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Acknowledgments

In a work of this kind, intellectual indebtedness to people who help grows at an exponential rate. Although it is impossible to mention them all, I am nonetheless deeply indebted to Professor Khurshid Ahmad, Chairman, The Islamic Foundation, who has been a source of unswerving support. I thank him for inviting me to write the present work, and for suggesting invaluable ideas, which have been incorporated into it. I am also especially grateful to Dr. Manazir Ahsan, Director General, The Islamic Foundation, who arranged financial and library support for this project; and to Mr. Khalid Rahman, Executive Director, The Institute of Policy Studies, Islamabad, for making available the necessary facilities. Special thanks are due to Mr. Faisal Khan, a promising lawyer, for his willingness to work ‘beyond the call of duty’, and for providing highly competent assistance, advice and support. Without his labour of love, this book could not have been completed on time. Also noteworthy is the assistance extended by my daughter, Neelofar Nawab, a lawyer, who suggested some good ideas and made important editorial improvements to the work. I also wish to record my profound appreciation and thanks to Dr. Rehana Siddiqui, Chief of Research, The Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad, for undertaking difficult empirical work which I assigned to her from time to time; to Professor Zafar Ishaq Ansari, Director General, The Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad, for granting me unrestricted access to his very rich personal library, and to Professor Alamgir A. Hashmi for a stimulating exchange of views. I also wish to record appreciation of the excellent work done by Dr. Mehmet Asutay, the Head of the Islamic Economics Unit of the Islamic Foundation, Ms. Amrana Arif and Mr. Nasir Cadir, respectively secretary and graphic designer of the Islamic Foundation, and lastly Ms. Suzanne Thackray and Mr. Eric Fox, language editor and proof reader, to prepare this book for final publication. However, no list of acknowledgments can ever be complete without the most prominent mention of my (deceased) parents, (Syed Mohammed, Hasan Fatima and Hameed Fatima); of my uncle and aunt (Syed Mustafa Hasan and Haideri Begum), who very early in my life filled my heart with compassion for the least-privileged in society. I also thank my wife and children, sons-in-law (Imran and Ali Raza) and grandchildren, my sister, Nasim Zehra, and many other noble souls for protecting me from the ‘ravages’ of time. And yet, while my gratitude to those people noted above is profound, only I bear the responsibility for the views expressed in this book.