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THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN PAKISTAN
$ 0.50This book presents a unique collection of readings on the economics of the social sector in Pakistan. The objective is to capture the salient features of quality of life in Pakistan and identify areas that need to be developed. The introductory chapter of the book presents a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic situation in Pakistan. This is followed by three Parts. In Part 1 quality of life in Pakistan is compared with other countries at the same level of economic development and with rich industrialized countries. Regional patterns of development within Pakistan are discussed and the extent and causes of rural poverty in Pakistan identified. Part II discusses the health situation in Pakistan, in particular, child health. The economics of private medical practice, which has expanded remarkably in recent years, is also analysed. Part HI examines the efficiency and priorities of Public Sector education in Pakistan and identifies the costs of teacher training. This also contains a discussion of the housing market in Pakistan and additionally consists of two papers that focus on urban street dwellers and child labour.
The arguments presented in the book are examined with statistical rigour but the problems and their solutions are stated clearly in a language that everybody understands. The hook is aimed at a wide readership that includes policy makers, administrators, academics and all those who are concerned about the quality of life in Pakistan.
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TEXTUAL SOURCES FOR THE STUDY OF ISLAM
$ 22.70“[This collection] is distinguished by its wide range and the care which has clearly gone into the selection of texts for inclusion. . . . Attention has understandably been focused on what might be called the religious aspects of Islam, such as scripture, theology, sects, law, ritual and mysticism, but within those limits the texts chosen are marked by substantially of content, by geographical, chronological and social diversity, and by an intelligent use of less well known authors. . . . An excellent starting point for a systematic and analytical examination of Islam.”
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UNDERDEVELOPMENT, POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN PAKISTAN
$ 0.77This book is the first major attempt to analyze Pakistan’s experience in economic and social development from the historical perspective. The book looks at the longer term trends in Pakistan’s economy and examines their implications tot social and political changes.
The book focuses on the fundamental issues of Pakistan’s development experience and puts impressive growth record against the failures of economic policies to remove poverty, re-duce inequality, provide greater employment and effect institutional changes in its agrarian structure. The book clearly recognises the limitations on the possibilities of equitable development imposed not only by the inavailability of resources but also by the historical imperatives of underdevelopment. It nevertheless emphasises the considerable room for manoeuvre that exists for achieving growth without sacrificing the objectives of equity. The book concentrates on issues of economic policy which have so far received scant attention from the policy-makers and planners in Pakistan and points out why this lack of attention has largely negated the achievements in the field of economic growth.
The book is based on the author’s original research in many of these areas, supplemented by other empirical work available on the subject. The book, without claiming to be comprehensive. provides an overview of the developments Pakistani economy. Apart from analysing issues of macroeconomic and sectoral growth, the book provides original insights into the agrarian structure, regional growth and migration in the context of Pakistan’s economy.
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INDIA & PAKISTAN
$ 37.51India & Pakistan: Art and Culture 1300—1900 is the catalogue for the exhibition INDIA!, held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 14, 1985, through January 5, 1986, the most extensive survey of Indian art ever assembled by a museum in the United States.
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FROM MARTIAL LAW TO MARTIAL LAW
$ 4.98This edited translation of Syed Nur Ahmad’s landmark study ‘Martial Law-se Martial Law-tak’ provides the most comprehensive study in English or Urdu of the politics of the Punjab.
Drawing on his career as a journalist and as former Director of Information for the government of the Punjab, Nur Ahmad gives an eyewitness account of the politics of the province from the imposition of martial law in 1919 (following the Jalianwala Bagh massacre) to the re-establishment of martial law accompanying the coup d’etat led by General Ayub Khan in Pakistan in 1958.
Nur Ahmad relates the events in the Punjab to the larger Indian Muslim political scene, assesses the development and eventual decline of the Unionist Party (which stood against the partition of India) and traces the rise of support for the Muslim League. He also looks at the post Independence period in Pakistan and the failure of the parliamentary regime, discussing how national level politics affected the Punjab.
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THE ECONOMIC GROWTH OF PAKISTAN
$ 0.77This book seeks to discover economic indicators of growth and relate them to socio-political developments in Pakistan from 1947 to 1971. A second volume will cover the period 1971-1982.
This is a deiligent, scholarly and sober book which is not inhibit-ed by radical rhetoric or purple passages. It will act as a useful methodological and theoretical corrective to the economic view of Pakistan usually derived from Western — or Western trained economists.
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THE MOHMANDS
$ 1.49The publication of WRH Merk’s Report on the Mohmands completes a trilogy of three rare and valuable accounts of three major tribes living in the Tribal Areas of the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Merk’s Report, like the other two authoritative monographs by E Howell on the “Mahsuds” (Mizh: a Monograph on Government’s Relations with the Mahsud Tribe, Oxford University Press, Oxford in Asia Historical Reprint Series, 1979) and LW King on the “Orakzais” (Monograph on the Orakzai Country and Clans, Vanguard Books, Lahore, Historical Reprint Series, 1984) is little known and not to be found in the bibliographies of the standard books on the Frontier such as Olaf Caroe’s “The Pathans” (Macmillan 1965) and Frederik Barth’s “Political Leadership among Swat Pathans” (Athlone Press 1972).
Although brief, Merk’s report provides a wealth of detail regarding tribal administration and organization. It is in fact to my knowledge the only authoritative extant account of the Mohmands written before or during the British period.
Written in a clear and simple style the Report conveys a vivid picture of the Mohmands.
Alas, one wishes the report could have been longer so more of Merk’s material could have emerged. In its present form the Report stands as a valuable contribution to the limited literature on tribal societies and administration in Pakistan.
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