Author: Shahid-ur-Rehman.
Pakistan Sovereignty Lost.
Publisher: Mr. Books.The book is based on some original source material, interviews of eminent businessmen and eminent economists. It includes an exclusive interview with the Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz who advised the author to tell the story how economic sovereignty has been regained after Pakistan’s exit from the IMF programme. Perhaps, the title of the book, “Pakistan: Sovereignty Lost” does not take into account the economic muscle that the country has acquired and ignores the exercise of national sovereignty that earned Pakistan in the 1990s the label of “one tranche country” or led to multi-layers economic sanctions by the West. Sovereignty may be diluted by external influences on specific issues; it is not lost in absolute terms unless a country is under foreign occupation.
