Pakistan at Knife's edge is veteran journalist M B Naqvi's understanding of contemporary Pakistan and the directions the country could take or ought to. From the sacking of the chief justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikar Muhammad Chaudhry, by General Pervez Musharraf, to the return of Benazir Bhutto and her assassination on 27 Deceber 2007, the book traces the lawyers’ agitation to the general elections in 2008, and also the rise of a more vocal civil society.
M B Naqvi focuses on the lawyers’ movement for judicial autonomy and reinstatement of democracy and derives great hope from it, the movement has become a locus for a more broad-based demand for democracy raised by civil society. So Pakistan is poised at knife’s edge: which way will it go? A human rights activist and fervent supporter of liberal democratic dispension, Naqvi presents a compelling blueprint for the future of the country.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR M B Naqvi
M B Naqvi was a prominent journalist based in Karachi, Pakistan. Born in Amroha ( India) he migrated to Pakistan in 1947. His journalistic career began in 1956 when he joined The Indus Times and later Radio Pakistan in Rawalpindi.In a career spanning fifty years, M B Naqvi wrote on both domestic as well as international affairs for The Observer, Gulf News, Dawn, The News, Newsline, Globe, Herald, Frontier Post, The Muslim, Deccan Herald, Times of India and Daily Star.He was a frequent commentator for the BBC as well as a regular guest on Pakistani television, invited to comment on current affairs.M B Naqvi continued to write until five days before his death. He jointly authored Making Pakistan a Tenable State along with sixteen other writers. He has contributed chapters to two books, The Security of South Asia – American and Asian Perspectives and Europe and the Third World. Most recently, he was the ‘Voice of Authority’ on Pakistan affairs for the website www.pakusonline.com.
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