BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published October 4, 2020

An Age of Enlightenment

Kamal Azfar

A collection of writings on those personalities of Pakistan who had, in Immanuel Kant’s words, “the courage to know”, or emerge from “self-imposed nonage” and use their own understanding without another’s guidance. Azfar writes on Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Sir Sikander Hayat Khan and Patras Bokari, and further essays on others are contributed by Zia Mohyeddin, Shakel Ahmed, Humayun Nasir Shaikh, Faryal Khan and Ahmed Nawaz Khan Niazi.

Misperceptions in World Affairs

Kamil Siddiqi

Although globalisation is creating opportunities for prosperity for all, it is also threatening the economic domination of a handful of countries. As a consequence, such countries are investing heavily in tactics designed to undermine the social, political and economic credibility of other nations, while maintaining their own stranglehold. The author references history, current affairs and popular media to back his thesis that all is not how it appears to be.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, October 4th, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Rigging claims
Updated 04 May, 2024

Rigging claims

The PTI’s allegations are not new; most elections in Pakistan have been controversial, and it is almost a given that results will be challenged by the losing side.
Gaza’s wasteland
04 May, 2024

Gaza’s wasteland

SINCE the start of hostilities on Oct 7, Israel has put in ceaseless efforts to depopulate Gaza, and make the Strip...
Housing scams
04 May, 2024

Housing scams

THE story of illegal housing schemes in Punjab is the story of greed, corruption and plunder. Major players in these...
Under siege
Updated 03 May, 2024

Under siege

Whether through direct censorship, withholding advertising, harassment or violence, the press in Pakistan navigates a hazardous terrain.
Meddlesome ways
03 May, 2024

Meddlesome ways

AFTER this week’s proceedings in the so-called ‘meddling case’, it appears that the majority of judges...
Mass transit mess
03 May, 2024

Mass transit mess

THAT Karachi — one of the world’s largest megacities — does not have a mass transit system worth the name is ...