
Shah Nawaz Mohal
The writer is a law graduate and journalist based in Islamabad.
Published Work(537 articles)

Musings of a battered septuagenarian
At its 73th birthday, Mr P calculates the decisions made and the roads not takenBorn of excruciating pain and in a dark, dreary time sans light, still I outwitted, overpowered, defeated many
Consume carefully, please
How consumer culture goes deeper into our Psyche than we previously thoughtWe buy and consume, therefore we are. We consume calories to live. We consume heat to survive. We consume water to ex
Dead Democracy
From Socrates till now, how the 'flawed' idea of Democracy baffles mankind Democracy, dear reader, has bid us farewell on its way to spend the rest of the eternity in perdition. We have mu
Insane madness of lunacy
And why we need to go beyond labels, taboos and stereotypes Where is the thin blue line between sanity and insanity, between madness and creativity, between finding wonder in everyday life
We, the migratory animals
And the two options this world gives to those who move away from homeFreedom, of any hue, colour, or creed wants sacrifice, nah, it does not want it, it demands sacrifice. Sacrifice of life
Black, black Berlin
The sights, sounds and symphony of a Metropolis Berlin loves black. Berlin is black. It has beauty of a beast, vengeance of a teenager, faith of a child, zeal of a fanatic, boredom that nev
The doomed ones
How we dominate and doom each other in Ghulam BaghHow and why is the pen mightier than the sword? Can the raw, brutal force of those hell-bent to have their way be tamed by the reasoning of t
The precarious new world of journalism
Delayed shrinking paychecks and massive layoffs have become the normAmidst a global pandemic, the worst gets disastrous, the bad gets ugly and the already rotten goes to worms and maggots. J
Herculean tasks
A complete failure to deliver Many of us are staunch believers of Great Man Theory which suggests that the current of time is molded and swayed by mighty, larger than life men who shape desti
The necessity of lying
We lie; therefore, we exist the way we existIt is not hope that makes the world go around, folks. It is the lies that hold the absurd, beautiful, deceptive, alluring world we love- both in o
Poverty in times of a global pandemic
How the Coronavirus affects lives of the disadvantaged and poor among us Lock down, quarantine, work from home, rising tally of those affected, and the world in a grip of fear and paranoia. A

