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Abbassi, Shahid Khaban, 12
Abbassi, Zaheerul Islam, 45
Abdul Aziz University, 312
Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation (ADNOC), 311–312
Ad Dawlah al Islamiya fil Iraq wal Sham (Daesh), 130, 208
Afghan High Peace Council (HPC), 202–204
All Pakistan Democratic Alliance, 75
Al Qaeda, 17, 45, 124, 236, 254, 258, 322; war against, 4, 29, 40, 130, 198, 212, 224, 227–228, 238–239, 253, 265, 290
Anjuman-i-Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (Society of the Soldiers of the Companions of the Prophet), 321–322
Anti-Narcotics Force, 140
Aqeel (alias Dr. Usman), Mohammed, 154
Asian Development Bank (ADB), 95, 151, 180
Awami National Party (ANP), 38, 62–63, 65, 68, 70, 76, 78–79, 82–84, 128, 178, 180
al Baghdadi, Abu Bakr, 130
(Baluch) National Party (NP), 82
Baluch National Party (BNP), 83
Bank of Credit and Commerce International, 312
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 206
Bhutto Benazir, 2, 11, 14, 16, 30, 32, 69, 172, 176, 178, 301, 307–308, 324; alliance politics, 12, 33, 92, 94; assassination, 43, 49, 68, 70, 83, 91–92
Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 10, 13, 15, 29, 69, 76, 79, 122–123, 170, 175–176, 223, 305, 324; execution of, 70, 77, 97, 171, 307; foreign relations of, 2, 7, 196, 222, 286–287, 301, 304–306, 310, 319
bin Laden, Osama, 40, 45–46, 66, 227, 238, 247–248, 250, 252, 255, 258, 262, 288, 290, 296
Bush, George W., 29, 33, 73, 220, 225–226, 228, 231–233, 236, 240, 243–245, 264–265
Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS), 41–42
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 29, 43, 45, 66, 80, 224, 228, 244, 246–248, 252–253, 265
Chaudhry, Iftikhar Muhammad, 16–17, 23, 31, 36–37, 69, 73, 89–94, 98–99, 101, 104–105, 108, 178
Chinese Communist Party, 292
Defense Committee of the Cabinet (DCC), 41–42, 256
Department of Homeland Security, 159
Dostum, Abdul Rashid, 197, 205
East Turkestan Islamic Movement, 212
Frontier Constabulary, 140
Ghailani, Ahmed Khalfan, 227
Gilani, Yousaf Raza, 16, 37, 47, 66, 74, 92, 98, 109, 178, 259, 290
Haider, Moeen-ud-din, 159
Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, 197
Hussain, Chaudry Shujaat, 14, 74
Ilahi, Choudhry Zahoor, 70
Indian National Congress (INC), 3, 10, 25, 194
Indo-Tibetan Border Police, 206
Insaf Students Federation, 75
Intelligence Bureau (IB), 140, 153
International Islamic University, 318, 320
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), 14, 32, 39, 40, 42–44, 49, 50, 67, 69, 72, 74, 76, 80, 93, 101, 140, 144, 153–154, 237, 250; and Afghanistan, 43, 191, 197–199, 202, 207, 209, 211, 224, 239; and India, 43, 211; and judiciary, 16, 47–48, 50, 102; and PML–Q, 30, 35; support to militants, 43, 45–46, 80, 197, 254; and the United States, 29, 43, 45, 224, 228, 247–248, 252–253
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 42, 44, 259
Iran-Pakistan Language Authority, 317
Iran-Pakistan Persian Research Center, 317
Islamic Lawyers Movement, 81
Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, 44
Islami Jamhoori Ittehad, 72
Jaffrelot, Christophe, 1, 26, 219
Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), 155, 199
Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam Fazl ur Rehman (JUI-F), 80, 82
Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam Samiul Haq (JUI-S), 80
Jamiat Ulema Pakistan, 80
Japanese National Safety Commission, 145
Jillani, Tassaduq Hussain, 105
Junejo, Mohammad Khan, 72, 171
Kayani, Ashfaq Pervez, 32, 34–37, 39, 46–47, 49–50, 69, 71, 73, 92, 172, 181, 237–238, 245, 248, 259–260, 263
Kazmi, Syed Hamid Raza, 70
Kerry, John, 45–46, 101, 233–236, 242–243, 249, 254, 257–258, 260, 262
Khaliquzzaman, Chaudhuri, 303
Khan, Asfandyar Wali, 78, 83, 85
Khan, Ayub, 13–15, 34, 171, 174–176, 222–223, 301, 303–306; as commander-in-chief, 3, 27–28; fall of, 170; military government of, 24, 28, 169, 181, 304; relations with China, 222, 284; relations with the United States, 4, 181, 221–223, 244, 264, 284
Khan, Imran, 17, 50–51, 66, 74, 84–85, 180–181, 183, 249, 257
Khoso, Mir Hazar Khan, 180
Khudai Khidmatgars (Red Shirts), 79
al Khurasani, Abu Umar Maqbool, 130
Khurasani, Omar Khalid, 129
Khurram, Abdullah B., 323
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), 155
Majlis Wahdatul Muslimeen, 80
Massoud, Ahmad Shah, 80, 196
Médard, Jean-François, 219
Military Staff College, 306
Mohammed, Khalid Shaikh, 227
Mohaqiq, Haji Mohammad, 205
Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD), 13, 29
Muhammad, Ghulam, 90, 303
Musharraf, Pervez, 13–15, 32–33, 35, 37, 49, 63, 67, 73–78, 80, 82, 86, 91–92, 103, 125, 145–146, 153, 159, 178, 226–227, 237, 259, 322; coup d’état, 15, 28, 30, 32, 172, 177, 224, 226; fall of, 46, 51, 72; foreign relations of, 13, 29, 32–33, 72, 177, 199, 225, 227–228, 231–232, 244, 263, 309; and judiciary, 16, 31–32, 48, 50, 51, 71, 91–94, 102, 104–105, 159; military government of, 12, 23–24, 33–34, 44, 177, 198
Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) (United Action Front), 30, 80–82, 125
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), 38, 62–63, 65, 68, 70, 77–81, 83–84, 86, 128, 178, 180
Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Hakiki (MQM-Hakiki), 77
Naseemullah, Adnan, 9, 165
National Accountability Bureau (NAB), 49, 73
National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), 49
National Awami Party (NAP), 79, 122
National Police Bureau (NPB), 140, 143
National Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), 145
National Security Council (NSC), 30, 35, 50, 283
Naval Special Warfare Development Group, 247
Nisar Ali Khan, Chaudhry, 15
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 125, 193, 195, 197, 199, 228, 231, 241, 248, 253, 256, 260, 266; supplies to, 40, 66, 201, 227, 242, 249, 255, 259; withdrawal of, 133, 192, 202, 239
Obama, Barack, 4, 9, 44, 46, 219–221, 223, 225, 227, 231–259, 261–265
Oldenburg, Philip, 16, 89
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 1, 4, 306, 310–311
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), 306, 308, 310, 312
Pak-Arab Refinery Limited, 311
Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PKMAP), 82
Pakistan Awami Tehreek, 183
Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT), 12
Pakistan Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), 45
Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) (PML-N), 14–15, 33, 35–36, 38, 47, 50–51, 63, 65, 68, 71–73, 76, 83–84, 92, 94, 165, 178, 180, 185, 323
Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), 70
Pakistan National Alliance (PNA), 15
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), 11–12, 14–15, 23, 29–30, 32–33, 35–38, 41, 45–46, 51, 62–63, 65–74, 76–79, 82–86, 92, 94, 97–98, 170–172, 175–176, 178–180, 185, 257, 305, 309, 313, 316, 323
Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation, 93
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) (Pakistan Movement for Justice), 36, 38, 52, 62–63, 66, 68, 71, 74–76, 81–86, 180, 183, 185, 257, 259
Palestinian Liberation Organization, 306
Paliwal, Avinash, 18, 191
Pasban and Shabaab Milli, 81
Pirzada, Syed Sharifuddin, 15
PPP Youth Organization, 69
Rabbani, Burhanuddin, 196, 204
Saeed, Hafiz Muhammad, 263
Said (alias Sajna), Khan, 129
Saleem, Sheikh Ahmed, 227
Senate Armed Services Committee, 253
Sharif, Mian Muhammad, 176
Sharif, Nawaz, 12–13, 30, 32, 42, 66, 69, 71–72, 158, 172, 301; 1999 coup d’état and exile, 12, 31, 33, 85, 177, 309; equation with militants, 2, 72–73, 129, 191, 259, 308; foreign relations, 41, 72, 176, 224–225, 257–259, 261, 309, 323, 325; and judiciary, 91–92, 94–95; and military, 11, 38–39, 41, 51, 72–73, 172; party-politics, 14–15, 23, 30, 52, 72, 74–75, 84–85, 178, 185, 257
Sherpao, Aftab Ahmed Khan, 153
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), 82, 155
South Asia Strategic Stability Institute, 249–250
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 4, 221, 282
Special Investigation Group (SIG), 147
Special Services Group (SSG), 141, 240
Supreme Court Bar Association, 15, 93
Taliban, 2, 4, 24, 37–38, 40, 43–44, 65, 72–73, 76, 79–84, 121, 124–133, 155, 180–181, 191–193, 195–204, 206–212, 214, 225, 228, 231, 236, 238–239, 244, 250, 254, 258–259, 261–262, 265, 308, 321, 324
Tanzeem Nifaz Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM), 65
Tareen, Mohammad Aslam, 148
Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Fiqha Jafria (Movement for the Protection of the Jafari Fiqh), 80, 321
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), 43–44, 125, 128–130, 191–192, 200–201, 207, 210, 212–213, 231, 259, 261
al Tohami, Mohamed Hassan, 310
UN International Atomic Energy Agency, 308
United Nations, 3, 5, 7, 73, 194, 225, 250, 281, 283, 303, 305
United Nations General Assembly, 258, 302, 305
United Nations Security Council, 5, 250, 286
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), 132, 243
University of Karachi, 318
U.S. Congress, 186, 223, 227–228, 232, 236, 241, 243, 252, 255–256, 258, 262, 264, 288
Wahid, Maulana Abdul, 127
Wali (alias Omar Khalid Khurasani), Abdul, 129
Zaman, Muhammad Qasim, 318
Zardari, Asif Ali, 12, 69, 71, 79, 98, 131, 180–181, 247–248, 309; action against terrorism, 44; foreign relations, 46, 232, 234, 237, 250; and judiciary, 16, 69, 71, 74, 83, 92, 94, 102; party-politics, 32–33, 36, 38, 68, 70, 73–76, 85, 94, 172, 178
Zia-ul-Haq, 14–15, 70, 77, 98–100, 172, 176, 181, 223, 319; coup d’état, 28–29; foreign relations, 2, 7, 181, 196, 223, 226, 263–264, 266, 287, 307–308, 312, 321; Islamization policy of, 8, 13, 17, 72, 123; military government of, 34, 96, 171, 301