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When Basim declines a lucrative job offer in London, choosing to return to Lahore and serve his country, he thinks he has won half the battle. But once he actually tries to enforce change for the good, he discovers that the battle has only just started, even something as small as improving the worki..

'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.' In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for ..

Civil-military relations is the study of how the military interacts with the state and society. The management of civil-military relations is a key to effective governance, particularly in states undergoing the transition to democracy like Pakistan. Military is generally held in high esteem ..

Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, he says. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they...meet...some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice that their father is developing pla..

In 1921 at Harappa, a small town in the Punjab, and in 1922 at Mohenjo-daro in Sind, evidence was discovered of an evolved urban culture nearly two thousand years older than any previously recognized in the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent. From the distribution of the sites first explored, the cu..

Within a few centuries after the death of Mohammed (PBUH) in A. D. 632 the Islamic creed had spread across half the world and obtained a permanent and power hold over millions of people. In this book the author traces the origins and the history of this religion. He recognizes almost for the first t..

In writing this short history of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the author has aimed at the compilation of a work which, complete in itself, should narrate the causes as well as the consequences of a movement unforeseen, undreamt of, sudden and swift in its action, and which taxed to the utmost the ener..

The idea of a book on Lahore is hardly new. A number of books have been written on this wonderful city that has seen the ebb and flow of time through the centuries. But, there is a need for many more. For Lahore remains a virtually inexhaustible treasure of stories that inspire, instruct and..

The narrative of the history of the Punjab has been full of romance, sensation and heroism as well as of treachery, tragedy and cruelty. This monograph aims at removing to some extent the obscurity that enveloped the people and personalities treated of in this work. The work is an exceedingly broad ..

Pakistan claims that it is an ideological state ad therefore, it can survive as long as its ideological integrity is maintained. The ideology is based on the two-nation theory on which is raised the edifice of our nationhood. Therefore, it is the source and expression of our political, economic, cul..

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Pakistan and India have a 71 years history of conflict marred by three wars and at least two major escalations. This book is an attempt to identify and manage the spoilers between India and Pakistan. There are six main spoilers which have been identified by the author.Basing on the hypothesis that “..

Salman Rashid is a travel writer with the mind of a story teller. In this book, he invites us into his world, a world that he built through his experiences, his journeys, and his sense of adventure. It covers his writings up till 1991 and gives us a view of Pakistan through the eyes of one o..

The Moghul Empire From the Death of Aurungzeb To the Overthrow of The Mahratta Power..

Ali Raza Khan Is A Social Entrepreneur, Speaker, Activist And Author. He Is Responsible For The Rise Of The Phrase 'Youth As A Solution', A Concept That Has Initiated A Change In The Role Of Young People In Society. Ali Is The Founder And CEO Of Youth Engagement Services (YES) Network Pakist..

Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's greatest, and also most controversial mysteries, 'The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd' breaks the rules of traditional mystery. The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of Veronal. Not twenty-four hours..

In Hercule Poirot's Christmas, the holidays are anything but merry when a family reunion is marred by murder and the notoriously fastidious investigator is quickly on the case. The wealthy Simeon Lee has demanded that all four of his sons one faithful, one prodigal, one impecunious, one sens..

First, there were ten a curious assortment of strangers summoned as weekend guests to a little private island off the coast of Devon. Their host, an eccentric millionaire unknown to all of them, is nowhere to be found. All that the guests have in common is a wicked past they're unwilling to ..

When Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already looking into the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one letter down, twenty-five to go.There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body. But if A is ..

Convention of International Jurists on the Trial of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto..

Self and Sovereignty examines the shifts in Muslim thought and politics in response to colonial rule in India through to the period of decolonization and partition. Commencing in colonial times, this book explores and interprets the historical processes through which the perception of the Muslim ind..

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was…? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into ..

As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world.  Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution.  He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa.  He became..

Named Temujin at birth by his nomadic family in early Mongolia, the great Genghis Khan used his skill and cunning to create the Mongol Empire and conquer almost the entire continent of Asia. As ruler of the largest empire in human history, he was as respected as he was feared. Learn more abo..

Learn more about Napoleon Bonaparte, the decorated French military leader who conquered much of Europe in the early nineteenth century.Born in the Mediterranean island of Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte felt like an outsider once his family moved to France. But he found his life's calling after ..

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a "giant leap for mankind." This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for experimental aircraft before becoming an as..

Isaac Newton was always a loner, preferring to spend his time contemplating the mysteries of the universe. When the plague broke out in London in 1665 he was forced to return home from college. It was during this period of so much death, that Newton gave life to some of the most important th..

When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His vic..