The Kashmir dispute has dominated India-Pakistan relations ever since
the Transfer of Power in 1947. Alastair Lamb examines the history of
this dispute from its remote origins in the first half of the nineteenth
century—when the State of Jammu and Kashmir was created by the British
sale of K..
Professor Guillaume’s translation of Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasul Allah
is now reissued. The translator used Ibn Hisham’s abridgement and also
included many additions and variants found in the writings of early
authors. The book thus presents in English practically all that is known
of the life o..
[This]
book is a major contribution to the history of Sindh, and consequently
to that of Pakistan and South Asia. Beyond the excellence of the
research, it must be emphasized that, if the reign of the Mughal rulers
has been studied in detail, it is mainly in the imperial context, namely
fr..
This book is a penetrating analysis of Pakistan’s foreign policy from
the time of Independence in 1947 until the beginning of the new
millennium. The formulation of Pakistan’s foreign policy has been
discussed from a fresh perspective. The author has tried to
pragmatically examine the struct..
Edition of Principles of Administrative Law: A Comparative Study has been revised and updated and includes a detailed Table of Cases.
Administrative Law is a key subject in the field of public law and forms an essential study for lawyers, judges, law students, law teachers, and administrators.
Thi..
It has been more
than 75 years since the independent state of Pakistan was carved out of
British India. Over this period of time, no other country has
experimented with so many different constitutional forms, from
parliamentary democracy to presidential form of government, hybrid to
outrig..
Written with the
express purpose of providing a reference book for students of history,
political science, international relations, and Pakistan Studies, this
book offers an objective history of policy stances along with the
rationale behind decisions made by Pakistani state leaders. It prov..
Separatism in East Pakistan: A Study of Failed Leadership
provides an academic perspective on the Bengali nationalist movement,
the seeds of which were sown in the 1940s. Being an original work by the
author, the book aims to record the growth of the Bengali nationalist
movement and shortcom..
This book is about
understanding Pakistan’s structural transformation over six decades in a
political economy framework. The author examines how and where such
transformations have taken place in the economy, society, in class and
gender relations, in manifestations of consumerism and cultur..
Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a judge-penitent who can be found sitting humbly at a sailor’s bar in Amsterdam. It would be fair to say that it is an absolute delight to be seated next to him as long as you have the fortitude to endure his uncensored and ruthless honesty about all things he wishes to spe..
The Stranger is the story of an anti-hero. When he is tried for a crime in a court of law, he comes to know that his trial is more about him than his offense. He may be exonerated for what he did but he is not pardonable for who he is. But will he himself forgive the world he lives in when he finall..
Albert, Carrie and young Nick are war-time
evacuees whose lives get so tangled up with the people they've come to
live among that the war and their real families seem to belong to
another world. Carrie and Nick are billeted in Wales with old Mr Evans,
who is so mean and cold, and his timid m..