A. K. Brohi

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A. K. Brohi, full name Allah Bukhsh Karim Bukhsh Brohi (1915–1987), was a Pakistani lawyer and politician from Shikarpur, Sindh. He began as a mentor and partner to the famous Indian lawyer Ram Jethmalani. Brohi later served as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India from February 1, 1960, to March 31, 1961.

As a prominent attorney, he won a landmark case for Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, defending her magazine The Mirror against a government ban and helping establish a key precedent for freedom of the press in Pakistan. He was known for his close ties to General Zia-ul-Haq and was described as “the intellectual behind the General.” He also held roles in the government, including a brief period as Attorney-General and a later stint as Minister of Law and Justice during Zia’s regime.

Brohi was a scholar with ties to the Traditionalist School of metaphysics, influenced by René Guénon, Frithjof Schuon, and Martin Lings. He wrote the preface for Brigadier S. K. Malik’s The Quranic Concept of War (1979), a work that has seen reprints in Pakistan and India.

Family and death: He was married to Khulsoom Brohi and had three children. His brother-in-law was Syed Qaim Ali Shah, and his sister Husn Afroze was married to Qaim Ali Shah. His younger brother Ali Ahmad Brohi, a writer on Sindhi culture, died in 2003. A. K. Brohi passed away in London in 1987 at the age of about 71 or 72.