Writer: Turab ul Hassan Sargana
There is a
historiographical silence about the role of the Punjab during the War of
Independence. Historians have generally employed the elite approach or
the ‘top-down approach’ while writing the history of the war. Since the
elite, including the rajas, feudal lords, and nawabs had collabor..
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Writer: Imran Ali
This comprehensive survey of British rule in the Punjab demonstrates
that colonial policy-making led to many of the socio-economic and
political problems currently plaguing Pakistan and Indian Punjab.
Subordinating development goals to its political and military
imperatives, the colonial sta..
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Writer: Sikandar Hayat
Based on the concept of charisma formulated by Max Weber and developed
by recent writers, this second revised edition concentrates on
‘personality-related’ and ‘situational’ factors that led to the
emergence of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah as the charismatic leader
of Muslim India and su..
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Writer: Ilhan Niaz
This book attempts to explain Pakistan’s crisis of governance in
historical and philosophical terms. It argues that South Asia’s
indigenous orientation towards the exercise of power has reasserted
itself and produced a regression in the behaviour of the ruling elite.
This has meant that in t..
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Writer: Ali Khan
This book seeks to provide unique insights into the social, cultural,
and political changes that Pakistan has experienced since its birth in
1947. These changes are examined through an analysis of Pakistan cricket
and its changing contours with the premise that Pakistan cricket
(including th..
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Writer: Imrana Begum
Since December 1979, when Soviet troops first entered Afghanistan, the
country has remained a focal point in regional and global politics. With
a focus on the 1980s, The Impact of the Afghan-Soviet War on Pakistan
delves into both Afghanistan’s history and the involvement of
superpowers in s..
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Writer: M J Akbar
Nations do not commit suicide, nor die of
accidents or old age. There is, however, a serious malaise within
Pakistan's body politic, arising from one gene within the country's DNA.
The question is not whether Pakistan will survive, but what it will
survive as: a modern democracy or an illibe..
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Writer: Ikram Sehgal
The famous British philosopher and historian, R.G. Collingwood,
suggested that a historian must ‘reconstruct’ history by using
‘historical imagination’ to ‘re-enact’ the thought processes of
historical persons based on information and evidence from historical
sources. That is what the author..
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Writer: Imam Ghazali
This collection of short wisdoms from the
works of Imam al-Ghazali reflects the broad range of his brilliant
intellectual thought. With an emphasis upon literary quality, concision,
and concentration of meaning, each aphorism is full of value and
significance and typifies the tradition of&nb..
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Writer: Taimur Rahman
This work on the class structure of Pakistan is based on the framework
of historical materialism. It sketches the history of the region that is
now Pakistan, and analyzes the class structure from the time of the
Mughal Empire, through the distortions of the colonial era and the
transition to..
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Writer: Syed Shahid Husain
Serving at three places in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh, during the
critical period between 1969 and 1971, Syed Shahid Husain saw the events
unfold and presents in this book an analysis of the roles that each of
the principal actors—Yahya Khan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto..
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Writer: Javaid Hayat
This book explores the opportunities and pitfalls of establishing
democracy and legitimate governance in territories with disputed status,
especially where governance systems are fragile and the process of
democratization is hindered due to socio-political fault lines. The
analyses in this s..
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Writer: Lawrence Ziring
Pakistan in the Twentieth Century analyses both the vision and the
reality of a South Asian polity. Beginning with an examination of the
people and forces that shaped the construction of an independent and
predominantly Muslim state within the subcontinent, this historical
study describes th..
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Writer: Muhammad Iqbal Chawla
The political events that took place during Lord Wavell’s Viceroyalty in
India set the stage for all that transpired during the Mountbatten era.
Wavell was in favour of implementing the Breakdown Plan so the British
government could fall back upon a well thought-out course of action when
it ..
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Writer: Tariq Rahman
Winner of the 9th UBL Literary Awards 2020 for the Best Non-Fiction in English
Winner of 2020 KLF-HabibMetro Non-Fiction Prize
In the wake of radical Islamist terrorist attacks described as jihad
worldwide and in South Asia, it is imperative that there should be a
book-length study of this ide..
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Writer: David Warner
Meet Little Davey Warner.
He lives in Sandhill Flats with his mum and dad and his brother Steve –
and his stinky dog Max. Davey and his schoolmates – even Max – are MAD
for cricket. All they want to do is play … but there’s always something
getting in their way.In this first book in the seri..
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Writer: Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan
These are the
memoirs of Khan Bahadur Abdur Rahman Khan (1891–1980), a civil engineer
in the North West Frontier Province (NWFP; now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa),
during the British Indian period. A member of the Imperial Service of
Royal Engineers, his memoirs provide a riveting account of the turbu..
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Writer: Ishrat Husain
Essays in Honour of Dr Ishrat Husain
Edited by Vaqar Ahmed & Maaz Javed Foreword by Dr Tariq BanuriThis volume presents diverse perspectives under the theme of Economy,
Welfare, and Reforms in Pakistan. The editors have brought together
leading economists and social scientists..
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Writer: Ghulam Ali
This book examines
the nature of the China-Pakistan relationship from the 1950s until April
2015 when the Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Pakistan. Ghulam Ali
takes a historical approach and traces the growth of the alliance
underpinned by domestic, regional, and international factors. ..
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Writer: Jamsheed Marker
A lifetime in the diplomatic service of Pakistan gave Jamsheed Marker a
unique vantage point—in cricket terms, he was at cover point, i.e. ‘near
enough to the wicket to follow the action around the stumps…yet
sufficiently distant for a general overview of the state of play’. This
work relate..
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Writer: Alastair Lamb
The Kashmir dispute has dominated India-Pakistan relations ever since
the Transfer of Power in 1947. Alastair Lamb examines the history of
this dispute from its remote origins in the first half of the nineteenth
century—when the State of Jammu and Kashmir was created by the British
sale of K..
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Writer: Muhammad Ibn Ishaq
Professor Guillaume’s translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
is now reissued. The translator used Ibn Hisham's abridgement and also
included many additions and variants found in the writings of early
authors. The book thus presents in English practically all that is known
of the life o..
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Writer: Humera Naz
[This]
book is a major contribution to the history of Sindh, and consequently
to that of Pakistan and South Asia. Beyond the excellence of the
research, it must be emphasized that, if the reign of the Mughal rulers
has been studied in detail, it is mainly in the imperial context, namely
fr..
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Writer: Shahid M. Amin
This book is a penetrating analysis of Pakistan’s foreign policy from
the time of Independence in 1947 until the beginning of the new
millennium. The formulation of Pakistan’s foreign policy has been
discussed from a fresh perspective. The author has tried to
pragmatically examine the struct..
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Writer: Hamid Khan
Edition of Principles of Administrative Law: A Comparative Study has been revised and updated and includes a detailed Table of Cases.
Administrative Law is a key subject in the field of public law and forms an essential study for lawyers, judges, law students, law teachers, and administrators.
Thi..
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Writer: Hamid Khan
It has been more
than 75 years since the independent state of Pakistan was carved out of
British India. Over this period of time, no other country has
experimented with so many different constitutional forms, from
parliamentary democracy to presidential form of government, hybrid to
outrig..
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