BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published September 16, 2018

Diary of a Vagabond
Mustansar Hussain Tarar

A collection of travel columns that have been previously published in Dawn, in which the writer recounts his visits to places ranging from the Northern Areas of Pakistan to the Middle East to Europe and the United States.

The Changing Global Geo-Political and Strategic Dynamics: Challenges for Pakistan Past and Present
M. Alam Brohi

A review of Pakistan’s bilateral relations with the world’s nations and the constraints Pakistan faced in formulating and executing its foreign policies.

Hum Jo Zinda Hain
Aijaz Ibn Asad

An Urdu translation of Russian-American writer Ayn Rand’s debut novel We the Living, which portrayed the hardships and disillusionment in post-revolutionary Russia through the experiences of bourgeois Kira, communist Andrei and free-spirit Leo.

Banks and Executive Leadership
Fazul Suleiman Kazi

A compendium of essays previously published in various periodicals that include discussions on industry elements such as offshore banking and corporate financing, as well as the qualities required to become leaders in the industry.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, September 16th, 2018

Opinion

Editorial

Growth to stability
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Growth to stability

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Constitutional order
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Constitutional order

FOLLOWING the passage of the 26th and 27th Amendments, in 2024 and 2025 respectively, jurists and members of the...
Protecting childhood
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Protecting childhood

AN important victory for child protection was secured on Monday with the Punjab Assembly’s passage of the Child...
Unlearnt lessons
Updated 28 Apr, 2026

Unlearnt lessons

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Solar vision?
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Solar vision?

THE recent imposition of certain regulatory requirements for small-scale solar systems, followed by the reversal of...
Breaking malaria’s grip
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Breaking malaria’s grip

FOR the first time in decades, defeating malaria in our lifetime is possible, according to WHO. Yet in Pakistan,...