Pakistan’s Ethnic Tensions

National and Regional Security Implications

Mehtab Ali Shah

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040768020
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Asian Politics
• Index: History

This book studies the ethnic tensions in Pakistan and their repercussions on its territorial integrity and stability of the multi-ethnic and pivotal state –located at the trijunction of South Asia, South-West Asia and Central Asia. It analyses the causes of the emergence of the ethnic tensions in Pakistan since its inception and their likely course in the future. It demonstrates how the lack of proper representation from different ethnic groups in the decision- making processes of the country has had catastrophic consequences in the nation's past and present.

The book will be highly valuable to scholars, researchers and students of International Relations, Pakistan Studies, Defence Studies, South Asian Politics, and Ethnic Studies, who are interested in the complexities of Pakistan' ethnic problems.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Ethnic Map of Pakistan
• Chronology
• Introduction
• 1 The Nature of Pakistani State and the Place of Smaller Nationalities in It: Sindh as the Case Study of Internal Colonialism
• 2 Balochistan: Another Case of Internal Colonialism in Pakistan
• 3 Instability in Afghanistan and Its Impact for Pakistan
• 4 The Probable Disintegration of Pakistan and Its Implications on its Provinces in a New Power Configuration
• 5 The Implications of the Probable Disintegration of Pakistan for the Security of South and South-West Asia
• 6 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index