Comments on: ATP Reads: Your Favorite Books on Pakistan

By: april

april — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:29:25 +0000

I haven’t read the entire comprehensive comment thread, so these may be repeats. Still, i see that you have Abbas’ Pakistan’s Drift Into Extremism listed here, and that happens to be a text that my Pakistan-born professor chose for our Nation and Literature class this semester. Our other required readings include:

Sidhwa’s Cracking India
Suleri’s Meatless Days
Khan’s Trespassing
Shamsie’s Kartography
Naqvi’s Homeboy

And, finally, The Pakistaniat is listed under our required texts. I have to be honest: this website is my favorite required reading so far.

By: Jamshed

Jamshed — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:16:21 +0000

“The Lighter Side Of The Power Game” by Air Marshal Asghar Khan,a slim volume of anecdotes.Among those making an appearance in its pages are Ayub Khan,Bhutto and the Shah of Iran.

By: Jamshed

Jamshed — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 08:08:55 +0000

Christina Lamb’s “Waiting for Allah” is a somewhat cynical book. But she does manage to travel extensively in Pakistan and visits many remote areas.She also talks to most of the major political figures in Pakistan.Particularly interesting is her exploration of ethnic violence in Karachi.