Pakistan

Through simple and entertaining stories, Jamuna Rangachari brings out the essence of all religions practiced in India and how, underneath it all, we are all one.Jamuna Rangachari is a software professional. She lives in Mumbai with her husband and two children.... More

A stunning exposé of how A.Q. Khan set up Pakistan’s nuclear programme, and the role of the United States in the spread of nuclear weaponsBased on hundreds of interviews in the United States, Pakistan, India, Israel, Europe, and Southeast Asia, Deception is a masterwork of reportage and dramatic ... More

The partition of India in 1947 promised its people both political freedom and a future free of religious strife. Instead, the geographical divide effected an even greater schism of the population, benefiting the few at the expense of the very many, exposing huge numbers of the population to ... More

It is almost unprecedented for a head of state to publish a memoir while still in office. But Pervez Musharraf is no ordinary head of state. As President of Pakistan since 1999, his is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, and he continues to play a crucial role in the global war on terror. A... More

In this book the author surveys the history of Indus right from the time of the Harappan civilization to the era of the British Raj, concluding with Independence and the creation of Pakistan. The author's message is aimed both at Indians still nostalgic about ‘undivided’ India and at his Pakist... More

Editorial Review August 14/15, 1947, means more than the ‘Independence’ of India. It marks the birth of two nation states, India and Pakistan, and is fixed in the memory of many as Partition and the end of the Raj. Bearing Witness nuances this historical moment by considering contemporary and p... More

Editorial Review 9 December 1971. 8.45 p.m. Torpedoed by a Pakistani sub-marine, the INS Khukri sank within minutes. Along with the ship 178 sailors and 18 officers made the supreme sacrifice. Last seen calmly puffing on his cigarette Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, captain of the Khukri, chose to go ... More

The Book: Language and Politics in Pakistan is a study of the links between language, politics and ethnicity in Pakistan. Rahman reviews the history of all the major ethnic and language movements that have occurred and still continue in Pakistan today, such as the Bengali, Sindhi, Pashto and Punjabi... More

The goal of his book is to cover all relevant aspects including botanical identification, processing and major categories of tea, physiological and pharmacological effects, and experimental therapeutic effects. The therapeutic applications of tea based on traditional Chinese medicine are also includ... More

Pakistan is a key country in the "War against Terror." A Western ally and a nuclear power, with a very large Muslim population, and where substantial "Islamicization" programs have taken place over recent years, it is by no means certain in which direction Pakistan will turn going forward. Understan... More

An eyewitness account by an acclaimed "New Yorker" reporter Wedged between India and Afghanistan, Pakistan is the second-largest nation in the Islamic world, and is situated in what is currently one of the most volatile regions on earth. It has assumed a commanding role in militant Islam, a frighten... More

In "Resistance and Control in Pakistan," one of the world's leading authorities on Islam, Akbar S. Ahmed, illuminates what is happening in the Muslim world today and assesses the underlying causes. He does this by telling the dramatic story of the revolt of the Mullah of Waziristan in northwest Paki... More

A gripping insider's account of the Pakistani resistance organization Al-Zulfikar. Author Raja Anwar--an adviser to Prime Minister Bhutto and imprisoned for opposing him--recounts the transformation of Al-Zulfikar into a terrorist group, run by Bhutto.Anwar draws convincing portraits of Bhutto, who ... More

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