Charity Registration No. 1179415
Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31 July 2024
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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
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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 - Dr 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 online on 13 November 2023.
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Review of the year 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024
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 Shortlist iii) Events Book Launch Annual Lecture
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i) Book Reviews
http://www.bloomsburypakistan.org/publications/
1) Competition Law in South Asia: Policy Diffusion and Transfer by Dr Amber Darr Cambridge University Press 2023, 269pp. Reviewed by: Dr Sheharyar Hamid, LUMS (19 July 2024)
- 2) Queer Companions: Religion, Public Intimacy, and Saintly Affects in Pakistan by Dr Omar Qasmani
Duke University Press 2022, 224pp. Reviewed by: Dr Vanja Hamzić, SOAS University of London (5 July 2024)
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- 3) The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia by Dr Christopher Clary
Oxford University Press 2022, 336pp. Reviewed by: Dr Saeed Rid, Quaid-i-Azam University (21 June 2024)
4) Hidden Caliphate: Sufi Saints beyond the Oxus and Indus by Dr Waleed Ziad Harvard University Press 2021, 354pp. Reviewed by: Dr Irfan Moeen Khan, LUMS (31 May 2024)
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- 5) Political Conflict in Pakistan by Prof Mohammad Waseem Hurst Publishers 2022, 576pp. Reviewed by: Dr Salman Rafi Sheikh, LUMS
(29 March 2024)
- 6) Music in Colonial Punjab: Courtesans, Bards, and Connoisseurs, 1800-1947 by Dr Radha Kapuria
Oxford University Press 2023, 416pp. Reviewed by: Dr G Ali Shair, University of Warwick (1 March 2024)
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- 7) Scholars of Faith: South Asian Muslim Women and the Embodiment of
Religious Knowledge by Prof Usha Sanyal
Oxford University Press 2020, 409pp. Reviewed by: Prof Humeira Iqtidar, King’s College London (2 February 2024)
- 8) The Dragon from the Mountains: CPEC from Kashgar to Gwadar
by Prof Matthew McCartney
Cambridge University Press 2021, 274pp. Reviewed by: Dr Adnan Naseemullah, King’s College London (26 January 2024)
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9) Pakistan Left Review: Then and Now edited by Nadir Cheema and Stephen Lyon Oxford University Press 2022, 285pp. Reviewed by: Dr Sara Kazmi, University of Pennsylvania (19 January 2024)
10) Qaum, Mulk, Sultanat: Citizenship and National Belonging in Pakistan by Dr Ali Usman Qasmi
Stanford University Press 2023, 444pp. Reviewed by: Prof Sarah Ansari, Royal Holloway University of London ( 5 January 2024)
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11) The Struggle for Hegemony in Pakistan: Fear, Desire and Revolutionary Horizons by Dr Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Pluto Press 2022, 176pp. Reviewed by: Mr Ammar Rashid (8 December 2023)
12) Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan by Dr Sanaa Alimia University of Pennsylvania Press 2022, 248pp. Reviewed by: Dr Sobia Kaker (27 October 2023)
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- 13) Seeking Supremacy: The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan by Dr Yasser
Kureshi
Cambridge University Press 2022, 280pp. R viewed by: Professor Martin Lau (13 October 2023)
- 14) Access to Power: Electricity and the Infrastructural State in Pakistan by Dr Ijlal Naqvi
Oxford University Press 2022, 192pp. Reviewed by: Dr Juvaria Jafri, University of East Anglia (15 September 2023)
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15)Making a Muslim: Reading Publics and Contesting Identities in NineteenthCentury by Prof Akbar Zaidi
Cambridge University Press 2021, 249pp. Reviewed by: Dr Megan Robb, University of Pennsylvania (8 September 2023)
Defending Muhammad in Modernity
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ii) BOOK PRIZE 2024 SHORTLIST
Convenor: Dr Maria Rashid Selection committee:
Prof Kamran Asdar Ali, University of Texas Prof Humeira Iqtidar, King’s College London Prof Matthew Nelson, SOAS University of London Prof Yunus Samad, LUMS
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/
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iii) Events http://www.bloomsburypakistan.org/events/
Book Launch
Book Launch: Pakistan Origins, Identity and Future
Panelists: Prof Pervez Hoodbhoy (Author), Dr Maria Rashid (Chair), Dr Salman Khan (Discussant). This book is an accessible, comprehensive, and nuanced history of Pakistan. It reflects upon state and society in Pakistan and shows they have been shaped by historical forces and personae. Drawing on a range of sources and written by one of the foremost intellectuals of the region, this book will be indispensable for scholars, researchers, students of history, politics, and South Asian studies. The book launch was organised collaboration with SOAS Pakistan Discussion Forum on 12 October 2023 at SOAS University of London. More details and video of the book launch.
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Annual Lecture:
Annual Bacha Khan Lecture 2023: Non Violence – A Way Forward to Sustainable Peace Speakers: Mr Noor-ul-Amin Yousafzai. Chair: Dr Salman Khan. Introduction: Mr Ziauddin Yousafzai
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Receipts and Payments Accounts
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| Companies House | 218 | |||||
| Admin - Postage | 13.89 | |||||
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| Sub total A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| Details B1 Cash funds Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details B2 Other monetary assets Details B3 Investment assets Details B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Current Account |
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| Nadir Cheema | 01/09/2024 | |||
| Dr David Taylor | 01/09/2024 |
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