Professor of Colonial History and Political Economy
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Aasim Sajjad Akhtar is a political activist associated with the People’s Rights Movement (PRM). He also teaches colonial history and political economy at Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Since 2007, Pakistan, though not on the verge of becoming a failed state, nonetheless has been gripped by a series of interrelated crises. As the contributors to this volume demonstrate, Pakistan’s current travails have deep and tangled historical roots. They also demonstrate that Pakistan’s domestic situation historically has been influenced by, and has affected developments in neighboring countries as well as those farther afield.
