{"product_id":"the-murder-of-history","title":"The Murder of History by Khursheed Kamal Aziz (K.K. Aziz)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAQgJEAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-subtree=\"aimfl\"\u003eThe Murder of History: A Critique of History Textbooks Used in Pakistan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[247864,null,0]]]]--\u003e is a seminal 1993 book written by the distinguished Pakistani historian and academic, \u003cspan data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-wiz-uids=\"RNpb5c_w\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjr3s_nnNaXAxVNK_sDHV1RD0EQy_kOeggIAggBCAkQAg\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAQgJEAI\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khursheed_Kamal_Aziz\" data-processed=\"true\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eKhursheed Kamal Aziz (K.K. Aziz)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[\u0026quot;https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Khursheed_Kamal_Aziz\u0026quot;,null,null,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[{\u0026quot;1218\u0026quot;:[16,null,null,null,[1]]}]],16,null,\u0026quot;Khursheed Kamal Aziz - Wikipedia\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;The Murder of History : A Critique of History Textbooks used in Pakistan (one of his famous works)- first edition in 1985, second edition in 1993. The Making of Pakistan: A Study in Nationalism. Studies in History and Politics. Party Politics in Pakistan (1947–1958)\u0026quot;,null,\u0026quot;Wikipedia\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;https:\/\/encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com\/faviconV2?url\\u003dhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\\u0026client\\u003dAIM\\u0026size\\u003d128\\u0026type\\u003dFAVICON\\u0026fallback_opts\\u003dTYPE,SIZE,URL\u0026quot;,[[1792967601024875,66792269,1091522909],null,null,null,null,[[2,1,10]]],null,\u0026quot;73451319-6771-418f-b931-9d772f7f6a27\u0026quot;]]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e. The book is a rigorous, scholarly exposé that critiques the systematic distortion, ideological biases, and factual inaccuracies embedded in the state-prescribed curriculum of Pakistan.\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAQgJEAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"yhAwj\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sfc-inited=\"2\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ZLzG0d ncoeY E8xBUb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"aria-level=RNpb5c_16\/fLk2Md\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCore Thesis and Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[[2,[null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,null,[351768,null,0]],[],null,1]]--\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ZLzG0d ncoeY E8xBUb\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"3\" data-animation-nesting=\"\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"aria-level=RNpb5c_16\/fLk2Md\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"n6owBd awi2gc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-hveid=\"CAIIAQgQEAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003eAziz meticulously scrutinized \u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"c\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e66 textbooks\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e covering Social Studies, Pakistan Studies, and History mandated for grades 1 through 14 (from primary school up to the undergraduate level). He argued that the Pakistani state, through various textbook boards and state-approved authors, deliberately \"murdered\" history to manufacture a specific nationalist and political narrative, relying on rote memorization to indoctrinate students\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LB PAKISTAN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48094444060849,"sku":"Book-796","price":1300.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/6353\/0929\/files\/the-murder-of-history-716177-470686.webp?v=1792967648","url":"https:\/\/bookabook.pk\/products\/the-murder-of-history","provider":"Book A Book Pakistan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}