Can Pakistan Survive?: The Death of a State

237 Pages·1983·2.67 MB·English

by  Tariq Ali

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All righrtess erved
Madea ndp rintienGd r eaBtr itabiyn
RichaCrlda (yT hCeh aucPerre sLst)d ,
BungaSyu,f folk
Seti nT imes
Excepitnt heU niteSdt atoefsA merictah,ib so oki ss olsdu bject
tot hec ondittihoanit ts hanlolt b,y w ayo ft radoero thenvibseel ,e nt,
re-sohlidr,eo du to,r o therwciisrec ulwaittehdo tuhte
publishperri'ocsro nseinnat n yf oromf b indionrgc oveort hetrh an
thaitn w hicihti sp ublisahnedwd i thoau sti milcoanrd ition
includtihnicgso nditbeiionngi mposoendt hes ubsequpeunrtc haser
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Contents
Prefa·c 9e
Maps· II
StatistTiacballe· s1 3
1 · Origi·n 1s 5
2 · Post-IndepenRdeeanlciet ies:
TheF irsDte cad1e9 47-· 548I
3 · TheG un andt heH at:
Military-BureaDuiccrtaattiocrI s9hi5p8 -· 6692
4 · TheB reak-UopfP akistIa9n6 9-· 7813
5 TheP opuliEsxtp eriment:
Bhuttion P owerI 971·- 979
6 · TheC risoifsL egitimacy:
MartiLaalw w itahn I slamFiacc eI 977·- 1?3 3
7 · Betweetnh eH ammera ndt heA nvil:
Geopoliatnidct sh eS uper-Pow·e 1r6s3
Appendixes:
1 · Poem:F orD aliW,h o Daredt oS truggalnedD ie· 199
2 · InterviMeuwr:a dK han · 200
3 · How theL andlorWdosn inS ind· 210
Notes· 2I5
Inde·x 2 3I

Preface
Pakisthaansb eeni ne xistefnocrte h irty-yfievaerFs o.r h altfh ipse riotdh e
counthrays b eenu ndetrh eh eeolf t heP akistAarnm y,a mercenafroyr ce
pare xcellewnhcoes,em ajor's ucceshsaevseb' e enp olitico-military cam­
paignasg ainisttos w np opulatSiionnc.te h ed istintegorfaP taikoins taannd
thee stablishomfeB natn gladeisn1h 9721,t-h er ulienlgi theasv eb eeni n
searocfha newi dentiTthyec. o llaopfsp eo puliasnmd t hee xecutoifot nh e
countrfiyr'ssat n dl asetl ectperdi mmei nistZeurl,fi qaArl iB h::tthoa,s
posetdh eq uestioofns urvivFaolrt. h efi rstti mien P akistacnh'esq uered
histomrayn,y o rdinacriyt iziennt sh em ajoriptryo vinocfte h eP unjaabn d
them inoriptryo vinocfeS si ndB,a luchisatnadtn h eN orth-WeFsrto ntier
Provin(cNeW FP )a req uestiontihnebg i rtohft hen ews tate.
TheP akistaarnm yh asb eeni np owesri nc5eJ ul1y 97I7th. a sa ttempted
tou tilIiszlea imn o rdetro i nstitutioan barluitzadeli ctatorOsnh itph.e
externfarlo ntth,e a rmyh asm ortgagtehdec ounttroyt heU niteSdt ates
oncea gaiInn.r eturinth, a sw illinagglrye etdoh elspe rviacnedp olitchee
Gulfs tatEevse.r ythiisfn ogr s alien P akistiatnls:a boufro rciet,as r myi,t s
womeni,t dso ctoarnsd t eachearrsea llle asteodt heo il-roilcihg archies in
theA rabG ulfP.a kistan's unmiefrocremneadri inSe asu dAir abiaar ei,n
facstt,r onegn ougtho m ounta coupi nt hacto untrsyh,o ultdh en eede ver
ariseI.n sidPea kistaint selmfi,s errye ignssu premeT.h e senseo f
demoralizaatniddo ens paciarn b eg augebdy t hef actth amta nyp eople
looke agertloyI ndiaan de vent heS ovieUtn ionf ors alvatfiroonm t his
regimIen.r ealirteyl,i weifl clo meo nlyf romw ithiTnh.e l engtohft his
thirpde rioodfm ilitarruyli es d irectly cowrirtehtl haetl eedv eolfm ass
strugignlt eh ec ountrIyft. h eriesa r enewoaflu rbaunn restth,ir se gimwei ll
fall.
Thep roblehmo,w eveerx,t enbdesy ontdh ec urrednitc tatorasnhdii tps
front-mEavne.sr incieti sn ceptPiaokni,s thaansp revenitetidsn telligentsia
fromd iscussiitnosgw nh istoTrhye.p oet(sF aiJza,l iFba,k haZra man,
AhmedS aliFme,h midRai aazn dm anyo therhsa)v eo ccasionmaalnlayg ed
tol oosen itdheiosl ogsitcraali tjacket. sEillseenhwcahese p rree vailed,
sometimberso kebny t hew hispeorfBs a lucihn surgeonrtt hse l ouedx plo­
sionosft heB engalTihse.q uestiwohni cnho wi ncreasihnagulnytt sh en ew
10 Preface
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generaitnPi aokniss itsna onst i mpwlhye thtehcreo unctarsnyu rvbiuvte ,
whethietersx istweansnc eec esisnat rhfyei rpslta ce.
Thissm ablolo iks aatnt emtopd ti schuistsh etratbooo oru ndiscussed
themweist hoiunth ibiStoimoen t.oh fie d eas cohnetrhaeai vnneee dv er
beepnu bliacilriyen dP akisTthaean i.mi st oe nsutrheat th imsa teriisa l
reaadn dd iscuwshseerideit sm ost ne-aenddse idn ce indoetaosr iaorues
violaotffe orrnst ioenres ,h tohpaettsh ibso owki rlela icthds e sttiinoan.
Iw ould tloti hkaen kt haolPslae k istwahnogi asvm ee r elevfacatnuta l
inofrmatoinoc no,n ditthiatothn e ainro nymwiatspy r eseedrI.v woluilkde
alstoot hank O.tJhT.e r usftor t hmeo desbtu,tn ecesshaerltyph, e y
provid1e9d8 t0ioe,n n abmlete o w orokn t hpirsjo ecLta.s tmlayn,y thanks
ardeu teo m ye ditaotr P enBgouoikNnse ,iM li ddleftoaorln l,h ehliapsn d
encouragement.
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