BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published November 4, 2018

Clifton Bridge: Stories of Innocence and Experience from Pakistan
Irshad AbdulKadir

A collection of 10 short stories of life in Pakistan, particularly Karachi, told with easy familiarity, whether they be about the shopkeepers of Empress Market, bureaucratic misdeeds or unlikely love.

Visions Unveiled: Worldview of Allama Iqbal
Khurram Ali Shafique

A coffee-table presentation of Pakistan’s national poet, comprising select verses of his poetry with translations in English and commentary by the author, a known scholar of Iqbal’s life and works.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, November 4th, 2018

Opinion

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