Pakistan Lost: Ideas on the Idea of Pakistan

"Shehzad Ghias, the leading podcaster of Pakistan, has aired his innovative ideas through an argumentative style for some time now. This book renders his ideas into print at a much larger scale through intensive research in things -- both past and present -- in a quest for a new consensus on policy and narrative. It includes such ticklish themes as the federalist agenda of the Lahore Resolution, the minority question, language and politics, civil-military relations, the constitutional crises, and populism. The book is a brilliant exposé of an analytical mind."

-Mohammad Waseem, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lahore University of Management Sciences, and the Author of Political Conflict in Pakistan

"Shehzad Ghias takes the bull by the horns with some hard questions: How did stoking religious passions become such an integral part of Pakistani politics? What deep-seated anxieties explain the military and civilian elite's fear of regional diversity? And why are constitutional principles treated with such levity? Pakistan's future hinges on confronting these critical issues."

-Pervez Hoodbhoy, Nuclear Physicist, Social Activist, and the Author of Pakistan: Origins, Identity and Future

A pithy and precise study of Pakistan's politics, polity, and its nationalism, this book explores the country's tumultuous history with some refreshing new insights, and a plea to use history as a way for the nation to look and move forward in an inclusive, progressive, and self-respecting manner."

-Nadeem Farooq Paracha, Cultural Critic, Historian, Columnist, and the Author of several books