{"product_id":"troika-trouble-pakistan-under-nawaz-sharif-1990-1993","title":"Troika Trouble: Pakistan Under Nawaz Sharif 1990-1993","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the second volume of a series of books by veteran journalist Najam Sethi on Pakistan's sputtering journey under democracy from 1988 to 2021 after it emerged from a stifling decade of autocracy under Z A Bhutto from 1972-1977 and ruthless dictatorship under General Zia ul Haq from 1977 to 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this collection of nearly 200 articles, reports, commentaries and analyses, Sethi discusses a wide range of issues relating to state, society and government under the Nawaz Sharif regime from 1990 to 1993. Among the many subjects covered are: mockery of justice and judiciary under pressure; the \"law of necessity\"; state terrorism; humour in uniform; thinking beyond Saddam; privatise or perish; cold war blues; Nawaz Sharif's options; freedom, fairness, state and party; disintegration of the social contract; the rise of Nawaz Sharif; India's dangerous legacies; waylaying the press; the price of press freedom and accountability; the \"great game\" revisited; how the other half dies; US-Pak agenda for nuclear talks; art of stealing elections; dialoguing with India; unravelling Afghanistan; grasping cynics and power plays in Islamabad; Benazir Bhutto's social contract; \"cleaning-up the fanatics\"; killing fields of fundamentalism; how and why to get rid of the 8th Amendment; third force vs third solution; the tragedy of General Asif Nawaz; Establishment vs Civil Society; Discretion vs Justice; Nawaz Sharif's Lafafah legacies; and grand delusions of Mairaj Mohammad Khan and Rao Rashid.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe writing is full of sardonic humour, wit and penetrating analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Najam Sethi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44866083356706,"sku":null,"price":2996.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/9531\/1138\/files\/9789694026374-f.jpg?v=1771929268","url":"https:\/\/www.onlineurdubazar.pk\/products\/troika-trouble-pakistan-under-nawaz-sharif-1990-1993","provider":"Online Urdu Bazar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}