Shah Nawaz Mohal

Shah Nawaz Mohal

The writer is a law graduate and journalist based in Islamabad.

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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

Aug 3, 2020
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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

Jul 6, 2020
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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

Jun 30, 2020
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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

Jun 23, 2020
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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

Jun 15, 2020
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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

Jun 8, 2020
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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

May 11, 2020
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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

Apr 20, 2020
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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

Apr 13, 2020
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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

Apr 6, 2020
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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

Mar 30, 2020