Allah Bukhsh Karim Bukhsh Brohi ( ur, ; sd, الھ بخش ڪريم بخش بروھي; 1915 – 1987) known as A.K. Brohi) was a prominent
Pakistani politician
A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...
and
lawyer
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. He originated from
Shikarpur in
Sindh
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. He was the first partner, and mentor of famous Indian lawyer
Ram Jethmalani
Ram Boolchand Jethmalani (14 September 1923 – 8 September 2019) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He served as India's Union minister of law and justice, as chairman of the Indian Bar Council, and as the president of the Supreme Court B ...
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
General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...
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
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of metaphysics
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(more precisely René Guénon
René Jean-Marie-Joseph Guénon (15 November 1886 – 7 January 1951), also known as ''Abdalwâhid Yahiâ'' (; ''ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Yaḥiā'') was a French intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having writte ...
, Frithjof Schuon
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and Martin Lings
Martin Lings (24 January 1909 – 12 May 2005), also known as Abū Bakr Sirāj ad-Dīn, was an English writer, Islamic scholar, and philosopher. A student of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon and an authority on the work of William Shake ...
).
Brohi served briefly as Attorney-General for Pakistan
The Attorney-General for Pakistan is the chief law officer and legal advisor of the Government of Pakistan and enjoys rights of audience before Parliament. The Attorney-General, who serves as Pakistan's public prosecutor, is nominated by the Prime ...
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
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in General Zia-ul-Haq's regime in the late 1970s.
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
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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, a ...
''
*''Religious way of life''
Articles
*''Iqbal Iqbal, Eqbal, Ikbal, or Eghbal may refer to:
Geography Iran
* ''Eqbal, Iran'', a village in West Azerbaijan Province
*''Eqbaliyeh'', rural district in Iran
* ''Eqbal-e Gharbi Rural District'', western provincial district in Qazvin, Iran
* ''Eqbal- ...
and the concept of Islamic socialism
Islamic socialism is a political philosophy that incorporates Islamic principles into socialism. As a term, it was coined by various Muslim leaders to describe a more spiritual form of socialism. Islamic socialists believe that the teachin ...
'' 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 th ...
. 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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