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Any man who reaches for a book when he thinks about you is a man that you should think about.

Mohammed Hanif

A debt-ridden farmer contemplating suicide in Maharashtra and a mother who abandons her children in Karachi because she can't feed them: this is what we have achieved in our mutual desire to teach each other a lesson.

Mohammed Hanif

The generals who had called Zia a mullah behind his back felt ashamed at having underestimated him: not only was he a mullah, he was a mullah whose understanding of religion didn't go beyond parroting what he had heard from the next mullah. A mullah without a beard, a mullah in a four-star general's uniform, a mullah with the instincts of a corrupt tax inspector.

Mohammed Hanif

Mohammed Hanif

Mohammed Hanif

Born: November, 1964 (age 62)

Bio: Mohammed Hanif is a Pakistani novelist, writer and journalist. He graduated from the Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer but left to pursue a career in journalism. In 1996, he moved to London to work for the BBC, eventually becoming the head of the BBC's Urdu service in London.

Known for:

Manto (2015)
Sano Sansar (2008)
Enemies of Happiness (2006)

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