Description:This is a selection of papers presented at the 2nd Pakistan Conference held at Columbia University, New York, USA, in 1987. They cover a number of aspects of the political, economic and social system of Pakistan. Dr. Wasti draws attention to the importance of changes in Pakistan as the country moves to a more representative form of government in the 1990s. Craig Baxter and Leo Rose examine the security and foreign policy options for Pakistan; Louis Dupree surveys the relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan and William Richter discusses the internal political scene as the, country's political system undergoes change. Charles Kennedy writes on administrative changes in the bureaucracy during the long years of Martial Law while Shahid Javed Burki continues his studies on the economic system of the country. Anita Weiss looks at the role and status of Pakistani women in the 1980s and beyond while Grace Clark discusses the Zakat system and its impact on women. This is an invaluable record of the most important decade in Pakistan's chequered history.