To Live or to Perish Forever: Two Tumultuous Years in Pakistan Book

Introduction: Land of the Pure 1

1 "To These Guys, You Are All Infidels" 15

2 "Sell Your Luxury Goods and Buy a Kalashnikov" 28

3 "Don't Speak English in Public" 41

4 "Left Alone in a Cave of Time" 56

5 "It Just Sounds Awkward to Call Myself a Pakistani" 69

6 "What Was Wrong with Pakistan?" 100

7 "We Have Accepted the Challenge" 117

8 "The Blood of Our Martyrs Will Not Go to Waste" 131

9 "If You Don't Let Us Live in Peace We Won't Let You Live in Peace" 156

10 "This Barbed Wire Stands in the Way of Democracy" 173

11 "Made Like a Sandwich" 190

12 "No Mercy in Their Hearts" 205

Epilogue: "The Fear Factor Spoils the Fun" 220

Notes 239

Acknowledgments 243

Index 247