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Author : Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789699840005
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Kalaam-e-aarifaan written by Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Khalid Hameed Shaida
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1465370900
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (653 download)
Download or read book Hafiz: the Voice of God written by Khalid Hameed Shaida and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Omar Shahid Hamid
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509859349
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Party Worker written by Omar Shahid Hamid and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A burnt-out New York cop; an eighty-year-old Parsi sitting in a decaying Karachi mansion; a hitman whose days are numbered; a journalist who dreams of the big time. When a Jewish woman is killed on the steps of the Natural History Museum in New York, disparate lives are thrown together for one purpose: to bring about the downfall of the Don, the uncrowned king of Karachi. The Party Worker explores the Machiavellian politics of Pakistan's busiest city, where friends come bearing bullets, and enemies can wait patiently for decades before striking. Gritty, disturbing, and compelling, this is Omar Shahid Hamid at his best.
Author : Sabyn Javeri
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9352641566
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (526 download)
Download or read book Nobody Killed Her written by Sabyn Javeri and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation sinks deep into mourning as news of former Prime Minister Rani Shah's assassination arrives. Intelligence agencies, opposition leaders, the army top brass, her closest relatives - all seem to be shifting in their chairs even as special investigative teams gear up to file a report.Conspiracy theories abound for there were many who stood to gain if she pulled out of the imminent elections. The needle of suspicion points most immediately to Madam Shah's close confidante Nazneen Khan, who was seen sitting right beside her in the convoy and, oddly, escaped the bomb blast unscathed.Sabyn Javeri's tale of intense friendship between two ambitious women unfolds in a country steeped in fanaticism and patriarchy. Set against a backdrop of intrigue and political machinations, this is a novel about love, loyalty, obsession and deception. Nobody Killed Her is dark noir meets pacy courtroom drama. An electrifying debut you will rave about to everyone you meet.
Author : Harris Khalique
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199407323
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (73 download)
Download or read book Crimson Papers written by Harris Khalique and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides insights into the society, polity, and literary ethos of Pakistan within the broader South Asian context. An attempt has been made to place the issues faced by Pakistan and South Asian Muslim societies in the current global human condition which is increasingly defined by terrorism, invasions, absolutism, and inequality. Although the essays encompass a broad canvas, they also possess a definite focus capturing Pakistans social and political history from the beginning to the present times, including how people are impacted by major political upheavals and social events, and how some individuals contribute in shaping both events and narratives. Within the broader narrative is woven an analysis of religious extremism, sectarianism, persecution of minorities, ethnic strife, provincial separatism, and shrinking of cultural and intellectual space.
Author : Farahnaz Ispahani
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190621656
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Purifying the Land of the Pure written by Farahnaz Ispahani and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Purifying the Land of the Pure, Farahnaz Ispahani analyzes Pakistan's policies towards its religious minority populations, both Muslim and non-Muslim, since independence in 1947.
Author : Sadia Khan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199404025
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Corporate Governance Landscape of Pakistan written by Sadia Khan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Corporate Governance Landscape of Pakistan is a story told by the pioneers of corporate governance in the country for the benefit of those who will take it to the next level of policy advocacy and enforcement. It provides a comprehensive guide to the existing policy frameworks, principles, and practices of corporate governance in Pakistan today. It attempts to capture the essence of the corporate environment of Pakistan that existed on the eve of the introduction of the first Code of Corporate Governance. It reveals, through subsequent policy additions, the sea change in mindsets the first set of policy reforms facilitated. The book is meant both as a historical anthology of work already accomplished under the realm of corporate governance as well as a reference book for future regulators, educators, and practitioners. It recognizes the fact that immense effort-some of which remains under-appreciated-has already gone into enhancing the corporate governance environment of the country.
Author : Anam Zakaria
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9351365522
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)
Download or read book The Footprints of Partition written by Anam Zakaria and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journey of Partition itself -- after Partition. The Partition of British India and the subsequent creation of two antagonist countries is a phenomenon that we are still trying to comprehend. Millions displaced, thousands slaughtered, families divided and redefined, as home became alien land and the unknown became home. So much has been said about it but there is still no writer, storyteller or poet who has been able to explain the madness of Partition.Using the oral narratives of four generations of people -- mainly Pakistanis but also some Indians -- Anam Zakaria, a Pakistani researcher, attempts to understand how the perception of Partition and the 'other' has evolved over the years. Common sense dictates that the bitter memories of Partition would now be forgotten and new relationships would have been forged over the years, but that is not always the case. The memories of Partition have been repackaged through state narratives, and attitudes have only hardened over the years. Post-Partition events -- wars, religious extremism, terrorism -- have left new imprints on 1947. This book documents the journey of Partition itself -- after Partition.
Author : Shandana Minhas
Publisher : Fourth Estate
ISBN 13 : 9789351777144
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (771 download)
Download or read book Daddy's Boy written by Shandana Minhas and published by Fourth Estate. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asfandyar Ikram has no idea that his father, Anis Nabi, is alive - until the day he learns of his death. As he arrives in Karachi for the last rites, he is greeted by three old men, his father's friends. Over the next forty-eight hours, through strikes and rioting, Anis's final wishes must be fulfilled - except, Asfandyar does not know what they are and the men will not reveal them. Instead, a mysterious woman arrives to distract him. As Asfandyar grapples with his murky patrimony, an extraordinary adventure unfolds in which the truth seems forever out of his reach. A powerful parable for Pakistan, Daddy's Boy spins a chillingly vivid tale of desire and deception - and the ultimately devastating consequences of hypocrisy.
Author : Professor Ali Nobil Ahmad
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409494640
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Masculinity, Sexuality and Illegal Migration written by Professor Ali Nobil Ahmad and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-01-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masculinity, Sexuality and Illegal Migration makes use of extensive new empirical material to explore the phenomena of migration, human smuggling and illegal work, in order to develop a compelling account of international migration, linking it with irrational, risky economic behaviour and male sexual desire. Interviews conducted with successive waves of Pakistani immigrants in the UK and Italy, together with ethnographic fieldwork amongst local journalists, immigration officials and smugglers in Pakistan, serve as the basis for an interdisciplinary comparative analysis of illegal migration across time and space. Challenging the received idea that labour migration is driven purely by rational economic forces, Masculinity, Sexuality and Illegal Migration draws upon psychoanalytic social theory to examine the roles of masculinity and irrationality in the decision to migrate, thus stimulating a more complex debate about migration's causes and consequences. The arguments it makes raise wider questions about the folly of thinking about economic concerns in isolation from other aspects of human experience. As such, this book will appeal to those with research interests in economics, social theory, migration, gender and sexuality, and race and ethnicity.
Author : Omar Shahid Hamid
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509814124
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Spinner's Tale written by Omar Shahid Hamid and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheikh Ahmed Uzair Sufi is one of the most feared men in Pakistan, a top Jihadi militant, who believes in nothing save his own limitless scope for violence. But no one had suspected this future. Back in 1994, as simple old Ausi, he graduated from school with Eddy and Sana, his two best friends. While Eddy and Sana go to college in America, Ausi's life takes dangerous and unexpected turns. Over the years, Ausi and Eddy stay in touch through letters. They pursue vastly different lives, yet their shared passion for cricket and nostalgia for their schooldays bind them together. But as Ausi treads his dark path, will the bonds of friendship hold? Omar Shahid Hamid, bestselling author of The Prisoner, takes us on another thrilling, sinister ride, stretching from Karachi to Kashmir to Afghanistan, in The Spinner's Tale.
Author : Yasmin Khan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 8184007159
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)
Download or read book The Raj at War written by Yasmin Khan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two and a half million Indians volunteered in the Second World War. Their stories had been lost and silenced, until now. Award-winning historian Yasmin Khan marshals interviews, newspaper reports and unseen archival material to tell the forgotten story of India’s role in the Second World War. We meet soldiers, sailors and non-combatants – prostitutes, nurses, cooks, peasants – whose lives were upended by a war far, far away. From a small Muslim boy arrested for singing anti-recruitment songs, to cooks preparing chapattis on army boats, to a family listening to illicit German radio broadcasts, and a love letter from the first Indian soldier to receive the Victoria Cross, Khan makes us feel and hear the lost voices of a people involved in a war that wasn’t of their choosing. Dramatizing a cataclysm that transformed the subcontinent and led to its independence, The Raj at War undeniably inserts South Asia back into World War II history and confirms that the Empire – and all its subjects – formed both the heart and limbs of Britain’s war efforts and eventual victory.
Author : H.M. Naqvi
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802146864
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack written by H.M. Naqvi and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2019-03-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature follows his debut Home Boy with“an unforgettable romp across love, life, and everything else” (Akhil Sharma, author of Family Life). Abdullah, bachelor and scion of a once prominent family, awakes on the morning of his seventieth birthday and considers launching himself over the balcony. Having spent years attempting to compile a “mythopoetic legacy” of his beloved Karachi, the cosmopolitan heart of Pakistan, Abdullah has lost his zeal. A surprise invitation for a night out from his old friend Felix Pinto snaps Abdullah out of his funk and saddles him with a ward—Pinto’s adolescent grandson Bosco. As Abdullah plays mentor to Bosco, he also attracts the romantic attentions of Jugnu, an enigmatic siren with links to the mob. All the while Abdullah’s brothers’ plot to evict him from the family estate. Now he must to try to save his home—or face losing his last connection to his familial past. Anarchic, erudite, and rollicking, with a septuagenarian protagonist like no other, The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack is a joyride of a story set against a kaleidoscopic portrait of one of the world’s most vibrant cities. “H.M. Naqvi’s remarkable Cossack is the Pakistani Falstaff, the Tristram Shandy of ‘Currachee,’ spinning yarns inside yarns, allusive, affirming, and grandly comic.”—Joshua Ferris, author of To Rise Again at a Decent Hour “Wild, wise, and tender . . . Every page in this book is a playground, and each sentence an absolute thrill and joy to read.”—Patricia Engel, author of The Veins of the Ocean “Completely original in form and sensibility.”—Ha Jin, winner of the National Book Award
Author : Arjun Guneratne
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442225998
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Pathways to Power written by Arjun Guneratne and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pathways to Power introduces the domestic politics of South Asia in their broadest possible context, studying ongoing transformative social processes grounded in cultural forms. In doing so, it reveals the interplay between politics, cultural values, human security, and historical luck. While these are important correlations everywhere, nowhere are they more compelling than in South Asia where such dynamic interchanges loom large on a daily basis. Identity politics—not just of religion but also of caste, ethnicity, regionalism, and social class—infuses all aspects of social and political life in the sub-continent. Recognizing this complex interplay, this volume moves beyond conventional views of South Asian politics as it explicitly weaves the connections between history, culture, and social values into its examination of political life. South Asia is one of the world’s most important geopolitical areas and home to nearly one and a half billion people. Although many of the poorest people in the world live in this region, it is home also to a rapidly growing middle class wielding much economic power. India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, together the successor states to the British Indian Empire—the Raj—form the core of South Asia, along with two smaller states on its periphery: landlocked Nepal and the island state of Sri Lanka. Many factors bring together the disparate countries of the region into important engagements with one another, forming an uneasy regional entity. Contributions by: Arjun Guneratne, Christophe Jaffrelot, Pratyoush Onta, Haroun er Rashid, Seira Tamang, Shabnum Tejani, and Anita M. Weiss
Author : A. Weiss
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137389001
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book Interpreting Islam, Modernity, and Women’s Rights in Pakistan written by A. Weiss and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-02 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pakistan, myriad constituencies are grappling with reinterpreting women's rights. This book analyzes the Government of Pakistan's construction of an understanding of what constitutes women's rights, moves on to address traditional views and contemporary popular opinion on women's rights, and then focuses on three very different groups' perceptions of women's rights: progressive women's organizations as represented by the Aurat Foundation and Shirkat Gah; orthodox Islamist views as represented by the Jama'at-i-Islami, the MMA government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2002-08) and al-Huda; and the Swat Taliban. Author Anita M. Weiss analyzes the resultant "culture wars" that are visibly ripping the country apart, as groups talk past one another - each confidant that they are the proprietors of culture and interpreters of religion while others are misrepresenting it.
Author : Ilhan Niaz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317913795
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book Old World Empires written by Ilhan Niaz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-26 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a sweeping historical survey of the origins, development and nature of state power. It demonstrates that Eurasia is home to a dominant tradition of arbitrary rule mediated through military, civil and ecclesiastical servants and a marginal tradition of representative and responsible government through autonomous institutions. The former tradition finds expression in hierarchically organized and ideologically legitimated continental bureaucratic states while the latter manifests itself in the state of laws. In recent times, the marginal tradition has gained in popularity and has led to continental bureaucratic states attempting to introduce democratic and constitutional reforms. These attempts have rarely altered the actual manner in which power is exercised by the state and its elites given the deeper and historically rooted experience of arbitrary rule. Far from being remote, the arbitrary culture of power that emerged in many parts of the world continues to shape the fortunes of states. To ignore this culture of power and the historical circumstances that have shaped it comes at a high price, as indicated by the ongoing democratic recession and erosion of liberal norms within states that are democracies.
Author : Akbar Naqvi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780199066483
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (664 download)
Download or read book Sadequain and the Culture of Enlightenment written by Akbar Naqvi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book looks at the great Pakistani painter from a new angle. The author writes on his personality, calligraphy, poetry, drawing and painting in the context of twentieth century modernism. Sadequain was a great modern artist who created a new art in which he interpreted change as the need of time. He was an innovative calligrapher, poet, master of drawing, mural and easel painting who combined his skill in all of these crafts/arts to create works which are unique in the world: honouring the modern viability of his culture of enlightenment which flourished from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries."--Publisher's website.
