Allah Bukhsh Karim Bukhsh Brohi (; ; (1915 – 1987) known as A.K. Brohi) was a Pakistani

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and

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. He originated from

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. He was the first partner, and mentor of famous Indian lawyer

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as acknowledged in his authorized biography. He also served as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India from 1 February 1960 to 31 March 1961.

Career

As a notable attorney in Pakistan's early years, Brohi worked on high-profile cases like a lawsuit from Pakistan's first female editor and publisher,

Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah (, ; 25 December 1918 – 10 September 2000) was a Pakistani writer and journalist. Begum Hamidullah was a pioneer of Pakistani literature and journalism in English, and also of feminism in Pakistan. She was Pakistan' ...

, challenging a government ban on her magazine, The Mirror. Brohi won the case for Hamidullah at Pakistan's Supreme Court, setting an important legal precedent for the freedom of the press in the country. A.K. Brohi was later close to military ruler

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and his brand of politics and he has been called "the intellectual behind the General". He was a scholar and author affiliated with the

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(more precisely

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and

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). Brohi served briefly as

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besides

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who served as Attorney General during most of General Zia-ul-Haq's regime (1977–1988). A.K. Brohi also served for a while as

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in General Zia-ul-Haq's regime in the late 1970s. Brohi wrote a long preface for the book of Brigadier General S. K. Malik (i. e. Malik ul-Khan) ''The Quranic Concept of War'' (1979), a manual of the brigadier's impression of military tactics from early Islamic times, which has been reprinted in Pakistan and India.

Family

His younger brother, Ali Ahmad Brohi, who died in 2003, was also a writer and scholar, more particularly on Sindhi culture. His sister Husn Afroze was married to veteran politician

Qaim Ali Shah Syed Qaim Ali Shah ( ,) is a Pakistani politician who served as the elected Chief Minister of Sindh for three terms. His last two terms combined, a total of eight years, makes him the longest serving Chief Minister of Sindh. He is Sindh Preside ...

, but died of

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in 1977.

Publications

Books

*''Islam in the Modern World'' *''The Fundamental Law of Pakistan (1958)'' *''A Faith to Live By'' *''Testament of faith'' *''Adventures in Self-Expression''

Booklets

*''The Qurʼān and its impact on human history'' *''The poetry of Shah Abdul Latif'' *''Religious way of life''

Articles

*''

Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal (9 November 187721 April 1938) was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. Quote: "In Persian, ... he published six volumes of mainly long poems between 1915 and 1936, ... more or less complete works on philoso ...

and the concept of

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'' in ''Al-'Ilm'', v40 n11 (Sep 1991):38-47

Awards and recognition

*One of the founding members of the

Pakistan Academy of Letters The Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) () is a national academy with its main focus on Pakistani literature and related fields. It is the largest and the most prestigious learned society of its kind in Pakistan, with activities throughout the nat ...

. He was nominated in recognition of his services to Pakistani languages and literature (especially philosophy).

References

External links

A.K. Brohi: Insights Into a Legal Mind
1915 births 1987 deaths Sindhi politicians High commissioners of Pakistan to India Law ministers of Pakistan Attorneys general of Pakistan 20th-century Pakistani lawyers {{Pakistan-law-bio-stub Traditionalist School Sindhi scholars