History of Pakistan Essays

  • Buss 4403 Business Policy And Strategy

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    Learning Journal Unit 6 UO People Buss 4403 Business Policy and Strategy Dr. Jelenny Marquez May 17, 2023 Pakistan is a country with a diverse population and is located at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. The country is currently undergoing a significant transformation, with the emergence of technology, entrepreneurs, and global networks. This has opened a range of strategic choices for businesses looking to invest in the country. For example, McKinsey & Co's latest report on

  • Yousafzai's Life Under The Taliban

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    Despite the many challenges arising, life in Pakistan has not always been life threatening and unpredictable. Typically, Yousafzai lived a normal teenage life and never had to think twice about her safety. Yousafzai explains a day in Pakistan under the Taliban enforcement by writing, “[e]ach day after school my brothers and I would race home and lock the doors”(57). This demonstrates how drastic Yousafzai’s life changed once the Taliban entered. Yousafzai fought each day for women’s rights, hoping

  • Partition Of India Dbq

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    Partition Plan was one of the most controversial events of the 20th century, and it is still debated today. The British colonial government divided the Indian subcontinent into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan, and the partition led to one of the deadliest migrations in history. While many supporters of the plan believed it would create stable, religiously homogenous nations, others argued it would lead to violence and bloodshed. In this essay, I will explore the arguments for and against

  • Opposing Views Of The Violence Upon The Formation Of Pakistan

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    On August 14, 1947, the country of Pakistan was officially declared a country. There were many struggles and difficulties that the people of Pakistan had to face in order for there to be a Pakistan. Before August 14, 1947, the area of land which is considered Pakistan was a part of India. The majority of the population in India at that time was either Hindu/Sikh, or Muslims. The Muslims were sick and tired of living with the Hindus and Sikhs, due to the fact that they had contradicting beliefs

  • Similarities Between Marjane Satrapi And Malala Yousafzai

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    In Pakistan, women are prohibited from getting an education. Though Marjane and Malala are from different countries under two different extremes of radical Islamic rulings, their educational beliefs are consistent with one another. Just like Marji, Malala grew

  • Taliban And Descent Into Chaos Pakistan On The Brink By Ahmed Rashid

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    The third book in a trilogy, following Taliban and Descent into Chaos, Pakistan On The Brink by Ahmed Rashid explores what the future of the U.S. relations is with Pakistan and the rest of the region. The book analyses the crisis of Pakistan and the innocent civilians getting affected. The Pakistani journalist is the author of the New York Times bestseller Taliban. He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times and the New York Times. Many believed that after the involvement of the U.S., those

  • Train To Pakistan Short Story

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    that the writers focusing on India may highlight these problems. Since it is the first novel on the theme of partition, Train to Pakistan projects a realistic picture of those nightmarish and fretful days accompanying the division. It is regarded that Khushwant Singh intended to name the novel as Mano Majra which hints the static, but later he selected Train to Pakistan , implying the sense of change at the same time recalling the train service which is the symbol of India itself where different

  • Pashtun Peace Movement

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    Pashtun peace movement bring with them to the region of Pakistan. I will be explaining and discussing the major significances of the Pashtun peace movement. This anti-imperialistmovement in the North-West Frontier Province of what is today the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan existed from 1929 to 1948 The Pastuns also known as the Pathics or the ethnic Afghans are the second biggest and largest ethnic group in both Afghanistan and in Pakistan. This movement is one of the most successful non-violent

  • Malala Yousafzai

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    she confronted being a young lady and living in Pakistan. The book is rousing and moving book for the young ladies who ought to went to bat for their rights. Malala Yousafzai is an author of the book. She is a Pakistani dissident for female training and the most youthful Nobel Prize laureate. She is known for human rights promotion, particularly the instruction of ladies and kids in her local Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, northwest Pakistan, where the nearby Taliban had now and again restricted

  • Comparing The Civil War Between Tajiks And The Pashtuns

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    Ethnic tensions grow between the Pashtuns and the Tajiks over the control of power in the twentieth century. Prior to the twentieth century, Tajiks had no noticeable power in the modern history of Afghanistan. The first Tajik who fought and won a war against a Pashtun king was Habib Allah Kalakani. The war between the Tajiks and the Pashtuns created more ethnic animosities between the two largest minorities in the country. The killings of the entire Kalakani family and his relatives cruelly by the

  • Research Paper On Malala Yousafzai

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    greatest heroes in the history of education and women. Malala went through a lot to fight for her freedom of education and that almost cost her life. Of all the stages of the Malala’s heroic fight, her journey and reward play huge roles. She fought for her and other girl’s education freedom and got many rewards one of them being going to school. Malala fought for her education and got shot fighting. When she was a little girl, “Malala Yousafzai defied the Taliban in Pakistan and demanded that girls

  • Pride In I Am Malala

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    in life simply to prepare food and give birth to children" (Malala, 13). Cultural tradition is evidently a culminating aspect in the formation of societies and a direct consequence on the lifestyle of these families. Malala Yousafzai was born in Pakistan, a society which privileged man, even though since young she was determined to stand against the tradition and live for herself and for her family. In the first quarter of her autobiography, I Am Malala, she relates stories of her ancestors that

  • Why I Chose To Study Abroad With AIFS At Richmond University

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    When I found out that Malala Yousafzai was shot in Pakistan by the Taliban for demanding educational rights for women, I was shocked. Being a female myself, I felt horrible because she was shot over the basic civil right that I have and take for granted every single day. But I also felt empowered because I knew that I could make a difference as an educator. However, the key to becoming a good, impartial educator is to explore other cultures and languages. That is why I choose to study abroad with

  • Betrayal In John Steinbeck's The Kite Runner

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    Hassan while they are currently living during a turbulent time in Afghanistan's history. Amir is the son of a wealthy Pashtun man while Hassan is his servant. The novel shows their odd friendship go through betrayal, lies, regret, and forgiveness. The Kite Runner also exhibits the struggles between father and son relationships. This thrilling novel shows the journey amid family and friends during a rough time in the history of Afghanistan. Image result for kite runner Character Analysis - In

  • An Essay On I Am Malala Yousafzai

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    “I am Malala” In I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai pushed through the Taliban and stood up for herself. LeeAnn Trudel, a former student of Catholic University pushed through her very hard Statistics class in graduate school so she could get into a PHD program. Malala was denied by the Taliban to go to school, though she went anyway because she knew that she wanted to be educated. Malala is still advocating for women’s rights to education, even after what happened with the Taliban and her. LeeAnn Trudel’s

  • Fundamentalism In The Reluctant Fundamentalist

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    What Goes Around Comes Around In Mohsin Hamid’s postcolonial novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the Pakistani writer challenges and questions the colonial stereotypes after 9/11; “[It is] the story of an ambitious Pakistani immigrant disenchanted with American life […], [Hamid’s first novel] is a significant literary intervention in both form and content” (Singh 149). The juxtapositions between East and West came into greater focus after the tragedy that struck the United States of America at its

  • Malala Yousafzai Leadership Qualities

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    “I raise up my voice-not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.” ― Malala Yousafzai. Malala was born on July 12, 1997, in Mingora, Pakistan, where girls were restricted from going to school, and therefore treated unfairly. Unlike anyone else, Malala was not afraid to speak out against the Taliban. Unfortunately, she was shot in the forehead on the way back from school on a bus. She was targeted because she spoke out on the

  • Women's Conflict In Kabul

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    The story of these two women began in the time of conflict in Kabul. In the summer of 1973, King Zahir Shah was overthrown by a coup after ruling Kabul for almost 40 years. This was replaced by a soviet regime. This caused a war between the soviets and the Mujahideen which are Islamic guerilla fighters who attached non-Muslim forces; this was the group Laila’s two brothers had joined. Although, in 1978, Akbar Khyber, the leader of a faction of PDPA was assassinated which led to the rule of the Democratic

  • Research Paper On Malala

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    Around the world an estimated 66 million girls are being denied the right to an education. Fix that, scholars have long said, and you could change the course of human history. "There's a saying," says Sheryl WuDunn, coauthor of Half the Sky, "that when you educate boys, you educate boys; when you educate girls, you educate a village." Educated girls are safer from sexual assault and childhood marriage; they go on to raise

  • Thirteen Days: Charlie Wilson's War

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    There were many aspects about the film, Charlie Wilson’s War, that struck me besides the drug and alcohol abuse, or the sexual content that was pervasive in the Congressman’s life. However, despite his vices, Charlie Wilson played an instrumental role in convincing both the CIA and Congress to support the Mujahideen’s efforts against the Soviet invasion. Personally, what caught me the most by this film, as the way in which the public influenced foreign policy, particularly the role of Joanne Herring