BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published August 18, 2019

Health and Sustainable Development Goals for Pakistan
Edited by Zulfiqar A. Bhutta
and Jai K. Das

An analysis of Pakistan’s progress in the health sector, health systems, the social sector and science and education. Tackling such issues as nutritional deficiencies, communicable and non-communicable diseases, water and sanitation and education, the various analysts examine the status quo and recommend suggestions on how to achieve sustainable development goals.

Fundamentals of Islamism
Dr Syed Muzaffaruddin Nadvi
Compilation by Muslim Shamim

Divided into two parts, this book looks first at the different Islamic schools of thought — rational, scholastic, mystic (sufi) and scientific/philosophic (hikmat) — and explores their origins and development over the course of history. The second part looks at the significance of religion in a worldly context by examining human rights and obligations in Islam in the light of the Holy Quran and Hadith.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, August 18th, 2019

Opinion

Editorial

Wheat price crash
Updated 20 May, 2024

Wheat price crash

What the government has done to Punjab’s smallholder wheat growers by staying out of the market amid crashing prices is deplorable.
Afghan corruption
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Afghan corruption

AMONGST the reasons that the Afghan Taliban marched into Kabul in August 2021 without any resistance to speak of ...
Volleyball triumph
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Volleyball triumph

IN the last week, while Pakistan’s cricket team savoured a come-from-behind T20 series victory against Ireland,...
Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.