Partition left Pakistan facing displacement, violence, and administrative collapse. Jalal’s work shows how survival pressures pushed the state toward authority over representation, with long-term consequences.
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Pakistan’s independence in 1947 was not an end—but the start of a struggle for survival shaped by Partition’s chaos and uncertainty.
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