Extracts from the District & State Gazetteers of the Punjab, Pakistan
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Page : 584 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Punjab (Pakistan)
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Page : 584 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Punjab (Pakistan)
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Page : 768 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Punjab (Pakistan)
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Author : Andreas Rieck
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 17,55 MB
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0190613483
The Shias of Pakistan are the world's second largest Shia community after that of Iran, but comprise only 10-15 per cent of Pakistan's population. In recent decades Sunni extremists have increasingly targeted them with hate propaganda and terrorism, yet paradoxically Shias have always been fully integrated into all sections of political, professional and social life without suffering any discrimination. In mainstream politics, the Shia- Sunni divide has never been an issue in Pakistan. Shia politicians in Pakistan have usually downplayed their religious beliefs, but there have always been individuals and groups who emphasised their Shia identity, and who zealously campaigned for equal rights for the Shias wherever and whenever they perceived these to be threatened. Shia 'ulama' have been at the forefront of communal activism in Pakistan since 1949, but Shia laymen also participated in such organisations, as they had in pre-partition India. Based mainly on Urdu sources, Rieck's book examines, first, the history of Pakistan's Shias, including their communal organisations, the growth of the Shia 'ulama' class, of religious schools and rivalry between "orthodox" "ulama" and popular preachers; second, the outcome of lobbying of successive Pakistan governments by Shia organisations; and third, the Shia-Sunni conflict, which is increasingly virulent due to the state's failure to combat Sunni extremism.
Author : Anita M. Weiss
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429714289
This book is concerned with social change in Pakistan, particularly the relationship between indigenous sociocultural orientations, the development process, and the rise of a new middle-level entrepreneurial class in the Punjab.
Author : Pakistan Historical Society
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Page : 422 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Islamic civilization
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Author : Punjab (India)
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Page : pages
File Size : 32,86 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Punjab (India)
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Author : Library of Congress
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Page : 1026 pages
File Size : 50,4 MB
Release : 1981
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Author : Library of Congress. Library of Congress Office, Karachi
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Page : 398 pages
File Size : 35,49 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Pakistan
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Vols. for 1975- include: Cumulative list of serials.
Author : Research Society of Pakistan
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Page : 94 pages
File Size : 32,65 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Pakistan
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,89 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Punjab (India)
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