Power failure : (Record no. 19725)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 18662718 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20210429131940.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 150617s2015 pk a 001 0aeng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780199401574 (hbk) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 954.9105092 |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Item number | H963 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hussain, Syeda Abida, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Power failure : |
| Remainder of title | the political odyssey of a Pakistani woman / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Syeda Abida Hussain. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Karachi, Pakistan : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | x, 707 p. : |
| Other physical details | illustrations (some color) ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes index. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Politicians |
| Geographic subdivision | Pakistan |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Women politicians |
| Geographic subdivision | Pakistan |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Power Failure -- A Chapter Closes -- My Journey Begins -- Upheaval -- Grass-Roots Politics -- National Assembly, At Last -- In Opposition -- Pakistan's First Woman Prime Minister -- 'Madam Ambassador' -- Washington D.C. -- America Elects a New President -- Back to Basics -- Winner Turns Loser -- Musharraf Usurps Power -- Nawab Akbar Bugti's Assassination -- Benazir Bhutto's Assassination. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | The book is a political biography of the author-in which she has intertwined the impacts that key political events of the country have had on her personal life-and on the destiny of the nation. It is also an anecdotal account of missed opportunities. The narrative begins with a chapter on the author's privileged childhood, her entry into politics, and the hurdles and struggles that she faced along the way as a woman politician in the male dominated society of rural Punjab. She provides details of the deterioration and erosion of the country's institutions. A unique insight has been offered on the rise of extremism. Pakistan's close embroilment in Afghanistan has been covered, beginning from the late seventies right up to the first decade of the twenty-first century. The book goes on to discuss the high developmental potentials of Pakistan, when it was carved out of India as a separate country at the time of Partition in 1947; the unremitting diminishing progressive curve since the country's inception; and the consequent rise of militant and extremist groups emerging out of religiosity rather than religion onto its political landscape. The author attempts to provide insights into the reasons: poverty and inequity of our societal construct, conspiracies spawned by individuals and interests, both at the national as well as international levels, who merely sought to serve what were often their perceived short-term aims and objectives. As an individual and as a politician, the author often found herself caught up, quite unwittingly, in the vortex of this issue and ensuing events, with her life often under threat, and her career in politics interrupted, even prematurely curtailed. Light has also been shed on the regressive elements in Pakistan. Reliant on personal notes and diaries and other source material, Syeda Abida Hussain in this book, has recorded events that have resonated with her, and in which she had some part to play. The text has been enhanced by corresponding photographs, both, from her personal and public life. --Provided by publisher. |
| Withdrawn status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| UE-Central Library | UE-Central Library | 29.04.2021 | 954.9105092 H963 | T13127 | 29.04.2021 | 29.04.2021 | Books |
