Pakistan Beyond the Crisis State

LODHI, MALEEHA,

dc.contributor.author	LODHI, MALEEHA,
dc.date.accessioned	2024-05-09T05:53:10Z
dc.date.available	2024-05-09T05:53:10Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-19-906438-0
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.250.8.41:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/43239
dc.description	From the majestic Himalayan and Karakorum mountain ranges the Indus river winds down the plains of Pakistan for nearly a thousand miles to the Arabian sea. The banks of this river have been home to one of the world's oldest and greatest civilisations. The mighty river has been the country's lifeblood, animating much of its culture and history and helping to shape a distinctly Pakistani identity. In the summer of 2010 it was the fury of the Indus river that unleashed itself on the country with devastating consequences. Engorged by heavy monsoon rain, the river system over-flooded and deluged large swathes of Pakistan-as much as a fifth of its land area-causing large-scale destruction and displacement. Twenty million people were affected by this calamity. And this at a time when Pakistan was struggling to cope with economic and security crises and reeling from the blowback of nine years of war in neighbouring Afghanistan that started with the US- led military intervention in 2001.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Oxford University Press.	en_US
dc.subject	Pakistan, Beyond, Crisis State	en_US
dc.title	Pakistan Beyond the Crisis State	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US