This book has been in the making for half a century. It synthesizes five decades of painstaking reseach on the land, the rise and fall of kingdoms, the city centers, and finally the ideologies that led to the creation of Pakistan. Much of the evidence for this historical explanation of the rise of Pakistan has been derived from the numerous inscriptions carved painstakingly in stone or left in the form of archaeological finds and architectural testimony of our forefathers, which have been carefully investigated and documented in the twentieth century by Professor Dani and his fellow archaeologists

Pakistan Culture constitutes an elective subject in the course of studies for foreign students at the Intermediate level. However no single book covers the prescribed syllabus. Teachers and students feel handicapped on this account and have often voiced the need for duch a comprehensive publication. This book embodies the response to this need. It atttempts in a single concise volume, to portray Pakistan rich cultural heritage which is as variegated as its geographic environments - with mountains, plains, deserts, river valleys full of natural beauty and grandeur, the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges in the north and the delta of the mighty Indus in south which also was the citadel of one of the earliest civilization

Various aspects of life of famous poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz

The High Assembly of Sages is Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali impressive debut in English poetry. It is in two parts. The first is about profound issues of God, universe, and man. Many poems are in the Sufi tradition, which is the most glorious facet of Islam. The second part of the book addresses mainly current political issues. There are poems on Quaid e Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Quaid e Awam Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Nelson Mandela, Ghandi and Abraham Lincoln. Each poem captures the essential greatness of these illustrious men of history

Of all the relationships extant in human affairs the most important and intimate is that between a husband and wife. Obviously casual and informal sexual relations between any man and woman are possible. But all humanity regards such a relationship as the height of aberration like any other sexual aberration. Whatever experience has been gone through by humanity through the ages in this respect no better form in such relationship has been evolved than a formal more or less permanent arrangement i.e. marriage

Barrages are major river structures. During the last century there has been a marked increase in research activities all over the world including South Asian sub-continent in developing theories and practices concerning design and construction of river structures on permeable foundations. In South Asia a large number of barrages have been successfully constructed on these theories. A number of more such structures are planned. It is for this reason. The author has made an effort to present to the engineering profession a comprehensive work which is indeed a compendium of modern practice of planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of barrages in sufficient detail

One important responsibility of Oslamic ideology Council under Article 227(1) of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is that it should make recommendations to the Government to bring the laws in force in the country to accord with the Islamic Injunctions codified in the Quran and Sunnah. Praise be to Allah that the Council has been performing this duty fully well from the day of its inception. Till mow, it has entrusted to the Government drafts of necessary amendments about 351 Federal and 206 Provincial laws

A Panel of Economists and Bankers was appoited by the Council of Islamic Ideology in November, 1977 to assist it in its work related to the remodellling of the economic and financial system of the country in conformity with the Holy Quran and the Sunnah. In accordance with the priorities set by the Council, the Panel devoted itself in the first phase of its work to evolving a framework for introduction of Zakat and Ushr in the country and submitted its Report to the Council in this regard in March, 1978. In the next phase, the Panel directed its attention to the issues and problems involved in eliminating interest from the economy and the mechanics of evolving an alternative system conforming to Sharia that should at the same time be fully capable of meeting the requirements of the contemporary situation

The Report is a product of the combined efforts of the experts in economics and banking and those of the Shari ah. This Report, besides Introduction consists of 5 Chapters with a Summary of Conclusions and Recommendations at the end. In the introductory Chapter, the Report discusses the nature and the nationale of the prohibition of riba in Islam. The first Chapter entitled "Issues, Problems and Strategy" deals exhaustively with practical considerations in applying the profit/loss sharing system, other possible devices for replacing interest and safeguards for the success of the new system. The second Chapter discusses in detail the mechanisms for the elimination of interest from the operations of the commercial banks