Nafisa Hoodbhoy

Aboard the Democracy Train

A Journey through Pakistan's Last Decade of Democracy

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Produktbeschreibung

'Aboard the Democracy Train' is a gripping front-line account of Pakistan's decade of turbulent democracy (1988-1999), as told through the eyes of the only woman reporter working during the Zia era for the nation's leading English language newspaper.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 385g
• ISBN-13: 9780857289674
• ISBN-10: 0857289675
• Artikelnr.: 31802190

Autorenporträt

Nafisa Hoodbhoy was staff reporter for ‘Dawn’, Pakistan’s leading English language newspaper, from 1984-2000. Based in the USA since 2000, Hoodbhoy researches, writes and teaches about the Pak-Afghan region.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Introduction: The Effects of Partition
PART I: POLITICS AND JOURNALISM IN PAKISTAN
1. Aboard the Democracy Train
2. Ethnic Violence in Sindh: The MQM Saga
3. News is What the Rulers Want to Hide
PART II: HUMAN RIGHTS
4. Where Have All the Women Gone?
5. Uncovering a Murder
PART III: TERRORISM IN PAKISTAN
6. Pakistan in the Shadow of 9/11
7. The Democracy Train Revs for Motion
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Index