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Hasan Askari Rizvi


Publications

Reversing Pakistan’s Drift Toward RadicalismFebruary 23, 2011

Radicalism has permeated the Pakistani society at large – including government institutions – and now represents the dominant worldview in the country. The social and educational changes advanced by the government of General Zia ul-Haq in the 1980s has severe implications for Pakistan’s domestic security and external relations today, and can only be reversed through a similar generational process involving educational reform and socio-economic development.