pakistanarchives
credits
This
site is aimed at a liberal understanding of the past for peace, harmony
and humanism. It is compiled and maintained by Khurram Ali Shafique -
best known for his television serials in Urdu and historical writings
in English, some of which can be seen at his personal home page Khurram's
Desk.
Email: KhurramsOffice@yahoo.com
The Site
The Chronicle Of Pakistan was originally based on 'The Life and Times of Pakistan' printed in Herald, August 1997, written and compiled by Khurram Ali Shafique with assistance from a team of researchers.
Credits for 'The Life and Times of Pakistan': Written by Khurram Ali Shafique; Reasearch assistants Muzzammila Shafique, Munazza Nargis, Adnan Hasan Syed, Bushra Ahmed; Editorial supervision by Sherry Rehman (Managing Editor), Talat Aslam (Editor), Irfan Malik, Firuza Pastakia (Assistant Editors), Hasan Zaidi (Features Editor) and Erum Nasir (Editorial Assistant). Published by Pakistan Herald Publications Ltd., Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi, Pakistan.
Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Mr. Aqeel Abbas Jafferi, renowned research scholar, for correcting errors in the original version and providing useful information. His pioneering work, Pakistan Kay Pachas Saal was a useful source for planning the contents of the Chronicle of Pakistan.
Meesam Razvi, well-known for a successful history of commercial web projects, participated in the intitial phases of developing this website, and the site was maintained by his company Cyberbase Consultants™.
Bibliographical sources used in the compilation are too many to be listed here. Newspapers, magazines and primary sources (including memoirs by participants in the events listed here) have been given preference. Most of these, or their authors, have received mention in the course of events themselves. Some significant works of secondary nature, and compilations, that need be mentioned separately are:
Mushtaq Ahmed (1970) Government and Politics in Pakistan
G. W. Choudhury (1967) Documents and Speeches on the Constitution of Pakistan
IUCN Pakistan (1997) The Way Ahead (September-December 1997)
Note concerning copyright
I have made a good faith effort to follow the copyright laws in developing this project. Images used are either believed to be in the public domain, or are used by permission. Textual passages are either my own, or consist of works believed to be in the public domain and attributed to the author within the text. If any copyright violation is found please notify and the image/passage will be deleted immediately, or proper credit will be cited.