Alive and Well in Pakistan : A Human Journey in a Dangerous Time

Casey updates his understanding of the Pakistan experience and sets it within a context of recent and contemporary history. He humanises domestic politics, attitudes towards the West and India as well as the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues. His literary reportage demystifies the uneasy place Pakistan occupies in an uncertain world. CONTENTS......Page 5 PROLOGUE......Page 9 PART ONE......Page 15 CHAPTER ONE......Page 17 CHAPTER TWO......Page 37 CHAPTER THREE......Page 56 CHAPTER FOUR......Page 77 CHAPTER FIVE......Page 100 PART TWO......Page 113 CHAPTER SIX......Page 115 CHAPTER SEVEN......Page 147 CHAPTER EIGHT......Page 171 CHAPTER NINE......Page 197 CHAPTER TEN......Page 239 CHAPTER ELEVEN......Page 256 CHAPTER TWELVE......Page 273 EPILOGUE IN ENGLAND......Page 283 FURTHER READING......Page 284 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 286 ABOUT THE AUTHOR......Page 288 "How wide is the gulf in understanding between the West and the Muslim world? How real is the risk of nuclear war on the subcontinent? What will be the long term effects of the Afghan Wars? How widespread - and how justified - is resentment towards the US and the West? Ethan Casey examines these compelling questions while living, working and teaching in Lahore, Pakistan - a Muslim country on the frontline of the US-declared 'war on terror'"--Provided by publisher "Casey updates his understanding of the Pakistan experience and sets it within a context of recent and contemporary history. He humanizes domestic politics, attitudes towards the West and India as well as the Kashmir and Afghanistan issues. His literary reportage demystifies the uneasy place Pakistan occupies in an uncertain world."--Google Books viewed Jan. 20, 2023 An in-depth investigation, based on observations and personal interviews, examines Pakistan's culture and history, as well as the issues and struggles of Pakistan and its people as the war on terror unfolds. Original.