burupean lalam acquisition of knowledge has top pri ority. The Mughals failed to establish univerzi ties and colleges or even schools as organised national institutions. The Mughal government did not even have an education department, Even if the examples of Egypt and Morocco with their universities were too distant to inspire the Mughals, Central Asia […]
Sampling eccentricity and anguish M. Salimur Rehman June 26-July 2, 1998 The Friday Times LALTAIN AUR DOOSRI KAHANIYAN by Muhammad khalid Akhtar Published by Aaj ki Kitabain, Karachi: Pp 270, Price Rs 110. SOI BHOOK by Hasan Manzar Published by Aaj ki Kitabain, Karachi: Pp 234: Price Rs 90. M uhammad Khalid Akhtar is an […]
New urban scene From page 11 bidders determine the nature of urban development rather than citi zens. The interest of the former is purely financial while that of the latter is related to larger environ mental concerns. In many Asian cities, urban trans port is increasingly being handed over to the private formal and informal […]
DAWN MONDAY, MAY 18, 1998 BOOKS 18. 1998 DAWN, MAY Monday 18, 1998 I n the last two decades, major changes Asia. However, these changes have no set change in brought about ant policist these men in political social levelopment policies… Whial and hence developmental sem, has not yet been below. punagradiowth has dimie In […]
Shouts of colour whispers of gloom M. Salim-ur-Rahman The Friday Times May 15-21, 1998 GHUSSAY ΚΙ ΝΑΙ FASL by Asad Muhammad Khan Published by Kutub Khana paperback se ries. Aaj Ki Kitahen, Karachi, Pp. 240 R:90 ISHTIHAR AADMI by Muhammad Asim Butt Published by Fiction House, Lahore, P. 112 R 90 is nearly imponaible not […]
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND ACTION How Communities Organize Themselves Kenneth Fernandes (compilor). 1997, 115 pages, ISBN: 969 838001 9. Published by and available from City Press, A-16, Safari Heights, Block 15, Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Karachi 75290, Pakistan: e-mail: aaj@biruni.erum. com.pk THIS BOOK DESCRIBES a set of initiatives by low-income communities in Karachi (Pa-kistan) whose residents have sought to […]
Tackling the problems of kachchi abadis ne of the aims of the Urban Resource Centre, states its Chairman, Arif Hasan in the Foreword to this book, is to analyse the development plans of Government organisations and inform the groups and kachchi abadis being adversely affected by such plans so that they can do something about […]
Herald – A Preview Page 7 of 11 “We need to establish better communication with the common man” Kamal’s City Press will be bringing out a series of publications in Urdu, Sindhi and English. The literature will address issues, ranging from housing to sewerage matters to education and health facilities, in short everything a […]
deeper involvement in women-related issues, so she left the pre-ss to work as programme co-ordinator at Foundations as Publications Officer. She was based at the branch office back to mainstream journalism? The founding editor of the Karachi issue, a friend of ours, Ghazi Salahuddin hired me into joining the new daily. Around the same time, […]
Karachi and its charisma Muhammad Ali Siddiqi AAJ Karachi ki Kahani, Volume I pages: 412 prices: Rs 100 Vol II pages 432, prices: Rs 100 Published by Aaj ki Kitabain, B-37, Block 5, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Karachi. Phones: 811 3474, e-mail aaj@biruni.erum.com.pk This is the story of Karachi — retold not by historians but by writers, poets […]