Nadeem Farooq Paracha explains how Muhammad bin Qasim and Aurangzeb became the heroes of Pakistani nationalists after the independence while Akbar was ‘largely treated with disdain’. “Mughal king, Akbar, who was king of a vast ...
Pakistan Flag The Pakistan flag was approved and adopted on August 11, 1947 during the session of the country’s first Constituent Assembly. The green in the flag stands for the country’s Muslim majority; whereas the ...
Nadeem F. Paracha satirizes the inner workings of a ‘true urban middle-class, pious, iPhone, pizza, frantically tweeting’ Pakistani’s brain. One can now safely suggest that the days of the Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari ...
In this article, Nadeem F. Paracha takes you to the journey that Karachi went through over the course of centuries. Here’s a history of Pakistan’s largest, and world’s 6th largest, city from the time Alexander ...
40 years ago today, Pakistan’s first elected PM ZA Bhutto was executed through a controversial trial. The Zia dictatorship was hell-bent on sending ZA Bhutto to the gallows. Initially it failed to find a suitable ...
Cricket is not just a game in Pakistan. Its history reflects the history of the country’s politics too. Nadeem Farooq Paracha in this article explains how the class, ethnic and religious schisms in Pakistani society ...
Nadeem Farooq Paracha in this article tries to figure out what drives the ‘angry young men’ in our TV newsrooms making them spew such hatred and corrupting young minds. Is it ‘an instrument of collective ...
Nadeem F. Paracha in this eye-opening article lays out the untold story of two poverty-stricken nations somewhere in South Asia that threatened the planet with their nuclear bums. When India became independent from Irish rule, ...
In this article, Nadeem F. Paracha details the evolution of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan as a cricketer, philanthropist and politician, in a career spanning almost five decades. Evolution is a slow process. It may ...
This piece by Nadeem F. Paracha celebrates the decade of the Signs as a path-breaking band through the four albums that they recorded, beginning with their debut album released exactly 30 years ago today. March ...
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