Reviews for Progeny Of Ghosts

The average rating for Progeny Of Ghosts based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2007-12-18 00:00:00 Allison Edmund Hamid Khan has produced a marvel in the form of this book "Constitutional and Political History of Pakistan". An incredibly in-depth look at how law has been followed throughout Pakistan's history, how each successive leadership has contributed to the degeneration of the law and how mistakes of some of the esteemed judges of the past have eventually led Pakistan to the dismal state it is currently in. And not just that but providing political background and events that accompanied the development of legal procedures gave a holistic view of history. The most enlightening sections, for me, were the initial years of Pakistan where decisions by Justice Muneer led Pakistan downhill with doctrines such as "Doctrine of Necessity" and continuous refusal to follow lead of Justice Cornelius who provided much sound reasoning for every crisis. Apart from that, the excerpts of proceedings for Objective Resolution in the assembly are also an eye opener where both criticism as well as support for the objective resolution was presented and it has been clearly established that Jinnah wanted a secular Pakistan, idea of which he presented during his first address to the assembly in 1947. The only sad part about the book is the strictly official pre-Pakistan narrative which seemed copy pasted from government endorsed history books that are already considered not just misleading but also false on many accounts. If Hamid Khan had provided a more thorough and truer picture of political history of pre-Pakistan, there would have been no better book to consult for all constitutional and political matters of the nation.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-08-20 00:00:00 Joe Strand A good book for understanding things related to law in the history of Pakistan. They update it almost every year so make sure you buy the latest one because it will have information about the latest incidents. For a guy like me who does not possess a stamina of reading big books this might not a good choice. But if you want to read it then read it like you read a scientific book i.e. selective. Open what you want to read and just read that. Hamid Khan(author) is a prominent lawyer in Pakistan with affiliation with current ruling party i.e. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. This is also a book that is taught as a course book for lawyers.Overall a good book to keep in your shelf.