Pakistan

Peter Blood, ed. Pakistan: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1994.

Acknowledgments
Preface

History
EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
ISLAM IN INDIA
THE MUGHAL PERIOD
COMPANY RULE
THE BRITISH RAJ
The Forward Policy
The Seeds of Muslim Nationalism
Beginnings of Self-Government
The Two Nations Theory
Toward Partition
INDEPENDENT PAKISTAN
Problems at Independence

Constitutional Beginnings
Early Foreign Policy
Collapse of the Parliamentary System
AYUB KHAN
YAHYA KHAN AND BANGLADESH
ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO
ZIA UL-HAQ
THE ZIA REGIME

Geography
Topography and Drainage
Climate
Pollution
National Conservation Goals

Society
POPULATION
Traditional Kinship Patterns
Linguistic and Ethnic Groups
Punjabis
Pakhtuns
Sindhis
Baloch
Men and Women, Gender Relations
The Status of Women and the Women's Movement
RELIGION
Basic Tenets of Islam

Islam in Pakistani Society
Politicized Islam
Non-Muslim Minorities
EDUCATION
HEALTH AND WELFARE

The Economy
STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
LABOR
AGRICULTURE
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing

Energy
Mining
Tourism

The Government
Independence
Role of Islam
Regional and Ethnic Factors
The Civil Service
The Military
Early Constitution Building
Ayub Khan
Yahya Khan
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
Zia ul-Haq
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
POLITICS
Muslim League

Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
Jamaat-i-Islami
Pakistan People's Party
Muhajir Qaumi Mahaz
Awami National Party
Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam
Tehrik-i-Istiqlal
The First Government of Benazir Bhutto
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
Nawaz Sharif
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan
Struggle Between Nawaz Sharif and Ishaq Khan
Moeen Qureshi
Benazir Bhutto Returns
THE MEDIA
FOREIGN POLICY
India
The Former Soviet Union
China
Middle East
The United States

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