1 An overview Shahid Javed Burki
PART I Politics, theory and practice
2 The Pakistan story Shahid Javed Burki
3 Unintended consequences: The long shadow of Partition on Pakistan and India Subrata K. Mitra
4 Evolution of politics Shirin Tahir-Kheli
5 Islam, society and politics in Pakistan Riaz Hassan
6 Sustained political progress: The supportive role of the military Jehangir Karamat
7 The media in Pakistan: Idiom, ideology and the army Khaled Ahmed
PART II Pakistan’s dependence on the outside world
8 Pakistan, power-play and a new South Asian paradigm Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
9 The making of foreign policy: Changing parameters Aziz Ahmad Khan
10 Living in a rapidly changing world Shahid Javed Burki
11 Defenders of the crescent: Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations Farah Jan
12 Adversarial peace: India–Pakistan nuclear rivalry Farah Jan
13 A potential game changer: The China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Daud Ahmad
PART III Economic development and the importance of good governance
14 Macroeconomic achievements and challenges Masood Ahmed
15 History of the development discourse in Pakistan Asad Ejaz Butt
16 Recent economic developments and prospects Farrukh Iqbal
17 Economic governance Ishrat Husain
18 Praetorian bureaucratization of the political system and politicization of bureaucracy Shahid Najam Contents
PART IV Social underdevelopment
19 Getting technology to work for social development Ayub Ghauri
20 Akhuwat: New microcredit stories Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha
21 Private sector in education Shahid Kardar
22 Educating and employing women Nasreen Kasuri
PART V Energy and the environment
23 The downward spiral of the quality of life in Pakistan: Is control possible, or even desired? Kulsum Ahmed
24 Water problems and solutions Mahmood Ahmad
25 Ways of solving the energy problem Ziad Alahdad
PART VI Conclusion
26 The last word Shahid Javed Burki
27 Postscript Shahid Javed Burki and Asad Ejaz Butt