Representation of Post-Partition Pakistani Politics in Benazir Bhutto’s Daughter of the East

Abstract

This thesis makes critical analysis of Benazir Bhutto’s autobiography Daughter of the East(1988). It critiques General Zia’s exercise of power, formulations of manipulative discourse and its influence on political as well as personal relations. Benazir successfully attempts to show how manipulative power of discourse creates knowledgeto exercise power. It projects how activities like secrecy, jealousy create discourse and exercise of power which play influential role in the post-partition of Pakistan as well as personal lives of people and their relationship. The representation of Zia’s military regime conveys the writer’s sense of mistrust, disbelief and intrigue among political parties, common people and the nation. The finding of this research is that there is connection of power and formulation of truth through discourse and the formulation of discourse determine social relations and lives. Thus, this research helps understand how power operates in a society and nation and how it influences personal life as well as social relationship. Key Words:-Discourse, power, truth, manipulation.