Dialogue with History | Examining Why Pakistan was Created | GupShup with Aftab Iqbal

Why was Pakistan created? This Episode discusses the background of the political situation when Pakistan was created

In this episode, Aftab Iqbal serves as host of the show with special guest, Political Science Professor Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed where they touch on the topic of why there was the Indian Partition with Pakistan being created as a friendly buffer state in the geopolitically strategic region.

Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed is a Swedish political scientist and author of Pakistani descent. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University. He has taught at Government College University, Lahore. the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Stockholm University, and the National University of Singapore. He is member of the editorial advisory boards of "Asian Ethnicity"; "Journal of Punjab Studies"; "IPRI Journal, Islamabad"; and "PIPS Research Journal of Conflict and Peace Studies, Islamabad". He has written numerous books on the politics of South Asia, political Islam, human rights, multiculturalism, ethnicity, identity and nationalism.

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