Imran Khan

Pakistan: A Personal History

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ISBN 13:: 9780857500649
author:: Imran Khan
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Bantam
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2012
Pages:: 432
Dimensions:: 19.8 x 12.7 x 2.8 cm
Genre:: History, Countries & Regions, Asia, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Asian history, History, Pakistan, 21st century, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), History / General, Regional History
Condition:: New
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Pakistan: A Personal History offers a unique insider's view of a country unfamiliar to a Western audience. Born only five years after Pakistan was created in 1947, Imran Khan has lived his country's history.

Undermined by a ruling elite and plagued by instability, Pakistan has struggled to protect its people from the carnage of regular bombings and its own ally, America. Now, Imran Khan and his party, the Tehreek-e-Insaf, offer a real political alternative for the Pakistani people at a time when tensions between the government and the powerful military have reached dangerous new levels.

This absorbing history is woven from Imran Khan's personal life - his childhood in Lahore, his Oxford education, his cricketing career, his marriage to Jemima Goldsmith, and his Islamic faith - which inform both the historical narrative and his current philanthropic and political activities. A fresh perspective on a country whose culture is largely misunderstood by the West.

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