Breaking the curfew

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*(from the back cover)* *Economist* journalist Emma Duncan spent eight months in Pakistan analysing the rumbustious and often infuriatingly volatile society. She attended Benazir Bhutto's wedding, onterviewed General Zia, drank whisky with army officers under threat from fundamentalists, discussed democracy with tribal chiefs and the crime rate in Karachi with politicians. The result is a fascinating, first-hand portrait of a restless and exciting country on the brink of too many possible futures.

subjects: Description and travel,  History,  Politics and government,  Pakistan,  Karachi,  New York Times reviewed,  Pakistan, politics and government,  Fiction, general

People: Benazir Bhutto,  Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq,  Asif Ali Zardari

Places: Pakistan

Times: 1971-1988