Author: Ahmad, Mushtaq
Title: Before and After Independence
Description: Karachi, Royal Book Company, (1989). orig. boards. (4),290 pp, 22x14cm,. 12pp photo illustrations. Minor rubbing.Some light page-edge soil. Binding corner bump.VG. ¶ Pakistan's political history related by a leading Pakistani journalist (b. 1919). Contents: Bhiwandi: A Mirror on India; Bombay: A Metropolis of Big Business; England Takes a Left Turn; Karachi: The Gateway to Pakistan; America Keeps to the Right; Government by Consent; Government by Intrigue; Partition of Pakistan; Revival of Consent; Relapse into Dictatorship; The Fourth Estate; The Empire of Money; The Left & the Right in the East.

Keywords: Pakistan, Political History, Colonial India, Politics, Memoirs, South Asia, Journalism, Independence,