Nadeem Farooq Paracha (Urdu: ندیم فاروق پراچہ), also known as NFP,[1][2] is a Pakistani journalist,[3][4] author, cultural critic, satirist,[5] and historian.[6][7][8] He is a columnist for Pakistan's largest English-language daily Dawn.[9][10]
Nadeem Farooq Paracha | |
|---|---|
| Born | Nadeem Farooq Paracha 6 February 1967 |
| Other names | Nadeem F. Paracha |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 1987– present |
Career
He is the author of eight books on the social and political history of Pakistan. These include The Pakistan Anti-Hero , End of the Past, and Points of Entry. His sixth book The Reluctant Republic was published in November 2021.[11] On August 11, 2022, Paracha’s seventh book For Faith, State and the Soul was launched. The book is a history of popular culture in Pakistan. It is being considered Paracha’s most ambitious work. In April 2023, Imran Khan: Myth of the Pakistani Middle-Class was published. It is one of the first books to explore the political career of Imran Khan. In the book, Paracha details the rise and slide of Khan's politics.[12]
Paracha is also a Research Scholar and Reagan-Fascell Fellow at the International Forum for Democratic Studies in Washington DC,[13] and a consultant for Adcom Leo Burnett Worldwide.[14]
Paracha graduated from the Karachi Grammar School in 1983.[15] He then joined a state-owned college in Karachi, where he became a Marxist student leader. After college, he became a journalist and was often considered to be a socialist. However, over the last decade, he has often described himself as a Muslim modernist, a progressive Pakistani nationalist, and a democrat. He is also a harsh critic of postmodernism and is staunchly against the mixing of religion with politics.[16][17]
Works
- Academic articles
- "Student Politics in Pakistan: A Celebration, Lament & History"
- Books
- End of the past : An immediate eyewitness history of a troubled nation, Lahore : Vanguard Books, 2016, 234 p.
- The Pakistan Anti-Hero : History of Pakistani nationalism through the lives of iconoclasts, Lahore : Vanguard Books, 2017, 396 p.
- Points of Entry : Encounters at the origin-sites of Pakistan, Chennai : Tranquebar, 2018, 160 p.
- Muslim modernism : A case for Naya Pakistan, Lahore : Vanguard Books, 2019, 162 p.
- Soul Rivals : State, Militant and Pop Sufism in Pakistan, Chennai : Tranquebar, 2020, 128 p.
- The Reluctant Republic: Ethos And Mythos Of Pakistan, Lahore: Vanguard Books, 2021, 147 p.
- For Faith, State and the Soul: A History of Popular Culture in Pakistan, Karachi: Markings, 2022, 204 p.
- Imran Khan: Myth of the Pakistani Middle-Class, Lahore: Vanguard Books, 2023, 214 p.
References
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