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Product Description Pakistan has had many conflicts involving language. Relying on primary sources, Rahman has written a scholarly and objective account of the link between language and politics in Pakistan. Review `it is a relief to see the whole subject discussed in one place in the detail it had always deserved... He has put together what is clearly the first authoritative account of languages in Pakistan. It is properly pegged to sources within the text and has an impressive bibliography and indexthat are truly helpful to anyone wanting to uncover the truth. Tariq Rahman has earned the gratitude of Pakistani readers for having written this extremely well researched book. It contains chapters on Balochi, Pashto and Punjabi too, which are no less informative. The author has done some real goodwork on the politics of Balochi and has also covered the extraordinary greenhouse of languages in the Northern Areas. The book easily qualifies as the best book written in Pakistan in the year 1996.'Khaled Ahmed, Friday Times`attempts to cover a vast span of time and space within one volume, drawing upon a massive body of mostly published evidence and also some new materials from each of the major linguistic units... meticulous research...'Ayesha Jalal, Harvard University, Journal of Asian Studies About the Author Tariq Rahman is at University of Texas.