Pakistan's Ethnic Tensions

This book studies the ethnic tensions in Pakistan and their repercussions on its territorial integrity and stability of the multi-ethnic and pivotal state -- located at the trijunction of South Asia, South-West Asia and Central Asia.

Mehtab Ali Shah is a former Professor of International Relations, at the University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh. He did his master's degrees from the Universities of Sindh and Warwick. He earned a PhD from the University of London. He was awarded a South Asian Visiting Research Fellowship and the Smuts Research Visiting fellowships from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, respectively. Theory of International Relations, Ethnic Studies, Geopolitics and South Asian Politics are his fields of interests. He is the author of two books and several articles published in England. He intends to spend his life working on ethnicity and India-Pakistan harmony.

Introduction Chapter 1 The Nature of Pakistani State and the Place of Smaller Nationalities in it: Sindh as the Case Study of Internal Colonialism Chapter 2 Balochistan: Another Case of Internal Colonialism in Pakistan Chapter 3 Instability in Afghanistan and its Impact for Pakistan Chapter 4 The Probable Disintegration of Pakistan and Its Implications on its Provinces in a New Power Configuration Chapter 5 The Implications of the Probable Disintegration of Pakistan for the Security of South and South-West Asia Conclusion