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Pakistan A Personal History

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ISBN-10: 0593067754

ISBN-13: 9780593067758

Edition: 2011

Authors: Imran Khan

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Born only five years after Pakistan was created in 1947, Imran Khan has lived his country's history. Undermined by a ruling elite hungry for money and power, Pakistan now stands alone as the only Islamic country with a nuclear bomb, yet unable to protect its people from the carnage of regular bombings at home.How did it reach this flashpoint of instability and injustice with such potentially catastrophic results for the whole world? Recounting his country's history through the prism of his own memories, Imran Khan starts from its foundation, ripped out of the dying British Raj.He guides us through and comments on subsequent historical developments which shook the Muslim world u the wars…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Limited
Publication date: 10/3/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.21" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English

Imran Khan was born in 1952 and grew up playing cricket in Lahore, Pakistan. He played his first international match for his country in 1971. In 1972, he began his studies at Oxford University, where he was a contemporary of Benazir Bhutto. He went on to play cricket for Pakistan until 1992, and was captain of the team from 1982. In 1994 he established a hospital in Pakistan offering free cancer treatment to the poor and is in the process of setting up a second. He also founded Namal College (2007), the only private sector university outside the cities. In April 1996 Imran Khan established his own political party, the Tehrik-e-Insaf, which aims to bring good governance and social justice to…