Shah Nawaz Mohal

Shah Nawaz Mohal

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

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Master and maulanas

What the rise of pulpit aims to achievePeople we meet and the suggestions they make, at times, can deepen, even alter our understanding of the world. It was Julia, a Russian lady married to a

Dec 5, 2017
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Of special snowflakes

No redemption await those who worship their own lies Mohammad bin Salman, 32, is hell-bent to modernise Saudi Arabia. And to achieve this Herculean task, he is in process of taming Arabia’s<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/11/12/of-special-snowflakes/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Nov 12, 2017
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Seers and sibyls in our midst

And how we mistake hindsight for prophecy Those who predict the future, dearest sirs and ma’ams, are known as seers and sibyls. They know (or pretend to know) how future will unfold,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/29/seers-and-sibyls-in-our-midst/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 29, 2017
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Living it until leaving it

What makes many of us to jump ship for good   Let us start with some figures. Almost 2.5 million in Europe. 2 million in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Half a million in USA.

Oct 22, 2017
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Have Sharifs run out of tomorrows?

And why men enjoy witnessing the downfall of high and mighty    Laugh your hearts out, dearest sirs and ma’ams. Laugh as you witness the House of Sharif being

Oct 15, 2017
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Why philosophers condemn democracy?

From Socrates to Nietzsche, ‘rule of the people’ has few intellectual takers The seeds of doubt were sown by Socrates, one of the most revered of all philosophers, when he attacked de

Oct 8, 2017
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When pot calls the kettle black

Pakistan and India need to behave like two wise septuagenarians ‘Bhai, yeh tau saas-bahu kaa jhagra hai, chalta hei rahay gaa’ (Brother, this is a fight between a mother and her son’s wife,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/10/01/when-pot-calls-the-kettle-black/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Oct 1, 2017
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We, the cowards

And how we’ve been accustomed to many things  No matter how rational, reasonable and right a decision may seem at the time of making it, later on hindsight ruins it. As i

Sep 17, 2017
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An abundance of whipping boys

Is why we never catch those who wreak havoc, create mayhem and kill ruthlessly Justice has eluded Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, the young scion of Pakistan Peoples Party, like millions others. It played hide-and-seek<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/10/an-abundance-of-whipping-boys/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 10, 2017
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Of friends who are enemies

Pakistan and US despite being old allies are, at best, each other’s ‘frenemies’ In recent days, whenever and wherever one sees a hyphenated Pak-US, it rarely bodes well and almost always spells<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2017/09/04/of-friends-who-are-enemies/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Sep 4, 2017
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