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The writer is a former caretaker finance minister and served as vice-president at the World Bank
There are several ways of writing history. The most common way is to follow the chronological order whether writing about a nation or an individual. For the countries under discussion, the starting date is picked and the story is told, going from one notable event to next. For Pakistan the staring date is not necessarily 1947, when the country won independence, or 1906, when British India's large Muslim population formed the All-India Muslim League to focus on protecting the rights of the flowers of their distinct faith.
The choice of the starting date can be controversial. For the United States, should 1776 be the beginning of the story when a group of leaders issued what came to be called the Declaration of Independence?
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