When you are in a great hurry to transform a nation of beggars into a highly developed welfare state, no one is surprised if you fail. It has taken decades for China and the rich nations of the West to become what they are today. Our Dear Leader should have realised this by now, but […]
Ayub Khan
‘People’s Movements in Pakistan’ – an account of political struggle
The book under review, ‘People’s Movements in Pakistan’ by Aslam Khwaja is a groundbreaking piece of work on the nonviolent struggles of Pakistan. Despite the fact that nonviolence and democratic culture is deeply rooted in the Pakistani social fabric, the least amount of work has been done by scholars and academics on nonviolent political struggle. […]