Shah Nawaz Mohal

Shah Nawaz Mohal

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

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I am supposed to tell you thisColumns

I am supposed to tell you this

Wing Commander Abhinandan writes his mind and heart out for public at largeI, Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, an officer of Indian Air force, like many others on both sides of the divide,

Mar 4, 2019
Empires of impotent rageColumns

Empires of impotent rage

Knowing they can't afford fighting yet posing like gladiators, war hysteria grips both India and PakistanTo war or not to war, this question imperils lives of billion and a half souls dwelli

Feb 25, 2019
The eternal cycle of hatredColumns

The eternal cycle of hatred

And why India and Pakistan refuse to peacefully coexistThe places change, the aftermath does not. The body count goes up and down, the suffering refuses to subside. The strength, or its lack,

Feb 18, 2019
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Of Ishq and other demons

Why we love and how it changes us in myriad waysIshq comforts and ruins. Affection, on the other hand, ends sooner or later. Infatuations never last.Attraction pulls us near to shred us ap

Feb 11, 2019
The lows and losses of getting highColumns

The lows and losses of getting high

How to wrap our head around the ultimate price paid for drug abuse and addiction?Choose your poison and let it kill you slowly, goes the saying. An escape from all that surrounds us is a most

Jan 28, 2019
So long, CJ Saqib NisarColumns

So long, CJ Saqib Nisar

Now, Honourable Lordship, brace yourself for the long-awaited judgmentOne nail drives out the other and that is how the world goes around, remarked Voltaire centuries back. He remained mum abo

Jan 21, 2019
A Gordian Knot called KashmirColumns

A Gordian Knot called Kashmir

Stubbornness coupled with indifference of two neighbours mar lives and dreams of Kashmiri peopleWhen wounds continue to fester and heal in a circular fashion, the body gets accustomed to t

Jan 14, 2019
The more, the messierColumns

The more, the messier

The spectre of over-population casts a gloomy pall on our present and future What you see when you set eyes on a child? A little angel? A cute bundle of joy? A<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2019/01/08/the-more-the-messier/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Jan 8, 2019
The year that wasColumns

The year that was

Looking back at the good, the bad, and the ugly of 2018 2018 will be remembered as a year when some realised their dreams and others had no other option but to<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/31/the-year-that-was-11/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 31, 2018
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Beliefs vs behaviour

How cognitive dissonance has helped us to become what we are Beliefs shape our lives, dictate our conscious, light our paths and ensure that we are moving in a right direction. Whether<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/24/beliefs-vs-behaviour/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 24, 2018
When home is HellColumns

When home is Hell

Everywhere and anywhere else is Eden waiting with open arms, armed coastal guards and barbed wiresFor some home is not the place where their heart is. For some salvation lies elsewhere. The b

Dec 17, 2018
The noblest of goalsColumns

The noblest of goals

And why blunders and U-turns ruin them midway But man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he’s most assur’d; His glassy essence, like an angry ape,<a href="https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2018/12/10/the-noblest-of-goals/" title="Read more" >...</a>

Dec 10, 2018