Books in brief

Published December 18, 2016

Pakistan: Politics and Islamic Law

Dr Hafizur Rahman Siddiqui

Translated from the original Urdu, this is an examination of the Constitution of Pakistan, its structure and amendments in the light of Islamic jurisprudence. Issues caused by sectarianism and limits created by juristic indifference are highlighted to explain impediments in the way of Islamic order, illustrated with examples from history.

Mulaqatain Kia Kia

Altaf Hussain Qureshi

Of the number of important personages the author met during a journalistic career of over five decades, he presents 23 — including Qudratullah Shahab, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Gen Ziaul Haq, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Hakeem Mohammed Said — in this compilation of interviews written in the form of gripping narratives that detail both the person and the setting of the meeting.

Dharti Jaye Kiun Paraye?

Azam Mairaj

In this anthology of true stories, the author aims to answer an omnipresent question for Pakistan: why has the youth of today become apathetic? The author discusses the breakdown of interpersonal conduct, societal injustice, exploitation, oppression, and wrongdoing and the result it has had on the behaviours of today’s adolescents.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, December 18th, 2016

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