Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui, Towards Good Governance, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2001, Price: Pak Rs. 495/-. Tasneem Ahmad Siddiqui is a bureaucrat turned author and that in itself speaks volumes about the book under discussion. It is an absorbing and refreshing publication, but somewhat lacking in expression. It is amply apparent that the author has his heart in the right place and the ideas are sound and convincing. In essence, though replete with insights and jarring home truths, it is an exhaustive litany of laments and then, eureka, the author has simple, easy to follow solutions to all the ills plaguing Pakistani society. The saving grace of course is that unlike the majority of Cassandralike intellectuals of whom there is no dearth, Siddiqui hopes against hope and sees a plausible way out of the morass.