Waqas.usman (Photographer). (2005). ApproachingNangaParbat [digital image]. Retrieved from Wikimedia commons: commons.wikimedia.org. Used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported.
Facts in Brief
The Islamic Republic of Pakistan lies in southern Asia, bordered by India to the east and by Afghanistan and Iran to the west. It has a short frontier with the People’s Republic of China in the far north-east. The climate is dry and generally hot, with an annual average temperature of 27°C (80°F), except in the mountainous areas, which have very cold winters. Temperatures in Karachi are generally between 13°C (55°F) and 34°C (93°F), with negligible rainfall. The principal languages are Punjabi (the language usually spoken in 44.2% of households in 1998), Pushto/Pashtu (15.4%), Sindhi (14.1%) and Saraiki (10.5%). Urdu (7.6%) is the national language, and English is extensively used. The state religion is Islam, embracing more than 96% of the population in 1998, the remainder being mainly Hindus or Christians. The national flag (proportions 2 by 3) has a vertical white stripe at the hoist, while the remainder is dark green, with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star in the centre. The capital is Islamabad.
Citations:
Country Flag (Pakistan), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 04 September 2018 from http://www.europaworld.com/entry/pk.FLAG
Location, Climate, Language, Religion, Flag, Capital (Pakistan), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 04 September 2018 from http://www.europaworld.com/entry/pk.is.2
Map of Pakistan
Country Map (Pakistan), in Europa World online. London, Routledge. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Retrieved 04 September 2018 from http://www.europaworld.com/entry/pk.MAP
Pakistani Art & Architecture
(late 15th - early 16th c., Image: ca. 1998). Uch Monument Complex, Exterior. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AWMONUMENTSIG_10313273267
Current Church was ordered by Emperor Justinian; designed by Greek scientists Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles; dome rebuilt by Isidore the Younger; church converted into a mosque By Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II. (Current church built 532 - 537 AD over a site where two earlier church were built; the original in 360 AD and the second in 415 AD; both burned to the ground, in 404 AD and 532 AD, respectively; converted into a Mosque circa 1453; Comnenus Mosaic was created 1122, Image: April, 2010). Interior, Upper Galleries Mosaics, Comnenus mosaic (Emperor Ioannes I Comnenos). Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/ASITESPHOTOIG_10313839714
Silver alloy necklace on silk rope, decorated with red and green +. [Personal gear Jewelry Necklace]. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AWSS35953_35953_38644991
(first half of the 20th century). Shawl. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AWSS35953_35953_32554572
Musical instrument and bow (hide over wood and decorated with +. [Tools Musical String]. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AWSS35953_35953_38684942
Mansur Aye. (1996). painting titled Karachi Beach, Karachi Beach. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/HUNT_57025
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Regions of Pakistan
Pakistan is made up of four provinces, plus the capital territory of Islamabad: Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, The Punjab, and Sindh. Two disputed areas are included within their borders: Gilgit-Baltistan in the North and Azad Kashmir in the East.
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K2
K2 is the name of a mountain on the border of Pakistan and China in the Kashmir region. K2's elevation reaches 28,251 feet or 8,611 meters. This mountain belongs to the Karakoram Mountain Range. The name K2 comes from British surveyors who explored the mountain range, making note of the highest peaks as K1, K2, etc. The first successful ascent was completed by an Italian team led by Ardito Desio in 1954. K2 is considered one of the most difficult climbs in the world due to frequent storms and treacherous slopes.
The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering by
This is the first book to explore in depth the science of climbing and mountaineering. Written by a team of leading international sport scientists, clinicians and climbing practitioners, it covers the full span of technical disciplines, including rock climbing, ice climbing, indoor climbing and mountaineering, across all scientific fields from physiology and biomechanics to history, psychology, medicine, motor control, skill acquisition, and engineering. Striking a balance between theory and practice, this uniquely interdisciplinary study provides practical examples and illustrative data to demonstrate the strategies that can be adopted to promote safety, best practice, injury prevention, recovery and mental preparation. Divided into six parts, the book covers all essential aspects of the culture and science of climbing and mountaineering, including: physiology and medicine biomechanics motor control and learning psychology equipment and technology. Showcasing the latest cutting-edge research and demonstrating how science translates into practice, The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering is essential reading for all advanced students and researchers of sport science, biomechanics and skill acquisition, as well as all active climbers and adventure sport coaches.
ISBN: 9781138927582Publication Date: 2016-09-12- Surviving K2 by In the climbing world, there are no terms of endearment for K2, only begrudging whispers born of respect and fear: 'Mountains', 'Savage Mountain', and always, 'Killer Mountain'. K2's weather, remoteness, avalanche danger, rock falls, crevasses and other nightmarish hazards combine to make it 28,267 foot summit the hardest point on earth to reach. But climbers know all this and they still come to wage battle with this demon. Journey with 12 American climbers as they attempt to conquer this treacherous beast from the Chinese north side.Call Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2001
- K2 and the Invisible Footmen by Located on the border between Pakistan and China, K2 is the second-highest mountain on Earth. For many climbers, it is an even greater prize than Everest, with limited routes, a steeper ascent, and a harder push to its summit. In K2 AND THE INVISIBLE FOOTMEN, filmmaker Iara Lee and team chronicle the lives of both Pakistani porters and Nepalese sherpas. The film also follows the first official all-Pakistani climbing team, made up of former porters, who successfully summited in 2014, in celebration of K2 60th anniversary. Amid breathtaking scenery, the film depicts the everyday sacrifices of porters and the courage of those indigenous climbers who choose to return to scale K2 in spite of past tragedies. In their striving to perfect their craft, these mountaineers provide a fresh look into the cultures and national traditions of Pakistan, a country typically portrayed in the foreign media as merely a land of conflict and sectarian strife.Call Number: Online AccessPublication Date: 2015
Books on Pakistan
The Bhutto Dynasty by
A major new investigation into the Bhutto family, examining their influence in Pakistan from the colonial era to the present day The Bhutto family has long been one of the most ambitious and powerful in Pakistan. But politics has cost the Bhuttos dear. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, widely regarded as the most talented politician in the country's history, was removed from power in 1977 and executed two years later, at the age of 51. Of his four children, three met unnatural deaths: Shahnawaz was poisoned in 1985 at the age of 27; Murtaza was shot by the police outside his home in 1996, aged 42; and Benazir Bhutto, who led the Pakistan Peoples Party and became Prime Minister twice, was killed by a suicide bomber in Rawalpindi in 2007, aged 54. Drawing on original research and unpublished documents gathered over twenty years, Owen Bennett-Jones explores the turbulent existence of this extraordinary family, including their volatile relationship with British colonialists, the Pakistani armed forces, and the United States.
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The New Pakistani Middle Class by
Pakistan's presence in the outside world is dominated by images of religious extremism and violence. These images--and the narratives that interpret them--inform events in the international realm, but they also twist back around to shape local class politics. In The New Pakistani Middle Class, Ammara Maqsood focuses on life in contemporary Lahore, where she unravels these narratives to show how central they are for understanding competition and the quest for identity among middle-class groups. Lahore's traditional middle class has asserted its position in the socioeconomic hierarchy by wielding significant social capital and dominating the politics and economics of urban life. For this traditional middle class, a Muslim identity is about being modern, global, and on the same footing as the West. Recently, however, a more visibly religious, upwardly mobile social group has struggled to distinguish itself against this backdrop of conventional middle-class modernity, by embracing Islamic culture and values. The religious sensibilities of this new middle-class group are often portrayed as Saudi-inspired and Wahhabi. Through a focus on religious study gatherings and also on consumption in middle-class circles--ranging from the choice of religious music and home décor to debit cards and the cut of a woman's burkha--The New Pakistani Middle Class untangles current trends in piety that both aspire toward, and contest, prevailing ideas of modernity. Maqsood probes how the politics of modernity meets the practices of piety in the struggle among different middle-class groups for social recognition and legitimacy.
Call Number: HT690.P18 M37 2017
Chasing Polio in Pakistan by
The number of global polio cases has fallen dramatically and eradication is within sight, but despite extraordinary efforts, polio retains its grip in a few areas. Anthropologist Svea Closser follows the trajectory of the polio eradication effort in Pakistan, one of the last four countries in the world with endemic polio. Journeying from vaccination campaigns in rural Pakistan to the center of global health decision making at the World Health Organization in Geneva, the author explores the historical and cultural underpinnings of eradication as a public health strategy, and reveals the culture of optimism that characterizes--and sometimes cripples--global health institutions. With a keen ethnographic eye, Closser describes the complex power negotiations that underlie the eradication effort at every level, tracking techniques of resistance employed by district health workers and state governments alike. This book offers an analysis of local politics, social relations, and global political economy in the implementation of a worldwide public health effort, with broad implications for understanding what is possible in global health, now and for the future. This book is the recipient of the annual Norman L. and Roselea J. Goldberg Prize for the best project in the area of medicine.
Call Number: RA644.P9 C66 2010
Pakistan's Enduring Challenges by
From the start of the U.S. war in Afghanistan in 2001 to the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2014, Pakistan's military cooperation was critical to the United States. Yet Pakistani politics remain a source of anxiety for American policymakers. Despite some progress toward democratic consolidation over the last ten years, Pakistan's military still asserts power over the country's elected government. Pakistan's western regions remain largely ungoverned and home to the last remnants of al-Qaeda's original leadership as well as multiple militant groups that have declared war on the Pakistani state. The country's economy is in shambles, and continuing tensions with India endanger efforts to bring a durable peace to a region haunted by the distant threat of nuclear war. Pakistan's Enduring Challenges surveys the political and economic landscape of Pakistan in the wake of U.S. military withdrawal. Experts in the domestic and international affairs of the region consider the country's prospects from a variety of angles, including security issues and nuclear posture, relations with Afghanistan, India, and the United States, Pakistan's Islamist movements, and the CIA's use of drone warfare in Pakistan's tribal areas. This timely volume offers a concise, accessible, and expert guide to the currents that will shape the country's future. Contributors: Christopher Clary, C. Christine Fair, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Karl Kaltenthaler, Feisal Khan, William J. Miller, Aparna Pande, Paul Staniland, Stephen Tankel, Tara Vassefi, Sarah J. Watson, Joshua T. White, Huma Yusef.
Call Number: DS389 .P365 2015
Nusrat Feteh Ali Khan
1964-1997, Nusrat Feteh Ali Khan was a singer of Qawwali music and is often referred to as "Shahenshah-e-Qawwali" which means the King of Kings of Qawwali Music.
A Voice From Heaven Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, The Most Beautiful Voice in the World by
Tribute to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. Includes performance footage, a look at Nusrat's life, and interviews with friends and colleagues.
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Call Number: ML420.K397 V653 2001
Snapshots of Pakistan
Steve McCurry. (2002). PAKISTAN. PAKISTAN. Peshawar. 2002.. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AMAGNUMIG_10311533046
Steve McCurry. (1980). PAKISTAN. Baluchistan. 1984. Shepard . ©Steve McCurry/Magnum. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AMAGNUMIG_10311532843
Abbas. (1988). PAKISTAN. Elections. 1988. PAKISTAN. Lahore. Prayers by Ravi river. 1988.. Retrieved from http://library.artstor.org/asset/AMAGNUMIG_10311566006
K.M., Chaudary, PM agoodman|BinaryUpdate|PhotoShopped|9/5/2018 7:28:29, and PM agoodman|File|Filed|9/5/2018 7:30:27. 2018. "Pakistan Fashion." Associated Press Images Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed September 6, 2018).
K.M., Chaudary, AM agoodman|BinaryUpdate|PhotoShopped|9/4/2018 11:29:26, and AM agoodman|File|Filed|9/4/2018 11:31:50. 2018. "Pakistan Cricket Chairman." Associated Press Images Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed September 6, 2018).
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Pakistani Music
There are two distinct styles of music in Pakistan: Qawwali and Ghazal. Qawwali music is the devotional music of the Chishti Sufis and is practiced throughout South Asia. This style of music was made popular by the Sabri Brothers. The Ghazal style is a poetic form of music consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain.
Sufi Music of India and Pakistan by
For the Sufis of India and Pakistan, the Qawwali songs are 'food for the soul', a means of attaining union with God, the ecstatic culmination of mystical experience. Regula Burckhardt Qureshi's study carefully describes and documents the performance of this music in the traditional Sufi assembly, the ritual of sama', first presenting the rich musical repertoire of Qawwali song, and then exploring everything else that is relevant to an understanding of the ritual: the profound belief system and its powerful articulation through mystical poetry in three languages (Farsi, Hindi, Urdu), the social and economic relationships between Sufi listeners and musicians, and, finally, all the specific rules governing the making of and listening to Qawwali in the Sufi assembly. All this leads up to a moment-by-moment account of actual Qawwali performances where the interplay between the musical sound and the diverse and often dramatic audience responses is described and analysed by the author.
Call Number: ML3197 .Q74 1986
The Female Voice in Sufi Ritual by
This text presents an in-depth study of the female voice in Sufi practice in the subcontinent of Pakistan and India. Shemeem Burney Abbas investigates the rituals at the Sufi shrines and looks at womens participation in them, as well as male performers use of the female voice. The strengths of the book are her use of interviews with both prominent and grassroots female and male musicians and her transliteration of audio- and videotaped performances. Through them, she draws vital connections between oral culture and the written Sufi poetry that the musicians sing for their audiences. This research clarifies why the female voice is important in Sufi practice and underscores the many contributions of women to Sufism and its rituals.
Call Number: BP189.65 .M87 A22 2002- "The Baltistan Movement and the Power of Pop Ghazels by This article investigates the role of locally produced pop ghazal music in the politics of the people of Baltistan, a community living in the western Himalayas on both sides of the border between India and Pakistan and characterized by its blend of Shi'ite and Tibetan culture and its vernacular Tibetan dialect. The pop ghazak conjure up an alternative narrative of local history and belonging that is situated in a Himalayan, rather than South Asian, context. Pop ghazak are emblematic for local resistance against the postcolonial nationalism of the Indian and Pakistani nation-states and are at the core of the Baltistan Movement, a western Himalayan social movement emerging in the past two decades. The analytical perspective is a continuation of Manuel's (1993) work on the cassette culture of northern India that explores the political power of the pop ghazal further by drawing on Scott's (1990) concept of hidden/public transcript and Smelser's (1968) social strain model of the dynamics of social change.Call Number: Online Access
- "Roshan Ara Begum: Performing Classical Music, Gender, and Muslim Nationalism in Pakistan by The imbrication of issues of nation, class, gender, and religion necessitates a critical revision of the so-called secular postcolonial modernity embraced by Indian nationalists, including musicologists. The life and struggle of Roshan Ara Begum — Pakistan’s first and, to date, arguably greatest singer of classical music — is an instructive example of the complex intertwining of agency, resistance, and resignation in Muslim-identified Pakistan and Hindu-identified India.Call Number: Online Access
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Pakistani Government
Pakistan's government is a Federal Republic. The Head of State or the President is Arif Alvi (right). The Prime Minister or Head of Government is Imran Khan (left) and the Legislature consists of a Senate and National Assembly.
Religions of Pakistan
Almost everyone in Pakistan practices its official religion of Islam, but there are practicing Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, and Parsis as well. Important religious holidays are Ramadan and the Hajj.
Pakistan - Social and Cultural Transformations in a Muslim Nation by
This is the first English-language survey of Pakistan's socio-economic evolution. Mohammad Qadeer gives an essential overview of social and cultural transformation in Pakistan since independence, which is crucial to understanding Pakistan's likely future direction. Pakistan examines how tradition and family life continue to contribute long term stability, and explores the areas where very rapid changes are taking place: large population increase, urbanization, economic development, and the nature of civil society and the state. It offers an insightful view into Pakistan, exploring the wide range of ethnic groups, the countryside, religion and community, and popular culture and national identity. It concludes by discussing the likely future social development in Pakistan, captivating students and academics interested in Pakistan and multiculturalism. Qadeer's impressive work is a comprehensive examination of social and cultural forces in Pakistani society, and is an important resource for anyone wanting to understand contemporary Pakistan.
Call Number: HN680.5.A8 Q33 2006
The Christians of Pakistan by
In May 1998, John Joseph, the first native Pakistani Catholic bishop, shot himself in front of the courthouse where a Christian had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. This book tells the story of the Christians in Pakistan, with Bishop Joseph as its centrepiece. It is an account of outcastes who sought hope through Christianity, but who now find themselves victims of a struggle to define Islam in Pakistan. The majority of Pakistani Christians are descendants of untouchables converted to Christianity in the late 19th century. In Pakistan a minority religion is linked with low status, perpetuating the Indian Hindu caste system even though the Muslim majority has disassociated itself from all things Hindu and Indian. The book also deals with enculturation in the Pakistani church, the rise of native clergy, conflicts between the local church and Rome, the rise of 'fundamentalist' Islam and the position of women in society and church.
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The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan by
In this path-breaking new work, Ali Usman Qasmi traces the history of the political exclusion of the Ahmadiyya religious minority in Pakistan by drawing on revealing new sources. This volume is the first scholarly study of the declassified material of the court of inquiry that produced the Munir-Kiyani report of 1954, and the proceedings of the national assembly that declared the Ahmadis non-Muslims through the second constitutional amendment in 1974. The Ahmadis and the Politics of Religious Exclusion in Pakistan chronicles anti-Ahmadi violence and the legal and administrative measures adopted against them, and also addresses wider issues of the politics of Islam in postcolonial Muslim nation-states and their disputative engagements with ideas of modernity and citizenship. Winner of the Karachi Literary Festival Peace Prize 2015.
Call Number: E-Book- State management of religion in Pakistan and dilemmas of citizenship byCall Number: Online Article
Popular Music in Pakistan
Nazia Hassan - Queen of Disco Pop
Hassan recorded “Aap Jaisa Koi” for the film Qurbani, and the song became an instant hit. Her most famous songs, “Disco Deewane” and “Tere Qadmon Ko”, were inspired by disco beats and hip-hop. After the nation turned to become more Islamic, many of her music videos were banned or only showed her from the waist-up to hide her dancing feet. Hassan was the first Pakistani to make it on to US Billboard Charts.
Nationalism and Popular Culture by Call Number: E-BookHow do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national identity and national belonging stems, in part, from the ways in which nationalism is embedded in popular culture. Comprised of chapters covering a wide range of cases from both the Global North and Global South (including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, Pakistan, and the United States), the text unpacks the connections between nationalism and film, television, music, and other facets of everyday culture. In doing so, it demonstrates that popular culture can help us understand why and how nationhood has become so deeply entrenched in modern society. This book will be of interest to scholars of political science, nationalism, sociology, history, media studies, and cultural studies.- "Pakistan Popular Music: A Call to Reform in the Public Sphere" byCall Number: Online ArticlePublication Date: 2019
Junoon - the U2 of Pakistan
Junoon, a sufi rock band, was popular in the 1990s. Members include Salman Ahmad (guitar and songwriter), Nusrat Hussain (keyboardist), Brain O’Connell (guitarist), and Ali Azmat (vocalist). They are Pakistan’s most successful with nineteen recorded albums and over 30 million records sold worldwide. Junoon combines western music styles of rock and metal with classical eastern poetry by touching on messages of peace and worldly issues.
- Shyam Benegal's India byCall Number: E-BookThis book examines Shyam Benegal's films and alternative image(s) of India in his cinema, and traces the trajectory of changing aesthetics of his cinema in the post-liberalisation era. The book engages with the challenges faced by India as a nation-state in post-colonial times. Looking at hybrid and complex narratives of films like Manthan, Junoon, Kalyug, Charandas Chor, Sooraj Ka Satvaan Ghoda, Zubeidaa and Well Done Abba , among others, it analyses how these stories and characters, adapted and derived from mythology, folk-tales, historical fiction and novels, are rooted in the socio-political contexts of modern India. The author explores diverse themes in Benegal's cinema such as the loss of home and identity, women's sexuality, and the status of dalits and Muslims in India. He also focuses on how the filmmaker expertly weaves history with myth, culture, and contemporary politics and discusses the debate around the interpretive value of film adaptations, adaptation of history and the representations of marginalised communities and liminal spaces. The book will be useful for students and researchers of film studies, cultural studies, and the humanities. It will also interest readers of Indian cinema and the social and cultural history of India.
New Indian Cinema in Post-Independence India by Call Number: E-BookBook Chapter titled "Fictional Engagements with (National) History: Junoon, Mammo, and Trikaal"
Rock and Roll Jihad by Call Number: ML419.A34 A3 2010"The story you are about to read is the story of a light-bringer....Salman Ahmad inspires me to reach always for the greatest heights and never to fear....Know that his story is a part of our history." -- Melissa Etheridge, from the Introduction With 30 million record sales under his belt, and with fans including Bono and Al Gore, Pakistanborn Salman Ahmad is renowned for being the first rock & roll star to destroy the wall that divides the West and the Muslim world. Rock & Roll Jihad is the story of his incredible journey. Facing down angry mullahs and oppressive dictators who wanted all music to be banned from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Salman Ahmad rocketed to the top of the music charts, bringing Westernstyle rock and pop to Pakistani teenagers for the first time. His band Junoon became the U2 of Asia, a sufi - rock group that broke boundaries and sold a record number of albums. But Salman's story began in New York, where he spent his teen years learning to play guitar, listening to Led Zeppelin, hanging out at rock clubs and Beatles Fests, making American friends, and dreaming of rock-star fame. That dream seemed destined to die when his family returned to Pakistan and Salman was forced to follow the strictures of a newly religious -- and stratified -- society. He finished medical school, met his soul mate, and watched his beloved funkytown of Lahore transform with the rest of Pakistan under the rule of Zia into a fundamentalist dictatorship: morality police arrested couples holding hands in public, Little House on the Prairie and Live Aid were banned from television broadcasts, and Kalashnikovs and rocket launchers proliferated on college campuses via the Afghani resistance to Soviet occupation in the north. Undeterred, the teenage Salman created his own underground jihad: his mission was to bring his beloved rock music to an enthusiastic new audience in South Asia and beyond. He started a traveling guitar club that met in private Lahore spaces, mixing Urdu love poems with Casio synthesizers, tablas with Fender Stratocasters, and ragas with power chords, eventually joining his first pop band, Vital Signs. Later, he founded Junoon, South Asia's biggest rock band, which was followed to every corner of the world by a loyal legion of fans called Junoonis. As his music climbed the charts, Salman found himself the target of religious fanatics and power-mad politicians desperate to take him and his band down. But in the center of a new generation of young Pakistanis who go to mosques as well as McDonald's, whose religion gives them compassion for and not fear of the West, and who see modern music as a "rainbow bridge" that links their lives to the rest of the world, nothing could stop Salman's star from rising. Today, Salman continues to play music and is also a UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, traveling the world as a spokesperson and using the lessons he learned as a musical pioneer to help heal the wounds between East and West -- lessons he shares in this illuminating memoir.- "Salman Ahmad, Rock and Roll Jihad: a Muslim Rock Star's Revolution" byCall Number: Online Article
Folk Music of Pakistan
- "Representing Pakistan through Folk Music and Dance" byCall Number: Online Dissertation/ThesisPublication Date: 2011