Synopsis
‘No biography of Mahomed Ali Jinnah – Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam – has been true to the man who described himself as “plain Mr Jinnah”. Yasser Latif Hamdani’s book fills that void. The author puts together an account of Jinnah’s life with affection, without neglecting key facts and by including commonly repeated distortions. Jinnah’s greatness shines through [in this book] while maintaining...
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23 June 2020
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‘No biography of Mahomed Ali Jinnah – Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam – has been true to the man who described himself as “plain Mr Jinnah”. Yasser Latif Hamdani’s book fills that void. The author puts together an account of Jinnah’s life with affection, without neglecting key facts and by including commonly repeated distortions. Jinnah’s greatness shines through [in this book] while maintaining the humanity of his character’
Husain Haqqani, Former Pakistan Ambassador to the US, author of Reimagining Pakistan
‘At last a biography of Jinnah that does not separate his personal life from the political’
Sheela Reddy, author of Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India