Pakistan has had many conflicts involving language. Relying on primary sources, Rahman has written a scholarly and objective account of the link between language and politics in Pakistan.
Language movements - sometimes leading to riots and always to assertions of ethnic identity - have been frequent in Pakistan. This is the first book to examine these movements thoroughly and impartially.
Language movements - sometimes leading to riots and always to assertions of ethnic identity - have been frequent in Pakistan. This is the first book to examine these movements thoroughly and impartially.