Pakistan Study & Guide - AllRefer - Pakistan Information

* PAKISTAN
* COUNTRY PROFILE
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Table A. Chronology of Important Events
* Introduction
* Section -Historical Setting
o EARLY CIVILIZATIONS
o ISLAM IN INDIA
o THE MUGHAL PERIOD
o COMPANY RULE
o THE BRITISH RAJ
+ The Forward Policy
+ The Seeds of Muslim Nationalism
+ Beginnings of Self-Government
+ The Two Nations Theory
+ Toward Partition
o INDEPENDENT PAKISTAN
+ Problems at Independence
+ Constitutional Beginnings
+ Early Foreign Policy
+ Collapse of the Parliamentary System
o THE AYUB KHAN ERA
+ Basic Democracies
+ The 1962 Constitution
+ Ayub Khan's Foreign Policy and the 1965 War with India
o YAHYA KHAN AND BANGLADESH
o ZULFIQAR ALI BHUTTO AND A NEW CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
o ZIA UL-HAQ AND MILITARY DOMINATION, 1977-88
o PAKISTAN AND THE WORLD DURING THE ZIA REGIME
* Section - Society and Its Environment
o PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
+ Boundaries
+ Topography and Drainage
+ Climate
+ Pollution and Environmental Issues
+ National Conservation Goals
o POPULATION
+ Population Distribution and Density
+ Population Planning Policies and Problems
+ Migration and Growth of Major Cities
+ Impact of Migration to the Persian Gulf Countries
+ Repercussions of the War in Afghanistan
o SOCIAL STRUCTURE
+ Traditional Kinship Patterns
+ Linguistic and Ethnic Groups
# Punjabis
# Pakhtuns
# Sindhis
# Baloch
+ Men, Women, and the Division of Space
+ The Status of Women and the Women's Movement
o RELIGIOUS LIFE
+ Basic Tenets of Islam
+ Islam in Pakistani Society
+ Politicized Islam
+ Non-Muslim Minorities
o EDUCATION
+ Structure of the System
+ Female Education
+ Reform Efforts
o HEALTH AND WELFARE
+ Maternal and Child Health
+ Health Care Policies and Developments
+ Special Problems: Smoking, Drugs, and AIDS
+ Zakat as a Welfare System
o PROSPECTS FOR SOCIAL COHESION
* Section - The Economy
o STRUCTURE OF THE ECONOMY
o THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
+ Policy Developments since Independence
+ Development Planning
o FINANCE
+ Budget
+ Fiscal Administration
+ Monetary Process
o FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS
+ Foreign Aid
+ Foreign Trade
+ External Debt
o LABOR
o AGRICULTURE
+ Land Use
+ Irrigation
+ Drainage
+ Farm Ownership and Land Reform
+ Cropping Patterns and Production
+ Livestock
+ Forestry
+ Fishing
o INDUSTRY
+ Manufacturing
+ Construction
+ Energy
+ Mining and Quarrying
o SERVICES
+ Transportation
+ Telecommunications
+ Tourism
* Section - The Government and Politics
o CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL INHERITANCE
+ Independence
+ Role of Islam
+ Regional and Ethnic Factors
+ The Civil Service
+ The Military
o EARLY POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT
+ Early Constitution Building, 1947-58
+ Ayub Khan, 1958-69
+ Yahya Khan, 1969-71
+ Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, 1971-77
+ Zia ul-Haq, 1977-88
o CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
+ President
+ Parliament and Federal Government
+ Provincial Governments
+ Judiciary
o POLITICAL DYNAMICS
+ Muslim League
+ Islami Jamhoori Ittehad
+ Jamaat-i-Islami
+ Pakistan People's Party
+ Muhajir Qaumi Mahaz
+ Awami National Party
+ Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam
+ Tehrik-i-Istiqlal
o POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS SINCE ZIA
+ The First Government of Benazir Bhutto
+ The Caretaker Government of Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi
+ The Government of Nawaz Sharif
+ President Ghulam Ishaq Khan as Power Broker
+ The "Silent Revolution": A Year of Political Struggle
+ The Caretaker Government of Moeen Qureshi
+ Benazir Bhutto Returns
o THE MEDIA
o FOREIGN POLICY
+ India
+ Other South Asian Countries
+ The Former Soviet Union
+ China
+ Middle East
+ The United States and the West
+ International Organizations
* Section - National Security
o THE ARMED SERVICES: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
+ The Colonial Background
+ The Formation of Pakistan
o PAKISTAN'S EVOLVING SECURITY DILEMMA
+ Survival in a Harsh Environment
+ The United States Alliance
+ The Army Assumes Control
+ Collapse of Pakistan's Security System
+ The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
+ The Military Reasserts Itself
+ Pakistan Becomes a Frontline State
+ The Armed Forces in a New World Order
o THE ARMED SERVICES
+ Constitutional Basis and Missions
+ Defense Strategy
+ Ministry of Defence
+ Army and Paramilitary Forces
+ Navy
+ Air Force
+ Personnel and Training
+ Uniforms, Ranks, and Insignia
+ Military Production
+ Budget
+ Military Justice
+ Foreign Security Relationships
+ The Role of Islam
o INTERNAL SECURITY
+ Role and Structure of the Security Forces
+ Character of the Security Forces
+ Crime
+ Narcotics
+ Courts and Criminal Procedure
+ Prisons
+ Islamic Provisions
+ Emergency Provisions
+ Subversion and Civil Unrest
* Appendix. Tables
* Glossary