这是巴基斯坦的一段重要的悠久历史，从印度河流域文明开始，一直延伸到当代。作者展现了该地区的多方面历史，其特点是多元文化主义和多元化的社会结构。此外，作者还揭示了来自其土壤的各种社会文化影响的融合，包括在巴基斯坦的土耳其、波斯、阿拉伯和英国现代主义元素。

这本书揭示了来自土耳其、波斯、阿拉伯和英国的影响，它们塑造了巴基斯坦，并展示了该地区多样化、丰富的人民毯，以及它的多元文化的社会。这本书还描述了1947年后的转变——随着印度的分裂和巴基斯坦伊斯兰共和国的建立——这个国家在宗教上变得更加保守和专裁，加剧了宗教和种族分裂。

关于作者：

Tahir Kamran is the Head of the Department of the Liberal Arts at Beaconhouse National University, Lahore, Director of the Khaldunia Centre for Historical Research and the editor of the Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies. His books include Colonial Lahore: A History of the City and Beyond (with Ian Talbot, 2017). 

好评：

Ambitious in terms of its breadth and depth, this book provides a welcome assessment of Pakistan’s political journey, combining historical insight with penetrating observations on recent developments in the country. – Sarah Ansar, Professor of History (South Asia), Royal Holloway, University of London

Pakistan’s history is one of many twists and turns. It is a history of a new country, shaped by distinctively modern, nineteenth-and twentieth-century political trends, yet one also of great historical depth and considerable cultural diversity. As Tahir Kamran shows in this important new book, Pakistan’s story illustrates the contradictions between considerable internal cultural dynamism and persistent structures of neo-colonial dependence, reflected in the political domination, through many political changes and upheavals, of interlocked bureaucratic, landed and military elites. Chequered Past, Uncertain Future is a sweeping history that examines the most recent crises shaping Pakistan’s political landscape. –David Gilmartin, Distinguished Professor of History, North Carolina State University, and author of Blood and Water: The Indus River Basin in Modern History.