PAKISTAN PERSPECTIVES
Subtitle: Biannual Research Journal of Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi
Publisher: Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi
Published: December 2006
Place of publication: Karachi, Pakistan
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 254
Description: Pakistan Perspectives is a referred biannual research journal of the Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi. The multitude of problems and challenges faced by contemporary Pakistan require that issues should not only be seen in their broader perspectives but that they should also be studied in a multidisciplinary manner. Pakistan Perspectives attempts to promote such an approach. It provides a forum for debate and discussion on all subjects which come within the domain of Humanities and Social Sciences and concern Pakistan in its internal, regional and global setting. Pakistan Perspectives is asbstracted in International Political Science Abstracts (IPSA), Paris.
Table of contents: title: Comment:; title: Islam and Inter-Faith Engagements, by Asghar Ali Engineer; title: Articles:; title: The Destruction of Democracy in Pakistan and Emergence of Authoritarianism (1953-54), by Lubna Saif; title: The Faqir of Ipi - A Mystic Warrior of Waziristan, by Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat; title: Kashmir and the Process of Conflict Resolution, by Moonis Ahmar; title: Kashmir: The Communal Factor, by Farzana Shakoor; title: Historiography of Architecture during the Colonial Period, by Pervaiz Vandal; title: Linguistic Diversity in Pakistan: A Casse Study of Language Shift and Maintenance, by Shumaila Shafket Ali & S.M. Farrukh; title: Schools' Participation in Great Conversation: AS Proposal for School Improvement in Pakistan, by Zubeda Bana; title: Review Article: In the Line of Fire, by Hassan N. Gardezi; title: Book Reviews:; title: Zamir Niazi, Fettered Freedom, reviewed by Amar Sindhu; title: Shahnaz Rouse, Gene\der, Nation, and State in Pakistan, reviewed by Anwar Shaheen; title: Documents (January-June 2006); title: I. Political Developments: (1) Text of President Pervez Musharraf's address to the nation; (2) Excerpts from State of Human Rights in 2006; (3) Excerpts from International Crisis Group's Policy Report (Baloch Grievances and Demands; title: II. Foreign Policy:; title: A. Pakistan & OIC: Statement by Mr. Shaukat Aziz, Prime Minister of Pakistan, at the extraordinary summit of the executive committee of the OIC, Kuala Lumpur; title: B. Pakistan & SCO (Joint communique of the Council of Heads of Governmnets (Prime ministers) of the SCO member nations.; title: C. Pakistan & NAM: (Text of President Pervez Musharraf's address at the 14th NAM summit, Havana; title: D. Pakistan & the UN (Text of address delivered by President Pervez Musharraf at the 61st session of the UN General Assembly, New York); title: E. Pakistan-India Relations(1. The text of the joint statement issued at the end of the meeting between the President of Pakistan and Prime Minister of India. (2) Joint press statement issued at the conclusion of talks between the foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India.; title: F. Pakistan-UK Relations (1. Text of the joint statement issued at the conclusion of the 2nd round of Pakistan-UK Strategic Dialogue; 2. UK-Pakistan joint declaration); title: G. Pakistan-Chinas Relations (1. Address by HE Hu Jintao, President of the People's Republic ofChiaat Islamabad Convention Center (Translation); 2. Joint statement issued at the conclusion of Chinese President's visit to Pakistan.