Or what about some of the more interesting and neglected early pioneers of Pakistan (Mohammad Ali Bogra or Suhawardy?

New Atlanticist is where top experts and policymakers at the Atlantic Council and beyond offer exclusive insight on the most pressing global challenges—and the United States’ role in addressing them alongside its allies and partners. View image in fullscreen A man cleans portrait of the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, in Karachi. The terrifying wave of Islamist militancy — suicide bombings and many thousands of deaths — that threatened to rip Pakistan apart for about a decade following the Red Mosque siege in Islamabad in 2007 has thankfully receded. By the end of Walsh’s time in Pakistan, the winner in this epic struggle is clear: the ISI and the military machine that stands behind it.Instead, he presents Pakistan by looking at the lives (and deaths) of nine colorful, yet representative Pakistanis, including a “reluctant” Islamic fundamentalist, Pakistan’s founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pashtun and Baloch tribal leaders, a human rights activist, a provincial governor, two officers of Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and a Karachi cop who specialized in “encounter killings. Like him, I travelled the length and breadth of the country interacting intensely with the Pakistani people, and “teasing out its nuances and arguing with those who chose to view its problems in stark black-and-white. With the Taliban feeling increasingly emboldened, President-elect Biden must adopt a new and more practicable strategy for the region that is not based solely on military and security compulsions but includes future-oriented economic and political plans, working with international organizations and partners to achieve common goals. Dip Into NEW PAPERBACKS [jsb_filter_by_tags count="15" show_more="10" sort_by="total_products"/] A selection of recent paperbacks.

Generally it was an interesting read with some well drawn out vignettes of some well and some lesser well-known figures through Pakistan’s history.

The book is more of a ready mix formula of presenting the pakistani society where people are fighting for freedom of expression, IsI being the bad guys. He, in some ways, feels sorry for these diplomats, and their need to constantly carry out and defend unpopular and contradictory policies.

For one thing, a towering man with a sullen face stands outside my room, preventing me from leaving.When exploring updates of lives of the people featured in the book in Chapter 11, Walsh quotes Ardeshir Cowasjee, a Karachi journalist, who was “tired and disillusioned with a country that just cannot pull itself together in any way” (pg 289) which Walsh seemingly agrees with. Perennials PERENNIALS constant friends A selection of novels, memoirs and more by some of our favourite authors.