BOOKS IN BRIEF

Published July 16, 2017

It’s Business, It’s Personal: From Setting a Vision to Driving it Through Organisational Excellence Saad Amanullah Khan

From a writer who spent more than 20 years in a corporate career, this collection of insights mixes the theory of business success with practical guidance.


The Past and the Passionate: An Autobiography Ahmad Ali Khan

A detailed biography that follows the retired banker through five countries and intersperses, amongst personal anecdotes of adapting to varying lifestyles, stories about the development of Saudi Arabia’s banking system.


Secular Pakistan: Amn aur Khushhali ka Raasta Dr Moonis Ahmar

Expounding on the vision of democracy and tolerance that the founders of Pakistan intended for the country, this book attempts to explain how ideological strife can be managed for the purpose of a more peaceful society.


Insomniac City: New York, Oliver and Me Bill Hayes

The writer and photographer charts his experiences of New York City and his association with Oliver Sacks, a neurologist and bestselling author, several of whose books have been made into films and television shows.

Published in Dawn, Books & Authors, July 16th, 2017

Opinion

Editorial

Military convictions
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Military convictions

Pakistan’s democracy, still finding its feet, cannot afford such compromises on core democratic values.
Need for talks
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Need for talks

FOR a long time now, the country has been in the grip of relentless political uncertainty, featuring the...
Vulnerable vaccinators
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Vulnerable vaccinators

THE campaign to eradicate polio from Pakistan cannot succeed unless the safety of vaccinators and security personnel...
Strange claim
Updated 21 Dec, 2024

Strange claim

In all likelihood, Pakistan and US will continue to be ‘frenemies'.
Media strangulation
Updated 21 Dec, 2024

Media strangulation

Administration must decide whether it wishes to be remembered as an enabler or an executioner of press freedom.
Israeli rampage
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Israeli rampage

ALONG with the genocide in Gaza, Israel has embarked on a regional rampage, attacking Arab and Muslim states with...