Product DescriptionThis volume addresses some of the key issues marking the process of decolonization in India and Pakistan. It looks at decolonization as a long-term process and highlights some of the historical complications involved in nations born under the aegis of the colonial rule evolving into postcolonial polities. It concentrates…
Month: March 2010
Searching Lice
Picture of Pakistani family of 3 girls and mother searching for lice in each others head
Dr Shama Khalid
Dr Shama Khalid is a leading social worker who voluntarily worked in different parts of Gilgit-Baltistan by establishing free summer medical camps every year. President Zardari had appointed Dr Shama Khalid as the Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan on 23rd March 2010. She became the second female Governor of any province in…
India tests two nuclear capable missiles
India tests two nuclear capable missiles by Staff Writers Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) March 27, 2010 India successfully tested two short-range nuclear-capable missiles from two sites off its eastern coast on Saturday, a defence ministry official said. Read more on SpaceDaily
The Karakorum Higway and the Hunza valley (North Pakistan1990)
ATTENTION / CAUTION / VORSICHT / ???? / ??? / PRECAUTION / ATENCAO / ??! / Watch this movie only if you are interested by Pakistan in 1990. I have retrieved this old film of my trip in the north of Pakistan. It’s not actual, but may be someone will…
Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin
Product DescriptionBy revealing Jinnah’s human face alongside his heroic achievement, Akbar Ahmed makes this statesman accessible to the current age. Drawing on history, semiotics and cultural anthropology, the author shows the relevance of Jinnah to contemporary Islam debates as well as to alternative forms of political leadership.Amazon.com ReviewAugust 1997 marked…
Jinnah, Pakistan and Islamic Identity: The Search for Saladin
Product DescriptionBy revealing Jinnah’s human face alongside his heroic achievement, Akbar Ahmed makes this statesman accessible to the current age. Drawing on history, semiotics and cultural anthropology, the author shows the relevance of Jinnah to contemporary Islam debates as well as to alternative forms of political leadership.Amazon.com ReviewAugust 1997 marked…
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