Pakistan: Fifty Years Of Nationhood, Third Edition

by Burki,Shahid Javed

• ISBN13: 9780813336213
• ISBN10: 081333621X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-04-02
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Although it achieved independence in 1947, Pakistan still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nationas its short yet turbulent history vividly demonstrates. The nation's search for stability is traced in this revised and updated introduction to Pakistan's political, economic, and social development. New chapters detail political developments since 1991, including the elections of 1993 and 1996. Economic changes, including the financial crisis that led to the fall of Benazir Bhutto's government in 1996, are given particular attention. Also included is an extensive analysis of the nuclear arms race between India and Pakistan, an issue of global concern.

Author Biography

Shahid Javed Burki was educated at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar and at Harvard University as a Mason Fellow. Burki’s career at the World Bank began in 1974 with appointment as senior economist of the Policy Planning and Program Review Department. In 1982 he was appointed director of the International Relations Department, and later served as director of the China Department. He then began a two-year stint as Finance and Planning Minister of the Pakistani government. Burki was a also member of the care-taker government that took office following the dismissal of Ms. Bhutto; he was in charge of the portfolios of finance, planning and economic affairs. Mr. Burki has since re-joined the World Bank as vice-president of the Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office.Burki has written extensively on the political economy of both China and Pakistan.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Illustrations	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	xv
Birth: August 14, 1947	1	(22)
The Muslims of British India	2	(3)
The Muslims of North-Central Provinces	5	(3)
The Muslims of Punjab and Bengal	8	(2)
The Muslims of the Northeastern Provinces	10	(2)
Pakistan: The Unfinished Task	12	(1)
The Land and Its People	12	(11)
Political Development: Continuing Search for Stability	23	(72)
The Roots of Diversity	25	(3)
Muhajir and Indigenous Cultures: The Constitution of 1956	28	(3)
The Ayub Khan Era	31	(9)
The Yahya Khan Era	40	(4)
The Bhutto Era	44	(6)
The Zia Era	50	(21)
Pakistan's Military Presidents: A Comparative Analysis	71	(3)
A Series of Failed Administrations	74	(21)
Economic Development: Continuing Postponement of Structural Change	95	(44)
The Current Structure of the Economy	97	(2)
Recent Economic History	99	(1)
The Role of Politics in Pakistan's Economy	100	(8)
External Influences on Pakistan's Economy	108	(14)
The Agricultural Sector	122	(3)
The Industrial Sector	125	(9)
Domestic Resource Mobilization	134	(3)
Pakistan's Economic Future	137	(2)
Social Development: Missed Opportunities	139	(30)
Education and Development	142	(10)
Health and Development	152	(2)
The Population Problem	154	(3)
Urbanization	157	(1)
Poverty	158	(5)
The Status of Women	163	(4)
Conclusion	167	(2)
Governance, Corruption, and Development: Some Major Obstacles to Growth and Modernization	169	(22)
Poor Governance, Corruption, and the Fall of Benazir Bhutto's Second Government	170	(6)
Poor Governance, Corruption, and Its Impact on Development	176	(4)
Culture and the Culture of Corruption	180	(6)
Conclusion	186	(5)
Foreign Relations: Searching for a New Identity	191	(24)
Initial Foreign Policy Tasks	192	(1)
Relations with India	193	(4)
Relations with Afghanistan	197	(4)
Relations with the United States	201	(4)
Relations with the Third World	205	(1)
Relations with the Muslim World	206	(2)
Development of the Bomb	208	(3)
Terrorism	211	(1)
Conclusion	212	(3)
An Uncertain Future	215	(10)
Pakistan's Historical Purpose	215	(3)
The Role of Islam in Nation Building	218	(3)
Issues for the Future	221	(4)
Notes	225	(8)
Bibliography	233	(6)
About the Book and Author	239	(1)
Index	240