After September 11, 2001, Pakistan's president, Pervez Musharraf, vowed to fight extremism in his country and has since established himself as a key ally in America's "global war on terror." But as veteran Pakistani journalist and commentator Zahid Hussain reveals in this book, Musharraf is in an impossible position. The Pakistani army and intelligence services are thoroughly penetrated by jihadists. In fact, the current government came into power through its support of radical Islamist groups, such as those fighting in Kashmir.

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Pakistan needs a strong base of science and technology for exploitation of natural resources, boosting agricultural and industrial production and to solve problems of food, shelter, energy and health. For this economic development Pakistan requires to develop a good number of human resources equipped with related knowledge and an attitude of scientific inquiry through school education. In education process one of the key elements of learning is agreed as curriculum. It is the only tool of restructuring science education to achieve the required objectives. The changing needs of society and...

The war in Afghanistan has raged on longer than any war in U.S. history, and far from suppressing the insurgency being waged by radical Islamic militants, it has led to stronger alli-ances among al Qaeda, the Taliban, and a host of once-autonomous militant groups and has inspired a flood of new recruits. In addition to reclaiming control of substantial territory in Afghanistan, the militants have now taken the fight deep within Pakistan--threatening to totally destabilize that nuclear-armed state--and are launching attacks on the U.S. homeland. Why has the insurgency been so irrepressible? Is...