Muhammad Siddiqi

2 months ago | dawn.com | Zahid Hussain |Muhammad Siddiqi |Zohaib Majeed |Muhammad Amir Rana

A Dialogue with HistoryBy Zahid HussainLightstone PublishersISBN: 978-969-716-288-8625pp. Dialogue with History consists of interviews of 39 people in “position of authority” conducted by Zahid Hussain, an award-winning journalist and prolific writer, over the course of his work over two decades. Those interviewed are both Pakistani and foreign and all of the interviews were conducted between 1983 and 2003 and thus some are more than 40 years old.

Nov 2, 2024 | dawn.com | Muhammad Siddiqi |Ahmed Bilal Mehboob

IT will live in history: the Jabalia death march. As reported by Al Jazeera, the fleeing Palestinians were carrying white flags while going through checkpoints, but the Israeli bombardment continued. Correctly did Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi tell US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that what was going on in Gaza was “ethnic cleansing”, while the Jewish Voice for Peace has compared it to the Holocaust and asked the American administration to halt arms supplies to Israel.

May 25, 2024 | dawn.com | Muhammad Siddiqi |Abbas Nasir |Tariq Khosa

Jamhuriyat Ki HaqeeqatBy Dr Javed Akbar AnsariMaktab Al-Burhan496pp. [NO ISBN LISTED]A work of scholarship by Dr Javed Akbar Ansari, with contributions from other intellectuals, Jamhuriyat  Ki Haqeeqat is a history of democracy from Grecian times to this day. The first two chapters are devoted to the Western concept of democracy, followed by the Islamic theory and practice of statecraft, as defined by Allama Dr Iqbal.

Apr 13, 2024 | dawn.com | Muhammad Siddiqi |Muzhira Amin |Muhammad Amir Rana |Abbas Nasir

Pakistan-China: All-Weather Strategic PartnerBy Dr Rashid JamalLoheadab PublicationsISBN 978-969-7504-22-0194pp. The flyleaf of Dr Rashid Jamal’s book, Pakistan-China: All-Weather Strategic Partner, has an inscription few Pakistanis can read. It is in Chinese — an intelligent start intended to set the tone for what the book is about: the all-weather relationship between the two neighbours.

Dec 2, 2023 | dawn.com | Muhammad Siddiqi |Wara Irfan |Sitara Arshad |Muhammad Amir Rana

China-Pakistan-Iran: Trilateral Relationsin the Changing WorldBy Raza Ali KhanParamount Books (Pvt) Ltd. ISBN: 978-627-310-024-1330pp.