## **Charity Registration No. 1179415** **Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31 July 2023** 1 Bloomsbury Pakistan – Social Science Research & Advocacy is a charity with registration no. 1179415 (The Charity Commission for England and Wales). Its governing document is its constitution, drawn up and approved by the Trustees in 2018. ## **Mission** The object of the CIO is to promote education in Britain and Pakistan by raising public understanding about pressing social and intellectual challenges in Pakistan by: Public Lectures and panel discussions; Publishing Book reviews and reports on academic research; Dissemination of academic research through the social and mainstream media; Teacher Training Programmes in UK and Pakistan ## **Administrative Details** ## **Address** Bloomsbury Pakistan 3a Drovers Way London N7 9FN admin@bloomsburypakistan.org www.bloomsburypakistan.org ## **Internal Auditor** Dr Farooq Bajwa Farooq Bajwa & Co Solicitors 45 Charles Street London W1J 5EH ## **Accounts prepared by** Mr Raheel Sheikh Fintell Ltd Chartered Certified Accountant 13, King George Crescent Wembely, HA0 2FG ## **Banker** Barclays Bank UK Plc Holborn Branch 326-328 High Holborn London WC1V 7PE Sort Code: 20-41-50 Account No: 73338762 2 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** ## **Officers (Trustees) and Executive Committee** The managing body of the Charity is the Executive Committee, which consists of nine Officers (Trustees) The assets of the charity, including any money standing to the credit of the Society in any bank account and the right to deal with the same, vest in the Trustees. The Officers and the Executive Committee are unpaid and work on a voluntary basis. ## **Members of the executive committee (Trustees) are:** Chairman - Dr David Taylor Secretary - Mr Nadir Cheema Treasurer - Mr Tariq Khan Dr Nichola Khan Dr Stephen Lyon Dr Farooq Bajwa Dr Maria Rashid Dr Najam Abbas Dr Farid Panjwani Mr Zulfiqar Khimani Dr Ayaz Qureshi ## **Advisory Board:** Dr Tariq Rahman Mr Arif Hasan Dr Sarah Ansari Dr Matthew Nelson ## **Affiliates:** Dr Kaveri Qureshi Dr Umair Javed Dr Sameen Mohsin Dr Tayyab Safdar Dr Fatima Burney Dr Najia Mukhtar Dr Salman Rafi During the reporting period, the Executive Committee (Trustees) met two times online on 10 November 2022 and 22 May 2023. 3 ## **Review of the year 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023** Bloomsbury Pakistan has continued to work in accordance with its goals and aims during the year. Its activities during the year fall into the following categories: i) Book Reviews ii) Book Prize iii) Events Book Launches Annual Lecture Pakistan Literature Festival 4 ## **i) Book Reviews** http://www.bloomsburypakistan.org/publications/ - **1) Defending Muhammad in Modernity** by Dr SherAli Tareen Notre Dame Press 2020, 506pp. **Reviewed by: Dr Nauman Faizi, LUMS** ( **21 July 2023)** - **2) A Broken Record: Institutions, Community and Development in Pakistan** by Dr Atiyab Sultan Cambridge University Press 2022, 229pp. **Reviewed by: Professor Imran Ali (7 July 2023)** 5 **3) The Colonial and National Formations of the National College of Arts, Lahore, circa 1870s to 1960s** by Dr Nadeem Omar Tarar Anthem Press 2022, 250pp. **Reviewed by: Dr Samina Iqbal, Lahore School of Economics (30 June 2023)** - **4) Insecure Guardians: Enforcement, Encounters and Everyday Policing in** **Postcolonial Karachi** by Dr Zoha Waseem Hurst Publishers 2022, 328pp. **Reviewed by: Prof Laurent Gayer, CERI-Sciences Po (9 June 2023)** 6 - **5) Pakistan’s Wars: An Alternative History** by Prof Tariq Rahman Routledge 2022, 364pp **Reviewed by: Dr Farooq Bajwa, PhD (LSE) (2 June 2023)** - **6) Marginalisation, Contestation and Change in South Asia** edited by Dr Nida Kirmani Oxford University Press 2022, 224pp. **Reviewed by: Ms Fizzah Sajjad, PhD Candidate (LSE)** ( **26 May 2023)** 7 **7) Revenge, Politics and Blasphemy in Pakistan** by Dr Adeel Hussain Hurst Publishers 2022, 242pp. **Reviewed by: Dr Sana Ashraf, PhD (ANU) (12 May 2023)** - **8) Patchwork States: The Historical Roots of Subnational Conflict and Competition** **in South Asia** by Dr Adnan Naseemullah Cambridge University Press 2022, 309pp. **Reviewed by: Prof Yunas Samad, LUMS (5 May 2023)** 8 - **9) Stories with Oil Stains – The World of Women ‘Digest’ Writers in Pakistan** by Dr Kiran Nazir Ahmed Oxford University Press 2020, 232pp. **Reviewed by: Dr Zainab Latif, PhD (CUNY) (28 April 2023)** **10) Love, War & Other Longings: Essays on Cinema in Pakistan** Edited by Prof Vazira Zamindar and Dr Asad Ali Oxford University Press 2020, 274pp. **Reviewed by: Dr Samhita Sunya, University of Virginia (31 March 2023)** 9 **11) In Search of Lost Glory: Sindhi Nationalism in Pakistan** by Dr Asma Faiz Oxford University Press and Hurst Publishers 2021, 277pp. **Reviewed by: Prof Matthew A. Cook, North Carolina Central University (17 March 2023)** **12) Courting Constitutionalism: Politics of Public Law and Judicial Review in Pakistan** by Dr Moeen Cheema Cambridge University Press 2022, 251pp. **Reviewed by: Dr Yasser Kureshi, University of Oxford (4 November 2022)** 10 **13) Cricket in Pakistan: Nation, Identity, and Politics** by Dr Ali Khan Oxford University Press 2022, 306pp. **Reviewed by: Prof Mohammad Waseem, LUMS (28 October 2022)** 11 ## **ii)** ## **BLOOMSBURY PAKISTAN BOOK PRIZE 2022** _**‘Property Taxes and State Incapacity in Pakistan’** by_ _**Dr Mujtaba Piracha**_ Oxford University Press 2021 We extend our congratulations to _Mujtaba Piracha_ and plan to celebrate this important text in an upcoming BP seminar (to be announced). We would also like to acknowledge the three runner-up entries (listed in alphabetical order) for their excellent contributions to the study of Pakistan. _**Sana Ashraf. Finding the Enemy Within: Blasphemy Accusations and Subsequent Violence in Pakistan.**_ Australian National University Press 2021 _**Akbar Zaidi. Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in NineteenthCentury North India.**_ Cambridge University Press 2021 **Waleed Ziad.** _**Hidden Caliphate: Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus.**_ Harvard University Press 2021 We extend our congratulations to the four authors for producing these original and thoughtprovoking texts that deepen as well as challenge our understanding of Pakistan. The book prize is awarded to the most outstanding academic book published in English in the previous calendar year on a topic or theme connected to the history / politics / society / economy / culture either of Pakistan within its present borders or of the communities of South Asia where the work is broadly relevant to Pakistan. The successful book is expected to make an original contribution to scholarly understanding of the lives and experiences of the people of Pakistan or South Asia. _Convenor:_ Dr Maria Rashid _Selection committee:_ Prof Kamran Asdar Ali, University of Texas Dr Farzana Shaikh, Chatham House Prof Matthew Nelson, SOAS University of London We are grateful to the convenor and the selection committee for handling the book prize with due diligence. More details - https://bloomsburypakistan.org/bloomsbury-pakistan-book-prize/ 12 ## **iii) Events** http://www.bloomsburypakistan.org/events/ ## **Book Launch** ## **Book Launch: Pakistan Left Review: Then and Now** Speaker: _Prof Amin Mughal, Prof Salima Hashmi, Prof Kamran Asdar Ali (via Zoom) Prof Stephen Lyon and Nadir Cheema_ held on 21 October 2022 More details and video of the lecture. 13 ## **Annual Lecture:** ## **Annual Bacha Khan Lecture 2022:** _**Pashtun Women and Education**_ Speakers: _Dr Wiqar Ali Shah_ is the former Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University. He is the author of several books. His research focuses on Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Khudai Khidmatgars, gender, tribal areas and Afghanistan. He was awarded PhD from the University of Oxford. Discussant: _Dr James Caron_ is an academic at SOAS. His academic research is on Pakhtuns, Pushto literature and history & politics of the region. Chair: _Dr Mukulika Banerjee_ is an academic at LSE. Banerjee was awarded her doctorate from the University of Oxford where she worked on Bacha Khan, published as the book ‘The Pathan Unarmed: Opposition and Memory in the North West Frontier’. Introduction: _Mr Ziauddin Yousafzai_ is from Swat, Pakistan. He is an activist and works on girls’ education. More details and video of the lecture 14 ## **Pakistan Literature Festival (PLF) London 2023** The Pakistan Literature Festival (PLF) London will be held on 17th June 2023 at Conway Hall. PLF London is launched by the pioneers of literature festivals, Ameena Saiyid & Asif Farrukhi, Lightstone Publishers and Bloomsbury Pakistan. PLF London is a part of the movement in Pakistan to celebrate academics, writers, artists, free debate and creative expression. PLF 2023 Programme and More details 15 ## Receipts and Payments Accounts **----- Start of picture text -----**
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