The
book is an addition to the scarce knowledge about the
history and politics of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa after the
creation of Pakistan. Most of the books, written on the
history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, deal with the
pre-partition era. This book is focused on the
administration and politics of Abdul Qaiyum Khan when he
was the Chief Minister of the province from 1947 to
1953. Since he came into power immediately after the
creation of Pakistan there were so many issues which
were not only important but controversial as well.
The
author of the book has tried his level best to be
impartial about the details of events and political
developments of the period although some may not
agree with the findings of the author. It is
possible because though Abdul Qaiyum Khan was able
to nurture love and admiration for his policies from
some, he also evoked extreme hatred and criticism
for his administration and politics from others. The
book is an effort to analyze his rule of the
province without any bias or likes and dislikes.
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Dr. Syed Minhaj ul Hassan
is Professor of History at the Department of History,
University of Peshawar. He has also worked as Scholar,
Quaid-i-Azam Chair at the Department of Government and
International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University,
Hong Kong from 2010 to 2015. He has studied in the
University of Peshawar, Pakistan, and Eastern Washington
University, Cheney, United States of America. He has
been associated with University of Peshawar since 1986.
His research interest is in the history, politics and
foreign policy of Pakistan. Besides that he also
specializes in the history of Pakhtuns of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He has served the University of
Peshawar in many administrative positions as well such
as Chairman Department of History, Provost, Chief
Proctor, Proctor, Warden Students' Hostel, In-charge
Department Students' Affairs and Semester Examination.
He
has to his credit dozens of research articles in
research journals of both national and international
level. He has co-edited a book titled,
"Pakistan-Iran Relations in Historical Perspective".
He has also co-authored a book in Urdu on Pakistan
Studies. He has contributed chapters in many books
written on the history and politics of Pakistan and
the Pak-India sub-continent. He has participated and
presented papers in more than 40 national and
international conferences around the world. He has
also delivered numerous special lectures at many
national and international universities and
institutes on different topics.
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