Nadeem F. Paracha Explained

Nadeem Farooq Paracha
Birth Name:Nadeem Farooq Paracha
Birth Date:6 February 1967
Birth Place:Karachi
Othername:Nadeem F. Paracha
Occupation:Journalist
Yearsactive:1987– present

Nadeem Farooq Paracha (Urdu: {{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]

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
Books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: An Interview With Nadeem F. Paracha. The Huffington Post. 13 November 2011. 8 December 2021. Sobia. Ali. Raza Habib. Raja.
  2. Web site: Nadeem Paracha. National Endowment for Democracy. 6 March 2018 . 8 December 2021.
  3. News: Nadeem F Paracha . awamiweb .
  4. News: Nadeem F Paracha . politics92.
  5. News: Dewey . Caitlin . 12 October 2013 . Pakistani satire of Malala conspiracy theories taken as real conspiracy theory . en-US . . 2022-06-10 . 0190-8286.
  6. News: An Interview With Nadeem F. Paracha. .
  7. News: Profile of Nadeem F. Paracha. awaztoday .
  8. News: Nadeem F. Paracha. pakistantimes.
  9. Web site: Paracha . Nadeem F. . 2017-02-02 . Pakistan: The lesser-known histories of an ancient land . 2022-06-10 . DAWN.COM . en.
  10. Web site: News stories for Nadeem F. Paracha - DAWN.COM . 2022-06-10 . www.dawn.com . en.
  11. Web site: Raja . Raza Habib . 2022-02-01 . Discussing the ethos and mythos of Pakistan with Nadeem F Paracha . 2022-06-10 . . en.
  12. Web site: Raja . Raza Habib . 2023-07-19 . Of Leaders, Mythology And The Pakistani Middle Class . 2023-07-20 . . en.
  13. Web site: 2018-06-19 . Has Freedom of Expression Become A Self-Parody? Examples from Pakistan's Social Media . 2022-06-10 . NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY . en-US.
  14. Web site: 2 February 2020 . Effie Pakistan - We are honored to introduce Mr. Nadeem Farooq Paracha from Adcom Leo Burnett on the Jury Panel for The Effie Awards 2020. #EffieWorldwide #EffiePakistan #RiseAbove Pakistan Advertisers Society Facebook . 2022-06-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
  15. Web site: 2022-07-22. Remembering Karachi Grammar School as it completes 175 years . 2022-07-22. THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL. en-US.
  16. Web site: Raja . Raza Habib . 2019-11-08 . Reading Muslim Modernism in Naya Pakistan . 2022-06-10 . The Friday Times - Naya Daur . en-US.
  17. News: The Real Pakistani Identity Is Nothing Close To What The State Peddles.

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