Clifton (neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan) 5, 98, 104, 127–8, 176, 188
Clinton, Hillary 210, 221
Cold War 4, 42, 45, 51, 62, 153, 158, 170, 181, 200
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) 74
Constitution of Pakistan 1973 xxix, 31
Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) 113
Council of Publishers and Newspaper Editors (CPNE) 73
Crime Investigation Agency (CIA, Pakistan) 63, 71–2 75
D
Dacoits 28–31, 33–4, 55, 170, 175, 214
Dadu 31, 222
David Sassoon & Company xix
Dawn xxx–i, 4–6, 10, 18, 28, 35, 37, 43, 53, 64, 67, 69–70, 72–3, 78, 92, 97, 99–100, 103–4, 115–16, 119–20, 143, 151
Defamation Ordinance 81
Defense of Missing Persons 164
Dehli, New Dehli 80–1
Democratic Party 177, 183, 206
Dera Bugti 192–4
Dickens, Charles 67
Drone attacks 171–4, 181, 212–13, 217
Dubai 183–6, 198
Durrani, Asad Lt. Gen. 27, 62, 182
Durrani, Agha Siraj 187
E
Ebrahim, Fakhruddin G. Justice 54, 137
Eighth Amendment 93
Eighteenth Amendment 182, 207
Ellahi, Chaudhry Pervaiz 188
Europe xvi, xviii–ix, 14, 57, 67, 105, 158, 163, 223
Extrajudicial killings 57–9, 162
F
Farooq, Imran Dr 59
Fatwa 98, 102, 210
Fazli, Fazal Ellahi 25
Fazlullah, Maulana 208
Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) 167, 170–3, 204, 209–10, 213, 223
Federation of Business and
Professional Women 109
Feudal Lord xx, 9, 15–17, 20–1, 24–6, 105–6, 222
First Information Report (FIR) 92, 120–1
Fisk, Robert 153
Food, Clothing and Shelter xxiv, 10, 23, 220
Fourth World Women Conference, Beijing 109, 112–13
Frere Hall xvii
Frontier Corp 192
G
Gabol, Nabil 35
Garden East xv–i, xxii, 61
Garhi Khuda Baksh 222
Geneva Accord 154–55, 158
Germany 58
Ghazi, Abdur Rasheed 174–5
Gilgit 186, 219–20
Gone with the Wind xviii
Goodwin, Jan 150
Guantanamo Bay 165
Gul, Hameed Lt. Gen. 50–1, 188
H
Haider, Taj 184, 188, 191
Hala 30, 107
Haqqani, Jalaluddin 171
Haq, Zia ul Gen. xxix, 3–5, 8–9, 12, 17, 23, 27, 31, 38, 41–3, 48, 52–3, 58, 64, 70, 74, 90, 92–3, 95, 98, 100–4, 111–12, 114, 160, 179, 182, 199, 202, 205, 207, 214; military coup (July 5, 1977) xxix, 3, 90, 98
Harkat-i-Jihad-i-Islami 161
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen 161
Haroon, Anis 113, 162
Haroon family (Publishers of Dawn newspaper) 73
Hayat, Shaukat Sardar 108–9
Hayat, Veena 108–9
Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin 154, 171
Herald 72, 84
Heyer, Georgette xx
Hezb-i-Islami 154, 159
Hilal-i-Pakistan 125
“Hind Shakti” (Indian war games) 214
Hindus xvi, xxii, 39, 160–2
House Committee on Foreign Affairs (USA) 183, 210
Hudood Ordinances 90, 95–6
Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) 6, 57, 144, 162, 165, 199
Hussain, Ashiq Ali 34
Hussain, Mian Iftikhar 223
Hyderabad xix, 30, 37–40, 49, 52–3, 60, 107, 121, 195
I
India xv–xvii, xix, xxi–vi, xxx, 4, 10, 15, 37, 39–42, 44, 46, 55–6, 60, 80–1, 90, 105–6, 117, 165, 194, 208, 211, 214, 216, 220–1
Indus Highway 28, 30
Indus River 14, 219, 221
Institute for Peace and Justice 159, 162
Intelligence Bureau (IB) 62, 75, 188
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) 211, 222
Interpol 181
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) 24, 26–7, 31, 51, 59, 62, 65, 75, 80–1, 155, 166, 173, 175, 184, 188, 200, 204
Ishrat ul Ibad 59
Islamic Democratic Alliance (Islami Jamhoori Ittehad or IJI) 24, 26–7, 38, 65
Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba xxvii
Ismailis xvi, xix
J
Jacobabad 18, 31–3, 222
Jacob, John Gen. 32
Jafri, Rehmat Hussain Justice 137
Jalalabad 157
Jamaat-i-Islami xxvi–i, xxix, 93–4, 166, 210
Jamali, Rahim Baksh 117–20, 123–39, 142–6
Jamiat-i-Ulema Islam, (JUI) 159, 166–7, 172, 210
Jamotes 29
“Janisaran Benazir” 187–88
Janjua, Amna Masood 164–5
Jatoi, Ghulam Mustafa 23–4, 26–7
Jeay Sindh Taraqi Pasand Party (JSTPP) 51–3
Jehangir, Asma 162, 199
Jhirk xix
Jihad 45, 95, 159, 165–6, 171–2, 188, 212–3, 221
Jinnah, Mohammed Ali xxii, xxix–xx, 12, 39, 68, 94, 96, 109, 135, 186
Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC) 39, 119, 125
July 5, 1977 see Haq, Zia ul Gen. Junaidi, Habibuddin 186
Jundullah 192
Junejo, Abdul Khaliq 205
K
Kabul 153, 155–9, 170, 219
Kakar, Baz Mohammed 189–91
Kakar, Bismillah Khan 196
Kallue, Shamsur Rehman 50
Karachi xv–ii, xix–xxviii, xxx, 4–5, 7, 10–11, 13–17, 19–20, 22–3, 28–9, 31, 33–4, 37–51, 53–8, 60, 62, 65, 67, 69, 72–4, 77–80, 96, 100–1, 103–5, 107, 112, 114–15, 117–18, 120–5, 127–8, 131–2, 134–41, 144–5, 151, 154, 158–61, 163, 165, 170, 176–7, 185–7, 189, 193, 195–6, 198–9, 201, 204, 215, 222; Accord 49–50; Central Jail 51, 72, 137–8, 215; Civil Hospital 92; Gymkhana xvi, 7; Port xv, 42, 48; Press Club 23, 42, 52, 62, 73, 103, 132, 139, 163, 199; Theosophical Society xxv; Union of Journalists 62
Karzai, Hamid 168–9
Kashmir xxi, 161, 166, 207, 212, 216
Kerry, John 183, 185
Kerry Lugar Berman Act 213, 223
Khairpur 16, 29, 128, 185
Khalid, Shazia Dr 193
Khan, Akhtar Hameed Dr 47
Khan, Asfandyar Wali 166
Khan, Asghar Air Marshal 27
Khan, Ghulam Ishaq 22, 27, 34, 71, 75, 108
Khan, Hayatullah 81–2
Khan, Kamran; Kamran 62, 73–6, 81
Khan, Shahid Ahmed 183, 185
Khattak, Afrasiab 171, 199, 208
Khuhro, Nisar Ahmed 70, 133
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 45, 102, 166, 170, 177, 184, 207, 221, 223
Kiyani, Gen. Ashfaque Pervaiz 199, 211–13
L
Laden, Osama Bin 153, 165
Lahore xxxi, 5, 14–15, 26, 69, 98, 114, 135, 185, 190, 200, 221
Land Reforms 12, 15, 67, 224
Language Bill xxv
Lantos, Tom 183
Larkana 17–20, 22, 32, 104, 222
Lashkar-i-Islam 170
Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LEJ) 80, 162, 170
Lashkar-i-Tayyaba (LET) 208
Lawrence, D.H. xvi Laws of Evidence 95, 98, 114
Lincoln’s Inn 17
Ludhianavi, Maulana Mohammed Yusuf 151
M
Madressahs 159, 166, 170
Magsi, Qadir Dr 51–3
Mahaz-i-Milli 157
Majlis-i-Shoora (Islamic consultative council) 95
Malakand 208–11, 223
Malik, Rehman 202–4
Marri, Khair Baksh 192, 196
Marwat Irfanullah 71–2, 108–9
Marwat Samiullah 63
Massachusetts xxix, 79, 149–50, 160
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology xxix Matiari 28–9, 107
Mehsud, Baitullah 167, 172, 203–4, 209
Memon, Saud 165
Merajuddin, Maulana 172
Middle East xviii, 200
Military Intelligence (MI) 62, 75, 194, 216
Mirani, Aftab Shahban 126, 128–9; see also Sindh chief minister
Mirpurkhas xix, 30
Mohajir Qaumi Movement (MQM) 11, 20, 38–45, 48–60, 74–5, 118, 124–6, 186, 207; Haqiqi 55
Mohajirs xv, xvii, xxiii–v, 4, 11, 20, 37–8, 40–7, 49, 54–60, 117–18, 126, 222
Mohammed, Sufi 209–10
Movement for Restoration of Democracy (MRD) 43
Mujahideen 42, 45, 153–9, 161, 171
Munoz, Heraldo 204
Musharraf, Pervais 32, 58–9, 76, 79–83, 89–91, 114, 152, 159–60, 163–72, 174–86, 188–94, 196–200, 202, 204, 206–8, 212, 214–15
Mutehidda Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) 166, 168
N
Naeemuddin Justice 33
Naik, Farooq 189–90
Najibullah, Mohammad (Afghan president) 155–8
Napier, Charles 15
National Accountability Bureau 181, 199, 215–16
National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) 183–5, 191, 215
National Assembly 26, 90, 113–14, 167, 200, 210
National Disaster Management Authority 220
National Public Radio 46, 150–1
National Security Agency (NSA) 191
National Students Federation xxvii Naveed, Khawaja 136
Nawabshah 23, 25, 117–19, 121, 127–8, 131, 143–4
Nawaz, Asif Gen. 62
New America Foundation 174
New York xviii, xxvi, 82, 89, 110, 113, 140, 150, 152, 160, 165, 180
Nine Zero 42, 59
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 170, 172–3, 200, 208, 212, 217
Northeastern University xxix
O
Obama, Barack (US president) 210–11, 213, 223
Official Survey Act 82
Omar, Mullah 167, 172–3
“Operation Clean-up” 34, 54–5, 59, 75; “Good Riddance” 212; “Silence” 175
Orangi Pilot Project (OPP) 47
Oxford Debating Society 11
Oxford University 7, 206
P
Pakistan Commission on the Status of Women 113
Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) 83–4
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) 73–4
Pakistan Medical Association 144, 162–3
Pakistan Muslim League (F) 29
Pakistan Muslim League (N) 69
Pakistan Muslim League (Q) 206
Pakistan National Alliance (PNA) xxviii–ix
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) xi, xxiv, 5, 10–12, 16–27, 29, 31–2, 34–5, 38, 43, 49–50, 57–63, 65, 68–73, 75, 84–5, 108–14, 117–19, 125–30, 133–4, 137, 142–3, 146, 177– 78, 180–1, 183–91, 196–7, 199, 201–8, 211, 214–17, 219–22
Pagara, Pir 16, 21, 29
Partition (1947) xv–i, xix, xxii, 39, 44, 46, 50, 55–6, 219–20
Pashtuns xxiv, 38, 41–8, 55, 60, 102, 154, 173, 222
Patel, Dorab Justice 6, 144
Patterson, Anne 165, 196
Payami, Akhtar 40, 63, 73, 119, 135
Pearl, Daniel 79–81, 127, 136, 165, 188
Peshawar 82, 158, 164, 170
Pirzada, Abdul Hafeez 31–3
Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) 198
Punjabis xxiii, xxiv, 38, 42, 44, 47–8, 55
Punjabi Pakhtun Ittehad (PPI) 48
Q
Qandahar 153, 156, 173, 192
Qaumi Akhbar 65
Qisas and Diyat (Retribution and Blood Money) 95, 101–2, 114
Quetta 153, 173, 191–2, 194, 196–7, 221; Quetta Shura 173
Qureishi, Shah Mahmood 213, 221
R
Rabbani, Burhanuddin 159
Raisani, Mir Wadood 194
Raphael, Arnold 3
Rasheed, Shaikh 82, 181
Reagan, Ronald 42, 136
Red Mosque 174–6
Rehman, Fazl ur 166, 210
Rehman, Mir Shakil ur 73, 81
Rehman, Sherry 72, 84, 203
Republican 42, 177, 183, 194
Rice, Condoleeza 183
Rizvi, Majida Justice 199
S
St Joseph’s Convent School xx
Sahto, Faiz Mohammed Maulvi 143–4
Sarki, Safdar Dr 195
Sarkozy, Nicolas 161, 220
Sattar, Edhi 47, 102, 120, 123
Sattar, Farooq Dr 43
Sattar, Mandokhel 101
Sattar, Morio 54
September 11 (9/11) 79, 81–90, 149–53, 155, 157, 159, 161, 163–5, 167, 170, 174, 177, 183, 192, 211, 213, 216, 224
Shah, Deedar Hussain 17, 19, 216
Shah, Ejaz Brig. 60, 188
Shah, Mahmood Brig. 171
Shah, Pervaiz Ali 16–17
Shah, Qaim Ali 128; see also Sindh chief minister
Shah, Safdar Justice xxix
Shah, Sajjad Ali Justice 190
Shah, Saleh 172
Shaikh, Saeed Omar 81, 188
Shaikh, Sattar DSP 126, 128–30
Sharif, Mian Nawaz 7, 26–9, 34, 51, 54–5, 65, 68–70, 72, 74–5, 78, 90, 109, 176, 182, 190, 199, 201, 207
Shidi, Mohib 28–30
Shikarpur 117, 121, 123, 126, 129, 145, 222
Siddiqi, Afia Dr 165
Siddiqi, Saleem Akhtar DIG 30
Sindh xv, xvii–ix, xxii, xxv, 4–5, 8–15, 17, 19–26, 28–35, 37–41, 43, 45, 47–51, 53–64, 67, 69–74, 76–7, 105–8, 117, 123, 125–8, 133–4, 137, 139, 145–6, 175, 186, 195, 198–9, 201, 205, 214, 216, 221–2; Sindh assembly 19–20, 50, 55, 70–1, 117, 125, 128, 132–4, 216; Sindh chief minister 31, 61, 63, 108, 128, 186; Sindh government 28–9, 63, 72–4, 76, 145; Sindhi xviii–ix, xxiii–v, xxix, 4–5, 8, 10–11, 14, 16–17, 19, 21–2, 25–6, 28, 33–4, 38–40, 42–4, 48–9, 51–4, 57, 59–60, 63, 68, 70–2, 117–18, 120, 124–6, 131–2, 146, 185, 194, 205–6, 222
Sir Syed Girls College xxvii
Solecki, John 197
Soomro, Ahmed Ali 22
Soomro, Iftikhar 32
Soomro, Illahi Baksh (IB) 32
Soomro, Junaid 121–22
Soomro, Mian Mohammed 32
Soviet Union 45, 51, 62, 154–5, 158
Special Court for the Suppression of Terrorist Activities (STA) 69, 72
Strategic Depth Doctrine 178, 216
Sultanabad xix, 30
Sultan, Shaukat Maj. Gen. 168
Swat Valley 201, 208–11, 219, 223
T
Tablighi Jamaat 164
Taliban, Talibanization 81–2, 84, 151–4, 159, 162, 164, 166–78, 184, 192, 194, 203, 208–12, 217, 223; Punjabi Taliban 162, 175; Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) 172, 175–6, 209–10, 212
Tehrik-i-Nifaz-i-Shariati Mohammedi (TNSM) 208–9
The News 28, 62, 65, 71–2, 76–7, 81
Toby Tyler xviii
U
Uighur 153
United Nations (UN) 45, 110, 153–5, 162, 173, 189, 204–5, 211, 216, 221, 223
University of Massachusetts 150
Urdu xxiv–v, 6, 11, 14, 25, 37, 39–40, 43, 46–7, 49, 57, 62–3, 65, 70–1, 76, 116, 120, 122, 124, 126, 131–2, 156
USA xvii, xix, xxx–i, 3–4, 14, 42, 45–6, 51, 58, 62, 74, 76, 79, 81–2, 85, 90–1, 98, 114, 136, 140, 149–55, 157–8, 160, 163–6, 169–77, 179–81, 183, 185, 188, 191–2, 194–6, 199–200, 206, 208–9, 211–13, 216–17, 220–1, 223; US Congress 177, 183, 210
Uzbek 153
V
Vermont, USA 3–4
W
Wall Street Journal 79
War Against Rape (WAR) 92, 103, 129
War on Terror 81, 166, 171, 180–1, 192, 225
Washington Post 62, 89, 91, 181, 193
Waziristan 81, 164, 168, 170–1, 175, 212; North Waziristan 82, 171–
3, 175, 217; South Waziristan 168, 172, 212
WBAI (radio station) 140, 150
Women’s Action Forum 92–7, 103–4, 113, 129, 162
Women’s Protection Bill 99
World Bank 222
World Trade Towers 150, 152
Y
Yuldashev, Tahir 171
Yusuf, Jameel, 80; see also Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC)
Yusuf, Ramzi 150
Z
Zaidi, Bushra 41, 43
Zardari, Asif xvii, 21, 24–5, 31, 59, 65, 68–70, 72–3, 84, 108, 112–13, 161, 180, 181–4, 189, 191, 197, 202, 204–9, 214–17, 220–1
Zardari, Hakim Ali xvii
Zawahiri, Ayman 82, 181
Zina Ordinances 90, 94, 97–8, 103, 114
Zoroastrians xvi, 160
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1. Pakistan–Politics and government–1988- 2. Press and politics– Pakistan. 3. Democracy–Pakistan–History–20th century. 4. Pakistan– Social conditions–20th century. 5. Pakistan–Ethnic relations. 6. Terrorism– Pakistan. 7. Women journalists–Pakistan--Biography. 8. Hoodbhoy, Nafisa. I. Title.
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