Pakistan

Recent News | Web Sites | Selected Books

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh offers readers resources on recent newsmaker nation Pakistan, its history, and the history of its nuclear program.

Recent News

BBC: The Death of Benazir Bhutto
This is the BBC coverage of the December 27, 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto.

New York Times: Benazir Bhutto
Biographical information about Bhutto as well as archival material and current news.

Washington Post: Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007)
Includes links to current news and analyses and also to archived articles about and by Benazir Bhutto.

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Web Sites

Overviews

BBC News Country Profile: Pakistan

BBC Article on Pakistan's History Since Independence

The CIA World Factbook: Pakistan

Lonely Planet Worldguide: Pakistan

Wikipedia: Pakistan

Yahoo! Directory: Pakistan

Pakistani Sites

The Official Government Web Site of Pakistan

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)
Benazir Bhutto's party

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting--Government of Pakistan

Pakistan Tourism Bureau

Reports

Federation of American Scientists' Report of Pakistan's Nuclear History and Capability

United Nations in Pakistan

World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Pakistan

Global Security's Report on Pakistan's A.Q. Khan and Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

The Atlantic Monthly: "The Wrath of Khan"
Article on A.Q. Khan and Pakistan's Nuclear Program

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Selected Books

Additional titles may be found by browsing the library catalog under the subject heading Pakistan.

Abbas, Hassan, 1969- Pakistan's Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America's War on Terror Abbas examines the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan and analyzes its connections to the Pakistani army's policies and fluctuating relations with the US. DS384.A27 2005
	Brown, T. Louise, 1963- The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Ancient Pleasure District Louise Brown writes of the prostitutes in Lahore, taken from four years of diaries of her experiences living with a family of prostitutes in Lahore, Pakistan. HQ1745.5.Z9 L333 2005
Fair, C. Christine and Peter Chalk Fortifying Pakistan: the Role of U.S. Internal Security Assistance In this volume from the United States Institute of Peace, the authors offer a comprehensive examination of Pakistan’s internal security environment and the effectiveness of its criminal justice structures and assess the impact and utility of the principal United States initiatives to help Pakistan strengthen its internal security. HV8250.5.A3 F67 2006
	Hussain, Zahid Frontline Pakistan: the Struggle with Militant Islam Based on exclusive interviews with key players and grassroots radicals, veteran Pakistani journalist and commentator Zahid Hussain exposes the threads of Pakistan's complex political power web and the consequences of Musharraf's decision to support the U.S.'s drive against jihadism, which essentially took Pakistan to war with itself. DS389.H875 2007
	Khan, Yasmin The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan In 1947 India was partitioned along religious lines into India and East and West Pakistan, which were geographically separated by India. (East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971.) The partition proved to be very problematic bringing conflict and displacement.
	Langewiesche, William The Atomic Bazaar: the Rise of the Nuclear Poor In his revelatory new work, the celebrated journalist William Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. U264.L365 2007
	Levy, Adrian and Catherine Scott-Clark Deception: Pakistan, the United States, and the Secret Trade in Nuclear Weapons "In President George W. Bush's State of the Union address in 2002, he pinpointed three nuclear hot spots as threats to the free world: Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. What he did not admit was America's role in facilitating the spread of nuclear weapons to these "axis of evil" powers and the critical part played by a key U.S. ally: the Pakistan military government and its front man, the nuclear scientist A. Q. Khan." - Book Jacket E183.8.P18 L48 2007x
	Mai, Mukhtar with Marie-Thérèse Cuny In the Name of Honor: A Memoir In 2002 Mukhtar Mai, a rural Pakistani woman, was gang-raped by order of the local clan for indiscretions committed by her brother. She fought back and eventually won her case. HQ1745.5.Z75 M353 2006x
	Malik, Iftikhar Haider, 1949- Culture and Customs of Pakistan Malik, a native of Pakistan, describes the history and culture of Pakistan in this "Culture and Customs" series by Greenwood Press. GN635.P27 M35 2006
	Mishra, Pankaj Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond In Temptations of the West, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on journeys through South Asia and considers the pressures of Western-style modernity and prosperity on the region. DS337.M58 2006
	Mohiuddin, Yasmeen Niaz Pakistan: a Global Studies Handbook An overview of Pakistan's history, culture and institutions. DS376.9.M64 2007
	Mortenson, Greg and David Oliver Relin Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations -- One School at a Time Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build schools, especially for girls, throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. LC2330.M67 2006
	Musharraf, Pervez In the Line of Fire: a Memoir This is the autobiography by President Musharraf of Pakistan. DS389.22.M87 A3 2006
	Talbot, Ian Pakistan : a Modern History This book fills the need for a broad, historically sophisticated understanding of Pakistan, a country at fifty which is understood by many in the West only in terms of stereotypes -- the fanatical, authoritarian and reactionary "other" which is unfavorably compared to a tolerant, democratic and progressive India. DS382.T35 2005x

Last updated Friday February 22 2008.