Frontline Pakistan : The Path to Catastrophe and the Killing of Benazir Bhutto (Record no. 11107)
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| fixed length control field | 02179nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780143064794 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.91053 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Zahid Hussain |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Frontline Pakistan : The Path to Catastrophe and the Killing of Benazir Bhutto |
| Statement of responsibility | Zahid Hussain |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | India |
| Name of publisher | Penguin Books |
| Year of publication | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xvi,220 Pages |
| Other physical details | 21x13 cm |
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| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Include Notes and Index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan stands on the edge of an abyss into which it may plunge the world. As this nuclear power nation, the front line of the West s struggle against Al Qaeda, enters the worst political crisis in its history, Zahid Hussain s acclaimed and updated book unravels the key questions: who really controls the country? Will Pakistan be Talibanized? Has Al Qaeda infiltrated the state? After 9/11, Pakistan s controversial President, Pervez Musharraf stunned the world by announcing his support for America s War on Terror . But in Pakistan, as Zahid Hussain reveals, nothing is as it seems. The author documents for the first time in detail the incestuous relationship between Pakistan s jihadis and its all-powerful military intelligence agency the ISI. He penetrates the jihadi networks, revealing their sources of funding, and their links with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, and based on exclusive interviews with key players, he shows us the fall-out from Musharraf s momentous decision to support America. From the dangerous mountain passes of Waziristan to the mess tables of Rawalpindi and the sectarian madrassas of the Punjab, Hussain portrays a country which was already seething with unrest before political violence claimed its highest profile victim in December 2007. As the author shows, whoever was behind the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, its main effect has been to accelerate the country s fragmentation, creating a level of uncertainty and chaos from which only extremists and terrorists can benefit. Whatever lies in wait for Pakistan Talibanization, civil war or worse it will have grave implications for the entire world. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Terrorism--Religious Aspects--Islam |
| -- | Terrorism |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Collection code | Permanent Location | Current Location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Non-fiction | Garrison Public Library Multan | Garrison Public Library Multan | General Stacks | 2017-01-14 | MSL | 795.00 | 954.91053 Z19F 2008 | 16750 | Books |