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M. Ali Siddiqui

Muhammad Ali Siddiqui is a writer who contributes to leading periodicals

The seven measures of the world

In this book 'The Seven Measures of The World', an Italian experimental physicist Piero Martin looks at seven means of gauging where we are...

Anticipating Future Of Globalistion

The phenomenon of globalisation was there to happen and was something that evolution of human evolution carried in its wake. Somehow it still evoked...

Perils of electoral authoritarianism

Pakistan has been subjected to covert and overt electoral authoritarianism for almost all its existence. The rise of democratic ideology as the almost unrivaled source...

Book Review: The Coming Of The Railway

The book 'The Coming Of the Railway' by David Gwyn is an encyclopedic reference work about the “early iron railway,” the development of which...

Freedom: The Overthrow Of The Slave Empires

The book “Freedom The Overthrow of the Slave Empires” by James Walvin is an interesting narrative about the rise and collapse of the slave...

Altering Governance

Governance is a dynamic process and has strong tendency to mutate and evolve. It cannot be exercised in a straight line as its multiple...

Book Review: Empire Of The Sum

The success of the pocket calculator relied on operational simplicity, but it involved a complex process of false starts, slow advances, and ingenious thinking. The...

No Way Out Of Uncertainty

Matters in Pakistan are getting complicated by the day. No one can say with certainty what course will the future take in the country....

Book Review: Hands Of Time

Hands Of Time – The book by Rebecca Struthers provides a striking account of watches, their history, and their social impact. “Watches not only...

Influence Of Civil Society And Pakistan

Major stakeholders of governance in Pakistan do not pay heed to the imperatives and influences of civil society though they are now paying through...

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