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Saturday, October 05, 2013
The Class Structure of Pakistan selected for COSS award
ISLAMABAD: Renowned academic and political activist Dr Taimur Rahman’s book The Class Structure of Pakistan has been selected for the Dr Akhter Hameed Khan Memorial Award for the year 2012 by the Council of Social Sciences (COSS) Pakistan.
The book was nominated for the award by its publishers, Oxford University Press.
The award-giving ceremony has been scheduled for October 10 at NUST Business School’s Seminar Hall, Islamabad, at 9:30am.
In the first half, the keynote speaker for the auspicious occasion will be Ejaz Raheem, who has been directly involved in the planning, development and delivery of social and economic development for over three decades as a high-profile decision maker. The second half will be devoted to the COSS for presentation of the award.
The Dr Akhter Hameed Khan Memorial Award was established by the COSS in 2005 with the financial support of the National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), Islamabad, and is given every year to the best book in social sciences written during a financial year in the fields of rural/urban development, gender discrimination, peace, and poverty and its alleviation. pr
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk