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This study seeks to solve the following puzzle: In 1947, the Pakistan military was poorly trained and poorly armed. It also inherited highly vulnerable territory vis-à-vis the much …
Property taxes are considered progressive and a good way of directly taxing the rich to pay for social services for all at the local level. But they tend to be under-used globally, …
This book is the first of its kind on the socio-political history of Urdu. It analyses the historiography of the language-narratives about its names, linguistic ancestry, place of …
This book identifies past socio-economic conditions in the different ecological regions of Pakistan as viewed by the communities the author has worked or interacted with, present …
This book is about understanding Pakistan's structural transformation over six decades in a political economy framework. The author examines how and where such transformations have …
A case-study of Pakistan's economic development during the past fifty years, which demonstrates that the benefit of this development has predominantly affected a small class of the …
What and who do we talk about when we speak of 'Pakistan' and the 'Pakistani'? This question was posed to more than eighty artists, designers, and other creative souls across …
Serving at three places in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, during the critical period between 1969 and 1971, Syed Shahid Husain saw the events unfold and presents in this book an …
This work recounts the history of the Pakistan area from the perspective of present day Pakistan. It positions the land of the Indus centrally, thereby emphasizing its crucial and …