Ishtiaq Ahmed - India, Pakistan and the Postcolonial State:

The Centre for Postcolonial Studies presents distinguished Professor Ishtaiq Ahmed discussing "Why the military become so powerful in Pakistan but not India?"

This talk discuss how Pakistan's military became such a powerful political institution, while India and many other Postcolonial States kept stronger civilian control.

The lecture draws on Ahmed's scholarship on Partition, Jinnah, Punjab, and Pakistan as a garrison state.

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Dr Ishtiaq Ahmed is Emeritus Professor at Stockholm University and Honorary Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapour.

His books include: Jinnah: His Successes, Failures, and Role in History (2021); Pakistan: the Garrison State (2013) and The Punjab Bloodied, Partitioned and Cleansed (2011).

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