Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan
Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan

Author: Mohammad Ayub Khan

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780195476248

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The present-day political scenario of Pakistan could not be more aptly described than in these lines spoken by Ayub Khan decades ago. The talks and interviews included in this volume recreate for us, as no other book could, the era during which Pakistan was stable, prosperous, and held up as a model for other states in the continent. They contain candid comments, for instance, on Lal Bahadur Shastri and on the industrialists whom Ayub Khan is supposed to have patronized, whereas in fact he decried the concentration of wealth. He also criticizes the bureaucracy and makes decentralization his prescription for progress. The volume clears many misconceptions about this little-appreciated ruler. His interviews reflect a man with a vision, free from all religious and ethnic bigotry. He upheld the ideals of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan for modernization of the thought process rather than regression in the face of this fast progressing world. Ayub Khan's interviews transcend the boundaries of time...since nothing has changed...especially in the politics of Pakistan. Book jacket.

Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972
Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972

Author: Mohammad Ayub Khan

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13:

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Field Marshal Ayub khan kept his diary from September 1966 to October 1972, a very active period in Pakistan's history which included Ayub's yielding of the presidency to Yahya Khan and the period of Yahyaa's rule that saw the ending of Yahya by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Ayub's diary presents his views and interpretations of the events of the period for which it was kept. The diary was discontinued when declining health preventing him from writing. In his introductory note he stated that the diary must be withheld from publicatoin for an unspecified time as his comments may contain sensitive material. Accordingly, the diary has been withheld from publication for 30 years, although it does include material that is critical of many personalities and events. Ayub also stated that the material contained in the diary might serve as the basis of a sequel to his book, Friends, not Masters. The editor has included additional notes that pertain to many of the persons and events of this turbulent time in Pakistan's history. The diary will therefore provide essential material for those studying the period, and also provide a means for those who lived through these times to understand the views of Ayub

Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972
Diaries of Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan, 1966-1972

Author: Craig Baxter

Publisher:

Published: 2013-03-15

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 9780199068586

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Pakistan's first military ruler, Mohammad Ayub Khan, became the country's first Pakistani Commander-in-Chief in 1951, and subsequently served as defence minister. Following a bloodless coup, he became President on 27 October 1958. The present volume contains the diaries maintained by Field Marshal Ayub Khan from September 1966 to October 1972, a turbulent period that included Ayub Khan's yielding of the presidency to Yahya Khan, the end of the unified state of Pakistan and the independence of Bangladesh; and the accession of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. The book offers authentic material for scholars, academics, students, and general readers interested in Pakistan's political history, and will be of special interest to those who lived through those difficult times. Professor Craig Baxter has included additional notes on prominent personalities and events mentioned in the diaries.

The Defiant Border
The Defiant Border

Author: Elisabeth Leake

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 1107126029

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This book explores why the Afghan-Pakistan borderlands have remained largely independent of state controls throughout the twentieth century.

Pakistan's Political Parties
Pakistan's Political Parties

Author: Mariam Mufti

Publisher: Georgetown University Press

Published: 2020-05-01

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1626167710

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Pakistan’s 2018 general elections marked the second successful transfer of power from one elected civilian government to another—a remarkable achievement considering the country’s history of dictatorial rule. Pakistan’s Political Parties examines how the civilian side of the state’s current regime has survived the transition to democracy, providing critical insight into the evolution of political parties in Pakistan and their role in developing democracies in general. Pakistan’s numerous political parties span the ideological spectrum, as well as represent diverse regional, ethnic, and religious constituencies. The essays in this volume explore the way in which these parties both contend and work with Pakistan’s military-bureaucratic establishment to assert and expand their power. Researchers use interviews, surveys, data, and ethnography to illuminate the internal dynamics and motivations of these groups and the mechanisms through which they create policy and influence state and society. Pakistan’s Political Parties is a one-of-a-kind resource for diplomats, policymakers, journalists, and scholars searching for a comprehensive overview of Pakistan’s party system and its unlikely survival against an interventionist military, with insights that extend far beyond the region.

Pakistan
Pakistan

Author: Tilak Devasher

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2018-06-22

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9352779347

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Fascinating vignettes about the men and woman who ruled PakistanWhat did Muhammad Ali Jinnah say when he received a royal salute from the last British regiment about to leave Pakistan? Did Ayub Khan consider turning Pakistan into a monarchy? Why was Yahya Khan so confident that the 1970 elections would return a hung parliament? What did Zulfikar Ali Bhutto say when the Pakistan Army launched a brutal crackdown in March 1971? How did Zia-ul-Haq get Bhutto to appoint him the army chief? In 2007, did Benazir Bhutto misread the extent of American support for her return to Pakistan? Had Pervez Musharraf and Nawaz Sharif agreed to a pull-out from Kargil even before the latter went to meet President Clinton in July 1999? Backed by meticulous research, the second book from Tilak Devasher, author of Pakistan: Courting the Abyss, provides enthralling insights into the lives and times of the leaders of Pakistan over the seven decades of the nation's existence. Anecdotal and engrossing, Pakistan: At the Helm presents a human side to the country's political history for anyone who is curious about the inner workings of its corridors of power.

Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century
Kandahar in the Nineteenth Century

Author: William B. Trousdale

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-03-08

Total Pages: 275

ISBN-13: 9004445226

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This comprehensive history of Kandahar uses unpublished and fugitive sources to provide a detailed picture of the geographical layout and political, social, ethnic, religious, and economic life in Afghanistan’s second largest city throughout the nineteenth century.