Nadeem F. Paracha

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
Karachi
Other namesNadeem F. Paracha
OccupationJournalist
Years active1987– 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 as 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
  1. Ali, Sobia; Raja, Raza Habib (13 November 2011). "An Interview With Nadeem F. Paracha". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. "Nadeem Paracha". National Endowment for Democracy. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. "Nadeem F Paracha". awamiweb.
  4. "Nadeem F Paracha". politics92.
  5. Dewey, Caitlin (12 October 2013). "Pakistani satire of Malala conspiracy theories taken as real conspiracy theory". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  6. "An Interview With Nadeem F. Paracha". Dawn.
  7. "Profile of Nadeem F. Paracha". awaztoday.
  8. "Nadeem F. Paracha". pakistantimes.
  9. Paracha, Nadeem F. (2 February 2017). "Pakistan: The lesser-known histories of an ancient land". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  10. "News stories for Nadeem F. Paracha - DAWN.COM". www.dawn.com. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  11. Raja, Raza Habib (1 February 2022). "Discussing the ethos and mythos of Pakistan with Nadeem F Paracha". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  12. Raja, Raza Habib (19 July 2023). "Of Leaders, Mythology And The Pakistani Middle Class". The Friday Times. Retrieved 20 July 2023.
  13. "Has Freedom of Expression Become A Self-Parody? Examples from Pakistan's Social Media". NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  14. "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". www.facebook.com. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  15. "Remembering Karachi Grammar School as it completes 175 years". THE NEWS INTERNATIONAL. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. Raja, Raza Habib (8 November 2019). "Reading Muslim Modernism in Naya Pakistan". The Friday Times - Naya Daur. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  17. "The Real Pakistani Identity Is Nothing Close To What The State Peddles".



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