## **Charity Registration No. 1179415** **Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31 July 2024** 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 - 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. 3 ## **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 4 ## **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)** 5 - **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)** 6 - **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)** 7 - **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)** 8 **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)** 9 **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)** 10 - **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)** 11 **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** 12 ## **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/ 13 ## **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. 14 ## **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_ 15 ## Receipts and Payments Accounts **----- Start of picture text -----**
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