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I cannot forget the help accorded to me by Muhammad Maqsood Ahmad,
Deputy Secretary, Abdul Razzaq, Section Officer and Naveed Allauddin, Additional
Secretary, Finance, Punjab Government, for crossing the Secretariat hurdles. I am also
grateful to Lt. General Mohsin Kamal, Military Secretary, GHQ who always
encouraged me to work hard.
I thank Salimullah Khan, NDC, Muhammad Ramzan, NAP, Ch. Hanif, Chief
Librarian, the Punjab University Library, Ch. Ghulam Muhammad, Punjab Public
Library, Abbas Chughtai and M. Arfeen of the Punjab Archives, Muhammad Naeem,
GC University Library and Ch. Idrees Mann of Govt. College Sheikhupura Library
who provided every possible help during the research. I am also thankful to Dr. Chris
Woolgar and Ms. Sarah of the Hartley Archives, University of Southampton and
officials of the British Library, National Archives, London, History Seminar Library,
QAU, and NIHCR Library for their cooperation. My indebtedness is also due to
Rizwan Kokab (Punjab University), Abdul Qayoom, NIP, Altaf Bajwa, Ch. Zahid and
Qaim Shah, Department of History, QAU. I am thankful to Col (R) M. Javed Iqbal for
reviewing the draft of my thesis and sharing valuable feedback. His association has
always inspired me in positive directions of life. His friendship is more precious than
blood relations.
Lastly, I thank my wife Amna Mahmood who had to bear with me during the
tedious period of my research and single handedly looked after the children during my
stay at UK. I am also thankful to my children, Abdullah Sandhu, Aalijah Husain
Sandhu, Hijab-i-Zahra Sandhu and Ali Changezi Sandhu who were patient and were
loving despite my commitment to work.
Akhtar Hussain Sandhu
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