Pakistan: Eye of the Storm

365 Pages·2003·2.12 MB·English

by  Owen Bennett Jones

Pakistan

Pakistan
Eye of the Storm
Owen Bennett Jones
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Jones, Owen Bennett. Pakistan: eye ofthe storm / Owen Bennett Jones. p. cm. Includes
bibliographical references and index. ISBN –––(cloth: alk. paper) .
Pakistan—History. I. Title. DS.J  .—dc 
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         
Plate captions: () Stanley Wolpert, Zulfi Bhutto ofPakistan: His Life and Times, Oxford
University Press, New York, , p. ; () Confidential telegram from the American
consulate in Karachi to the US State Department, July ; ()Guardian,May;
() Stanley Wolpert, Zulfi Bhutto ofPakistan: His Life and Times, Oxford University Press,
New York, , p. ; () Benazir Bhutto’s speech to the USCommittee for Human
Rights, May; ()Guardian,May; ()Hindustan Times,July .
For my parents

Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Preface x
Introduction xii
Note on Spellings xvii
Chronology xviii
1 Musharraf’s Challenge 
2 The  Coup 
3 Kashmir 
4 Nationalism 
5 Bangladesh 
6 The Bomb 
7 Democracy 
8 The Army 
9 The Day of Reckoning 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Index 
Illustrations
Plates
. Mohammed Ali Jinnah. © Government ofPakistan
. Partition. © Associated Press
. Mujibur Rahman. © Government ofPeople’s Republic ofBangladesh
. Dacca beating. © Associated Press
. Ayub Khan. © Government ofPakistan
. Yayha Khan. © Government ofPakistan
. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. © Government ofPakistan
. Zia ul Haq. © Government ofPakistan
. Nawaz Sharif. © Newsmakers. Photo: Getty Images
. Benazir Bhutto. © Karen Davies
. A. Q. Khan. © Government ofPakistan
. Celebrating nuclear tests. © Reuters
. A Ghauri missile. © Karen Davies
. The coup. © Associated Press
. Pervez Musharraf. © Karen Davies
. Karachi violence. © Liaison. Photo: Getty Images
. Siachin. © Bob Nickelsberg/Liaison/FSP. Photo: Getty Images
. Soldiers pray during the Kargil conflict. © Karen Davies
. Line ofcontrol, Kashmir. © Bob Nickelsberg
. Madrasa. © Karen Davies
. Jaish placard. © Getty Images
. Islamic demonstration. © Getty Images
Maps
Pakistan,  xx
Kashmir,  
Pakistan,  
East Pakistan,  
Designed with the help ofthe Army Press, Rawalpindi
Illustrations ix
Tables
Sectarian violence, – 
Kashmir killings, – 
Provincial breakdown by population,  
Languages spoken,  
Heads ofstate, –present 
Chiefexecutives, –present 
Comparison ofmen and hardware in India and Pakistan 
Social indicators in Pakistan,  
Tax revenues in Pakistan as a percentage ofGDP, – 
Figures
Defence expenditure in India and Pakistan, – 
Defence expenditure in India and Pakistan as a percentage
ofGDP, – 
Cartoons
‘st century’, The Muslim,January  
‘The nuclear club’, The News,May 
‘What have you done to your skin?’, The Muslim,May 