A writer par excellence
By Asma Jehangir, The News, 9 July 2011
To celebrated French writer Juan Loius Balzak, writing was more than a passionate expression...
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An enduring legacy of Urdu journalism
By Khaled Ahmed, The Friday Times, July 2007.
Professor Waris Mir belonged to that rare breed of Pakistani intellectuals who refused...
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A progressive scholar
By Mahmood Mirza, The News on 9 July 2012.
“I firmly believe that unless the system in which intellectual contemplation is stifled and...
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Waris Mir lives on
By Aitzaz Ahsan, The News, July 9, 2014
The ways of man were different from the ways of men. My comrade, Prof Waris Mir, was an intell...
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In Memory of Prof Waris Mir
By Huma Mir, Pakistan Today, 9 July 2012.
The greatest art of a writer is to put his thoughts into words and to extend out these...
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Living through writing
By Sana Mir, The News, 8 July 2012.
“He spent all his life striving for truth, justice, democratic principles and liberty of thought a...
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Kya Aurat Aadhi Hai? – (Is Woman Half A Human?) Book Review
By Sana Munir
Is woman half a human? This is a million dollar question that still haunts the Pakistani society, although the first p...
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Fauj Ki Syasat (Army in Politics) – Book Review
By Sana Munir
A recently published book, Fauj Ki Siyasat (Politics of the Army), which actually is a compilation of some thought pro...
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PM recommends Hilal-e-Imtiaz award for late Prof. Waris Mir
ISLAMABAD, 29 July, 2013 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has recommended to President Asif Ali Zardari to confer Pakistan’...
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Five Pakistanis declared ‘Friends of Bangladesh’ in Dhaka
LAHORE, 3 April 2013 (The Nation) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid has conferred “Foreign Friends of Bangladesh Award”...
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BD govt to confer highest civil award on Prof Waris Mir
ISLAMABAD, 9 March 2013 (The News): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid has nominated Prof. Waris Mir, former chairman of the...
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13 from Pakistan honoured
DHAKA, 25 March 2013: Forty-two years after the Liberation War against Pakistan, Bangladesh yesterday honoured 13 Pakistani friends for...