Acknowledgements
. 1. Power Failure
. 2. A Chapter Closes
. 3. My Journey Begins
. 4. Upheaval
. 5. Grass Roots Politics
. 6. National Assembly, At Last
. 7. In Opposition
. 8. Pakistan's First Woman Prime Minister
. 9. 'Madam Ambassador'
. 10. Washington D.C.
. 11. America Elects a New President
. 12. Back to Basics
. 13. Winner Turns Loser
. 14. Musharraf Usurps Power
. 15. Nawab Akbar Bugti's Assassination
. 16. Benazir Bhutto's Assassination
Epilogue
Syeda Abida Hussain is a politician, agriculturist, and diplomat.
She belongs to Jhang, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan.
Abida Hussain has the distinction of being the first woman to chair
the District Council of Jhang; and the first woman to be popularly
elected as Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. She served
as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1994.
She has also served as Minister for Education, Science and
Technology
(1996), Minister for Food and Agriculture (1997), Minister for
Population Welfare, and as Minister for Environment and Urban
Affairs (1999). Abida Hussain is an active proponent of 'Education
for
All', gender equality, and sectarian harmony.
Hussains writing style is captivating, compelling and easy to read;
this book would be of interest not only to international relations
scholars but also to a more general audience... an overarching,
complex and humane view of local and international issues, shedding
light on the inherent complexity of Pakistani society and the
abyssal divide between the haves and the have-nots in South Asian
societies.
*Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann, Australian Institute of International
Affairs*
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