Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
. 1. Power Failure
. 2. A Chapter Closes
. 3. My Journey Begins
. 4. Upheaval
. 5. Grass Roots Politics
. 6. National Assembly, At Last
. 7. In Opposition
. 8. Pakistan's First Woman Prime Minister
. 9. 'Madam Ambassador'
. 10. Washington D.C.
. 11. America Elects a New President
. 12. Back to Basics
. 13. Winner Turns Loser
. 14. Musharraf Usurps Power
. 15. Nawab Akbar Bugti's Assassination
. 16. Benazir Bhutto's Assassination
Epilogue

About the Author

Syeda Abida Hussain is a politician, agriculturist, and diplomat. She belongs to Jhang, situated in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Abida Hussain has the distinction of being the first woman to chair the District Council of Jhang; and the first woman to be popularly elected as Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan. She served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 1994. She has also served as Minister for Education, Science and Technology
(1996), Minister for Food and Agriculture (1997), Minister for Population Welfare, and as Minister for Environment and Urban Affairs (1999). Abida Hussain is an active proponent of 'Education for
All', gender equality, and sectarian harmony.

Reviews

Hussains writing style is captivating, compelling and easy to read; this book would be of interest not only to international relations scholars but also to a more general audience... an overarching, complex and humane view of local and international issues, shedding light on the inherent complexity of Pakistani society and the abyssal divide between the haves and the have-nots in South Asian societies.
*Flavia Bellieni Zimmermann, Australian Institute of International Affairs*