Allah Bukhsh Karim Bukhsh Brohi ( ur, ; sd, الھ بخش ڪريم بخش بروھي; 1915 – 1987) known as A.K. Brohi) was a prominent
Pakistani politician and
lawyer
A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...
. He originated from
Shikarpur in
Sindh
Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...
. He was the first partner, and mentor of famous Indian lawyer
Ram Jethmalani 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
A.K. Brohi was close to military ruler
Zia-ul-Haq and his brand of politics and he has been called "the intellectual behind the General".
[
He was a scholar and author affiliated with the Traditionalist School of metaphysics (more precisely René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon and Martin Lings).
Brohi served briefly as Attorney-General for Pakistan besides ]Sharifuddin Pirzada
Sharifuddin Pirzada () NI (12 June 1923 – 2 June 2017) was a noted Pakistani Barrister who served as a senior advocate at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Personal life
Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada was born in the city of Burhanpur, in what is to ...
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 Minister of Law and Justice in General Zia-ul-Haq's regime in the late 1970s.S. K. Malik
S. K. Malik (born 1930) was a soldier and officer of the Pakistan Army
The Pakistan Army (, ) is the Army, land service branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The roots of its modern existence trace back to the British Indian Army that ceased ...
(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 Jillani ( sd, سيد قائم علي شاه جيلاني , ur, ) 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 t ...
, but died of breast cancer in 1977.
Publications
Books
*''Islam in the Modern World''
*''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
Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai ( sd, شاھ عبداللطيف ڀٽائي, ur, ; 1689/1690 – 21 December 1752), commonly known by the honorifics ''Lakhino Latif'', ''Latif Ghot'', ''Bhittai'', and ''Bhit Jo Shah'', was a Sindhi Sufi mystic, an ...
''
*''Religious way of life''
Articles
*'' Iqbal and the concept of Islamic socialism'' 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) ( ur, ) 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 t ...
. 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 people
High Commissioners of Pakistan to India
Law Ministers of Pakistan
Attorneys General of Pakistan
Pakistani lawyers
20th-century Pakistani lawyers
Traditionalist School
People from Lahore
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