest economy, and three of them members of the exclusive nuclear weapons club. However, the basin’s significance stems also from the great importance of the Indus waters themselves – due especially to the region’s massive dependence on irrigated agriculture as well as to the menace of climate change and advancing water scarcity. The “Industan” this volume imagines is a definite departure from business as usual responses to the Indus basin’s emerging fresh water crisis. The objective is to kindle serious discussion of the cooperation needed to confront what many water experts believe is developing into one of the planet’s most gravely threatened river basins. It is thus both assessment of the current state of play in regard to water security in the Indus basin and recommendation about where to go from here.
Author: Husain Haqqani Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 9352777700 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 352
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Salman Rushdie once described Pakistan as a 'poorly imagined country'. Indeed, Pakistan has meant different things to different people since its birth seventy years ago. Armed with nuclear weapons and dominated by the military and militants, it is variously described around the world as 'dangerous', 'unstable', 'a terrorist incubator' and 'the land of the intolerant'. Much of Pakistan's dysfunction is attributable to an ideology tied to religion and to hostility with the country out of which it was carved out -- India. But 95 per cent of Pakistan's 210 million people were born after Partition, as Pakistanis, and cannot easily give up on their home. In his new book, Husain Haqqani, one of the most important commentators on Pakistan in the world today, calls for a bold re-conceptualization of the country. Reimagining Pakistan offers a candid discussion of Pakistan's origins and its current failings, with suggestions for reconsidering its ideology, and identifies a national purpose greater than the rivalry with India.
Author: Agha Amin Publisher: ISBN: 9781729762738 Category : Languages : en Pages : 42
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I have been based in Afghanistan since almost 2002 and have yet to see an Al Qaeda man.Much of the writers narrative about Al Qaeda and ISIS and Jihadist groups is sheer nonsense:-- The writer ignores the harsh fact that the worst blow inflicted on Pakistans secular and liberal outlook was General Zia ul Haq who was USAs greatest ally and was all along strengthened and aided by the west so that their strategic objectives in the region against USSR etc would be served.I agree with the writer that the military in Pakistan has increasingly manipulated things to serve the generals agenda.However here too politicians like ZA Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif are to be blamed who selected people like Zia,Musharraf etc to suit their political goals.The ISIs involvement with harassing media is a valid criticism of the author.The ISPR has become a major manipulator but this is bound to happen in a state where the whole system is based on massive corruption whether it is political or military.On page-184 the authors criticism of suppressing Lt Gen Mahmuds book is invalid.There is hardly anything critical in this book and as per Lt Gen Tariq Khan this book was actually teaching handbook of staff college and a group effort plagiarized by Lt Gen Mahmud and published in his own name:-- The author offers no practical way of restructuring Pakistan other than broadbrushes.He seems to be against Pakistans nuclear deterrent but has failed to rationalize how the USA would have overrun and destroyed Pakistan if it did not have a nuclear deterrent.The book is inconclusive and offers no way out other than generalized statements.Page 284 is an example where the author makes huge broad brushes but offers nothing concrete :--
Author: Danish Rahi Publisher: Outskirts Press ISBN: 9781432769888 Category : Languages : en Pages : 382
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The Pakish Identity offers sustainable solutions and a roadmap with innovative concepts. Various revolutionary terms and theories are coined in this book, including the term ?ÇÿPAKISH, which refers to the people and culture of Pakistan. This first-of-its-kind book exposes Pakistans hidden dimension that will leave you amazed and enlightened. So get ready for this mesmerizing journey where Danish Rahi takes you through some exciting real-life incidents, grassroots analyses and creative concepts in an engaging and thought-provoking style. 'The Pakish Identity' official website
Author: Patrick Colm Hogan Publisher: U of Nebraska Press ISBN: 0803294891 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 312
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During the 1947 partition of the Indian subcontinent, Kashmir—a Muslim-majority area ruled by a Hindu maharaja—became a hotly disputed territory. Divided between India and Pakistan, the region has been the focus of international wars and the theater of political and military struggles for self-determination. The result has been great human suffering within the state, with political implications extending globally. Imagining Kashmir examines cinematic and literary imaginings of the Kashmir region’s conflicts and diverse citizenship, analyzing a wide range of narratives from writers and directors such as Salman Rushdie, Bharat Wakhlu, Mani Ratnam, and Mirza Waheed in conjunction with research in psychology, cognitive science, and social neuroscience. In this innovative study, Patrick Colm Hogan’s historical and cultural analysis of Kashmir advances theories of narrative, colonialism, and their corresponding ideologies in relation to the cognitive and affective operations of identity. Hogan considers how narrative organizes people’s understanding of, and emotions about, real political situations and the ways in which such situations in turn influence cultural narratives, not only in Kashmir but around the world.
Author: Haroon Khalid Publisher: Penguin, Viking ISBN: 9780670089994 Category : Lahore (Pakistan) Languages : en Pages : 304
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An anecdotal travelogue about Lahore - which begins in the present and travels through time to the mythological origins of the city attributed to Ram's son, Lav. Through the city's present - its people, communities, monuments, parks and institutions - the author paints a vivid picture of the city's past. From its emergence under Mahmud Ghaznavi to the Mughal centuries where several succession intrigues unfolded on its soil, its recasting as the capital of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Khalsa Empire, the role it played in preserving the British Raj, to acting as an incubator of revolutionaries and people's movements, Lahore influenced the subcontinent's political trajectory time and again. Today, too, Lahore often determines which way the wind will blow on Pakistan's political landscape. The Lahore Resolution of 1940, which laid the blueprint for the creation of the country, was signed here. The city saw the birth of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's PPP, as well as his downfall. It was to Lahore that Benazir Bhutto returned to combat a military dictator, and where Imran Khan heralded his arrival as a main contender on the political battlefield. As the capital of Punjab, Lahore continues to cast a long shadow over the federal state.
Author: Husain Haqqani Publisher: Carnegie Endowment ISBN: 0870032852 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 413
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Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an important center of radical Islamic ideas and groups. Since 9/11, the selective cooperation of president General Pervez Musharraf in sharing intelligence with the United States and apprehending al Qaeda members has led to the assumption that Pakistan might be ready to give up its longstanding ties with radical Islam. But Pakistan's status as an Islamic ideological state is closely linked with the Pakistani elite's worldview and the praetorian ambitions of its military. This book analyzes the origins of the relationships between Islamist groups and Pakistan's military, and explores the nation's quest for identity and security. Tracing how the military has sought U.S. support by making itself useful for concerns of the moment—while continuing to strengthen the mosque-military alliance within Pakistan—Haqqani offers an alternative view of political developments since the country's independence in 1947.
Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais Publisher: ISBN: 9781498553971 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 234
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This study examines the conflict between two visions for Pakistan: a modern constitutional framework and an Islamist state. The author argues that Western liberal ideas were at the root of Pakistan's creation, analyzes the society's drift away from its founding philosophy, and assesses optimistic indications of its revival.
Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais
Author: Zafar Adeel
Author: Husain Haqqani
Author: Agha Amin
Author: Danish Rahi
Author: Patrick Colm Hogan
Author: Haroon Khalid
Author: Husain Haqqani
Author: Rasul Bakhsh Rais