Pakistan, Institutional Instability & Underdevelopment State, People And Consciousness by Akmal Hussain

“In this seminal study, a leading practitioner in the field of economics has reached beyond the disciplines’ boundaries and cast a glow of spiritual humanism on it. He has brought heart to the ‘dismal science’ and thus given renewed vigour to his subject. This is the work of a master philosopher writing at his peak.”
— Akbar S. Ahmed, Professor, School of International Service. American University. Washington D.C., Author, Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization.

“Akmal Hussain places the ‘human’ squarely at the heart of ‘development’ and brings human consciousness into the developmental paradigm.”
— Zafar Shaheed, Former Official of the International Labour Organization, Author, The Labour Movement in Pakistan: Organization and Leadership in Karachi in the 1970s.

“This elegant and wide-ranging study of politics and ideology transcends disciplinary boundaries and helps us to understand a new Pakistan’s history with unusual depth and clarity.”
— Paula Newberg, Former Clinical Professor and Fellow of the Wilson Chair. University of Texas at Austin, Author, Judging the State Courts and Constitutional Politics in Pakistan

“What a gem of an analysis of the instability of, and in, Pakistan’s institutional architecture, and hence the State. A unique study of the interaction(s) between the various organs of the state… Brilliant and most insightful…”
— Aitzaz Ahsan, Honorary Fellow, Downing College Cambridge.

Akmal Hussain is an economist and activist. He is presently Distinguished Professor of Economics, Beaconhouse National University (Lahore).