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The Pakistan Paradox

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The Pakistan Paradox

By Christophe Jaffrelot

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About the book

Pakistan was born as the creation of elite Urdu-speaking Muslims who sought to govern a state that would maintain their dominance. After rallying non-Urdu speaking leaders around him, Jinnah imposed a unitary definition of the new nation state that obliterated linguistic diversity. This centralisation - 'justified' by the Indian threat - fostered centrifugal forces that resulted in Bengali secessionism in 1971 and Baloch, as well as Mohajir, separatisms today. Concentration of power in the hands...Show more

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9781849043298

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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd

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2015

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1

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The Pakistan Paradox

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