Soldiers and Islamists in Pakistan

Issue Date January 2006
Volume 17
Issue 1
Page Numbers 169-73
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A review of Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military, by Hussain Haqqani.

About the Author

Aqil Shahis associate professor of political science at McDaniel College. His essay “Pakistan: Voting Under Military Tutelage” appeared in the January 2019 issue of the Journal of Democracy.

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