Charity Registration No. 1179415
Trustees’ Annual Report For the year ended 31 July 2025
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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 4 November 2024.
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Review of the year 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025
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:
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i) Book Reviews
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ii) Book Prize
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i) Book Reviews
http://www.bloomsburypakistan.org/publications/
1) The Promise of Piety: Islam and the Politics of Moral Order in Pakistan by Dr Arsalan Khan, Cornell University Press 2024, 223pp Reviewed by: Dr Suvaid Yaseen, Brown University (4 July 2025)
2) Religious Television and Pious Authority in Pakistan by Dr Taha Kazi. Indiani University Press 2021, 226pp Reviewed by: Dr Zainab Alam, Howard University (13 June 2025)
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- 3) Perilous Intimacies: Debating Hindu Muslim Friendship After Empire by Dr SherAli Tareen. Columbia University Press 2023, 360pp Reviewed by: Dr Tariq Suleman, PhD (SOAS) (30 May 2025)
4) Master Plans and Encroachments The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad by Dr Faiza Moatasim. University of Pennsylvania Press 2023, 248pp Reviewed by: Dr Aisha Ahmad, LUMS (9 May 2025)
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5) Life Beyond Waste: Work and Infrastructure in Urban Pakistan by Dr Waqas H. Butt. Stanford University Press 2023, 225pp Reviewed by: Dr Nida Kirmani, LUMS (28 March 2025)
– 6) Sindh Under the Mughals: Origin and Development of Historiography (1591 1737 CE) by Dr Humera Naz. Oxford University Press 2023, 254pp Reviewed by: Dr Shayan Rajani, Michigan State University (7 February 2025)
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7) Gender, Sexuality and Feminism in Pakistani Urdu Writing by Prof Amina Yaqin. Anthem Press 2021, 294pp Reviewed by: Dr Nukhbah Langah, University of Malaya (14 February 2025)
- 8) The Ritual of Elections in Pakistan (1970 2018): A Process without a Product by Dr Ijaz Shafi Gilani. Lightstone Publishers 2024, 255pp
Reviewed by: Dr Niloufer Siddiqui, University at Albany – SUNY (31 January 2025)
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9) Grief and the Shaping of Muslim Communities in North India, c. 1857-1940s by Dr Eve Tignol. Cambridge University Press 2023, pp263 Reviewed by: Dr S. Akbar Zaidi, IBA (Karachi) (17 January 2025)
10) Under the Gun: Political Parties and Violence in Pakistan by Dr Niloufer Siddiqui. Cambridge University Press 2022, pp272 Reviewed by: Dr Zoha Waseem, University of Warwick (20 December 2024)
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11) Re-centering the Sufi Shrine: A Metaphysics of Presence by Dr Irfan Moeen Khan. De Gruyter 2023, 242pp Reviewed by: Dr Ali Gibran Siddiqui, IBA (Karachi) ( 29 November 2024)
12) Rebuilding Community: Displaced Women and the Making of Shia Ismaili Muslim Sociality by Dr Shenila Khoja-Moolji. Oxford University Press 2023, 409pp Reviewed by: Dr Shama Dossa, Habib University (27 September 2024)
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13) Kashmir in the Aftermath of Partition by Dr Shahla Hussain. Cambridge University Press 2021, 392pp Reviewed by: Dr Hafsa Kanjwal, Lafayette College, Pennsylvania (23 August 2024)
14) Highways to the End of the World: Roads, Roadmen and Power in South Asia by Prof Edward Simpson . Hurst Publishers 2022, 352pp Reviewed by: Prof Agnieszka Joniak-Lüthi, University of Fribourg (9 August 2024)
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IR) BOOK PIUZE 2024 Bloomsbur BLOOMSBURY PAKISTAN BOOK PRIZE SHORTLIST2024 In15 of the IMcDDial EFUG£E CITIES ELIG ON. ,Pug.Ll INTIM SAll2 Alimi Refugtt Citie& How Afglwts Ckngt4 Qtr comp10& RcligTh. PbIl¢ ltttitho". aThl SaiThili" Affects ID Paki5t4ll. Duke Utiiversity 2022. Utsiversity of Peuo5ylvaDia Pte55. 2022. We extend our conatUlatIO1]s io Co-winnets. Sana Alithia and Omar Kasmani for their exttllent tontTibutiO]ts to the Study of Pakista. We would also like to aeknowlalge the thie¢ runner-up entries Ilisted in a]phabetital oideil- Dive(i> Ptéss._)O)? Universit) PMS. J)?? Ali Usman Qa5rnJ. Q• Nat1 i• P*kl#u. &anf(Yd UDLveNiy Pr. ))23. The Bloomsbury Paktrn Prix 15 aiAirthd w oUan01n8 a(xdeThK iwks pvbb5hed in ETr81 a topK or coJuryt•] io ib¢ hi5wry I l e&xTrnoThy I eit1 a[Pakis Thithi it5 prcscnt bordct5 orof thccotn]nutiitX5 of SDuih Aa broadl) [rklt to Paki5thD. MoTc<kLai15 aboul ?0241 12
BOOK PRIZE 2024 SHORLIST
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-2024
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Receipts and Payments Accounts
Charity name Bloomsbury Pakistan Socia � Science Reseach & Advocacy
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| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 1000 | |||||
| Sub total A2 Asset and investment sales, etc Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| ~~Bank Charges~~ | 33.85 | |||||
| Software | 168.39 | |||||
| Companies House | 77 | |||||
| Admin - Postage | 20 | |||||
| Book Prize | 1000 | |||||
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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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| 1858.13 1558.89 |
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Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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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 |
Details | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
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| Current Account | 1558.89 | |||
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| Nadir Cheema | 01/09/2025 | |||
| Dr David Taylor | 01/09/2025 |
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