National Allegory and The Murder of Aziz Khan

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze The Murder of Aziz Khan and to establish how effectively it addresses the socio-political concerns of the newly born Pakistan. Moreover, the novel needs to be read as a national allegory in a specific way. However, from its reading, it is clear that national allegories need not be directly about colonialism. Therefore, the novel substantiates Jameson’s notion of “national allegory” only in part, and pushes back the notion by escaping the discussion about colonialism.