Shah Nawaz Mohal

Shah Nawaz Mohal

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

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True victims of the system

The system ‘Kaptaan’ and his ilk came to change has changed them Budget blues, inflation skyrocketing, the number of perished promises piling up, all pervading disenchantment, and victori

Jun 17, 2019
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All we have are moments, folks

Moments are the unit by which we measure our joys and sorrowsBefore happiness and beyond the moments of ecstatic joy lies either indifference or sadness. Our achievements, no matter how mighty

Jun 10, 2019
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Are you listening?

Our stories and how each of them tells half of our tale, fraction of our truth  Every facet of life, like novels, has a story, a plot, a script, and characters that hide and

Jun 3, 2019
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Madness, solitude and creativity

Life has lost its sheen in our hyper-connected, Prozac-driven world Madness has many hues and nuances. Solitude removes all the distractions and smoke screens allowing us to peep insi

May 27, 2019
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State vs society

Making sense of the ongoing saga between state’s power and resilience of society State is power. Society is home. State is law. Society is refuge. State demands obedience. Society a

May 13, 2019
Who is afraid of PTM?Columns

Who is afraid of PTM?

Is the worst yet to come? What are our issues? One can begin by naming everything under the sun ranging from unemployment, a shaky economy, a weak political setup and end up regrettin

May 6, 2019
When dreams turn into nightmaresColumns

When dreams turn into nightmares

Why hopes dash and expectations are bound to hurt More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones, wrote Truman Capote, an American journalist and author. Capote summe

Apr 23, 2019
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The beauty and brutality of love

And why to love someone is a process, not an event‘We are all fools in love’ wrote Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. Fools, dear reader, know right from wrong yet choose to not care one

Apr 15, 2019
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Midnight’s children

And how Pakistan and India need to shed the burden of the past Amidst the deafening silence, we await its death by the hands of jets flying, bullets fired, casualty count and hope to

Apr 9, 2019
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Of memories, oblivion and forgiveness

To seek forgiveness for acts done, words uttered and broken promises is the only thing we could do To be or not to be, asked Hamlet. An absolutely apt question, it was. However, it was al

Apr 1, 2019
Who murdered journalism?Columns

Who murdered journalism?

And what journalists, should do nowPeople trust us journalists. Sorry, they once did. They no longer do. Once upon a time, not long ago, we informed them, educated them, made sense of the events a

Mar 26, 2019
How and Why to Educate our ChildrenUncategorized

How and Why to Educate our Children

An able, educated and technology-savvy workforce can bring Pakistan out of its dire straitsThe world our children will inherit will be a world fundamentally different from the one we live in. The

Mar 19, 2019