Chequered Past, Uncertain Future

Tahir Kamran is Head of the Department of the Liberal Arts at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Director of the Khuldunia Centre for Historical Research and the editor of the Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies. His books include Colonial Lahore: A History of the City and Beyond (with Ian Talbot, 2017).

Introduction by Ian Talbot
1 From Pre-Historic to the Early Modern Era: 3800 bc to ad 1707
2 The British Rule and the Rise of Muslim Nationalism
3 Bloodied Partition and Punjab’s Bifurcation: 1947
4 Multiple Challenges, Limited Options: Making sense of the Early Problems
5 Faltering Years of a Nascent State, 1947–58
6 Praetorianism Unbound (Ayub Khan’s Rule), 1958–69
7 Praetorianism Under Gen. Yahya Khan and East Pakistan’s Separation, 1969–71
8 The Era of Populism: Zulfi Bhutto, 1971–7
9 Piety and Praetorianism: General Zia ul Haq’s Reign, 1977–88
10 The Rule of Troika and the Onset of ‘Establishmentarian Democracy’, 1988–99
11 Pervez Musharraf: An Autocrat Re-Engineering Politics, 1999–2008
12 A Decade of Uncertainty: 2008–18
13 Imran Khan Assumes Charge
14 Regime Change and a Year of Uncertainty
Epilogue
References
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index