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A History of Pakistan and Its Origins (Anthem South Asian Studies) ‘A History of Pakistan and its Origins’ is a comprehensive, detailed and fully up-to-date study of one of the most diverse, volatile and strategically significant countries in the world today. Written by an internationally renowned team of scholars, it covers historical, social, economic, political and religious aspects of this fascinating nation. List Price: $ 29.95 Price:…. Read more

by climbnh2003 South Africa and Pakistan are preparing for next year’s World Cup with a game in five days, a series from here on Friday, as captain Graeme Smith, Shahid Afridi has urged his team to keep the focus. South Africa is in top form after a miserable 3-0 in a dull Zimbabwe one-day series at home and beat Pakistan in two Twenty20 matches in preparation for the 50-plus games. Smith, who handed Twenty20 captain Johan Botha last month, said the site development is the key in front of the 2011 World Cup co-hosting India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, which starts in February. “It will be a foretaste of the sub-continent conditions before the World Cup,” Smith said of the series here. “South Africa is on the development of the front…. Read more

National Identities in Pakistan: The 1971 war in contemporary Pakistani fiction (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series) In 1971, a war which took place in Pakistan that resulted in the establishment of two separate countries; East Pakistan became Bangladesh, leaving the remaining four western provinces to comprise a truncated Pakistan. This book examines how literature by those who remained Pakistanis acts as a cultural response to the threat the war posed to a nationalist identity. It provides an analysis of the writing by Pakistani authors in their attempt to deal with the radical shock of the war and shows how fiction about the war helps readers imagine what the paring down of the country means for any abiding articulation of a…. Read more

Regionalism in South Asia: Negotiating Cooperation, Institutional Structures (Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series) The dramatic surge in regional integration schemes over the past two decades has been one of the most important developments in world politics. Virtually all countries are now members of at least one regional grouping. South Asia is no exception to this trend. In December 1985, seven South Asian countries came together to establish South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to address issues of peace and development in the region. This book examines regionalism in South Asia, exploring the linkages between institutional structures, government capabilities, and domestic actors’ preferences to explain…. Read more