01928cam a2200301 a 4500001000700000003000800007005001700015008004100032010001300073015001500086020001500101025004700116035001100163040003600174042001000210043001200220082002300232100002000255245007800275260004700353300002400400504006600424520091200490541011701402650002301519651003901542651004501581523352BD-DhUL20170514192247.0000730s2000    pk       b    001 0 eng    a00283201  aGBA0-Z5948  a0195793730  aP-E-00283201; 07; 08aP-E-00283201; 07; 08  a523352  aDLCbengcBD-DhULdOrLoB-BdDLC  alcode  aa-pk---04a320.95491221bMAP0 aSafdar Mahmood.10aPakistan :bpolitical roots and development, 1947-1999 /cSafdar Mahmood.  aKarachi :bOxford University Press,c2000.  ax, 440 p. :c22 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [421]-427) and index.1 a"The focus of the book is on Pakistan's political history. With a chapter on the establishment of Pakistan as a backgrounder, the book thoroughly examines constitution-making and the characteristic features of various constitutions and why and how these did not work effectively. It analyses the working of the military governments of Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, and Ziaul Haq as well as the working of the elected civil governments after Pakistan's return to civilian rule in 1985. It also analyses the programmes and functioning of various political parties along with their election performance and leadership." "The book offers a concise analytical statement on the major aspects of Pakistan's history, constitution-making, political parties and the democratic process and foreign policy. No other single volume covers such a long period of history, examining a variety of subjects and issues."--BOOK JACKET.  aA copy was presented to the Library of Congress on the occassion of its Bicentennial by the Embassy of Pakistan. 0aPakistan movement. 0aPakistanxPolitics and government. 0aPakistanxPolitics and governmenty1971-