Talk:Pakistan National Alliance

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I have moved from the article to here this ostensibly sourced paragraph:

"The PNA Alliance split more quickly than it was anticipated between elements (conservatives and religious groups) that supported the martial law government and those who opposed it (socialists, communists and secularists). The left-wing sphere of the country was brutally suppressed, undermined, destroyed and completely disable by General Zia and his supported Islamic Front (see Zia regime). In response, the secular front decided to form the Movement for Restoration of Democracy to fight the regime of General Zia."

The source, added years after other editors added the text, does not support it. The book says that a few component parties of the PNA supported Zia until October 1979, but it doesn't categorize them, doesn't say that the PNA disintegrated, and doesn't say that Zia suppressed the left-wing to any greater degree than he suppressed all political opposition. The book mentions the formation of the Movement for Restoration of Democracy, but does not say it followed directly from a breakdown of the PNA or in response to brutal repression. Nor does it say it was formed by the secular front. On the contrary, it describes it as an alliance of "almost all the political forces of various shades ... Muslim fundamentalists ... centrists ... nationalists ... and leftists."

Furthermore, the book is not the preferred type of source for the history of a political party. It is not written by historians or political scientists or published by an academic or scholarly press. According to the preface, it was dashed off by a trio of journalists (in a remarkable 12 days between conception and delivery to the printers) with the stated aim of being "a readable and authentic analysis of a highly complex political subject". The pages that cover the period in question identify no sources. In the months immediately following Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq's death, a book like this may have been the only one available, but surely nearly three decades later there are better sources.

A clear explanation of the demise of the PNA would be a welcome addition to the article, if reliably sourced. --Worldbruce (talk) 05:50, 14 July 2016 (UTC)

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