Nadeem F. Paracha
Overview
 
Nadeem Farooq Paracha (born February 6, 1967, in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

), is a left-liberal Pakistani journalist, cultural critic
Cultural critic
A cultural critic is a critic of a given culture, usually as a whole and typically on a radical basis. There is significant overlap with social and cultural theory.-Terminology:...

, satirist and short story
Short story
A short story is a work of fiction that is usually written in prose, often in narrative format. This format tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction, such as novellas and novels. Short story definitions based on length differ somewhat, even among professional writers, in part because...

 writer.
His father, Farooq Paracha, was a Socialist journalist hailing from the Attock District
Attock District
Attock District is a district in the north-west Punjab Province of Pakistan.The district was created in April 1904 by the merger of Talagang Tehsil in the Jhelum District with the Pindigheb, Fatehjang and Attock tehsils from Rawalpindi District of the Punjab province of British India.Attock...

 (Makhad
Makhad
Makhad is a hilly historical town in Attock District in the Northern part of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is one of the last towns separating the Punjab from the rugged North-West Frontier Province...

) in the north of the Punjab
Punjab (Pakistan)
Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

 and a staunch supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party
Pakistan Peoples Party
The Pakistan Peoples Party , is a democratic socialist political party in Pakistan affiliated with Socialist International. Pakistan People's Party is the largest political party of Pakistan...

 (PPP).

Nadeem F. Paracha received his early education at the Kabul
Kabul
Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

 American School in Afghanistan from 1970 till 1974.
Quotations

Art should not be an excuse to fulfil material bourgeois desires.

On being asked why is he always attacking pop artists who are sponsored by multinationals.

Either I'm just too paranoid or this is just my way of now playing the sardonic court jester instead of the "angry young man" who once actually believed in the logic and persuasive power of cohesive literary narratives as a means to bring about change.

Explaining a questioner on chowk.com about his absurdist|absurdist writing style which he used in Acidity (Novelette)|Acidity.

I believe it is an act of delusion to look for (or more so), discover a so-called "educated" preacher/evangelist. Thus, no evangelist/preacher can be better than the other. But I agree, they can be worse.

Replying to a question on chowk.com.

I'd rather fight for a tree than die for a God.

Speaking at a Youth Conference in Karachi|Karachi.

My neighbour's dog told me to write this.

On being asked by an irritated reader what made him write a bad review of a religious naat album by former pop star turned Islamic preacher, Junaid Jamshed|Junaid Jamshed.

Thank you for a desperate lesson in anal retentive economics, Ahmed. In future I promise to be a bit more sympathetic to the mindless drones of yuppies.

Answering a reader on The News International|News International forum who explained him how the capitalist economics he is always attacking is "best" and that he (Paracha) should stop attacking people who agree with capitalism and are called yuppies.

Yes ... and I shot Kennedy too, apart from asking Ali Azmat|Ali Azmat and Salman Ahmed|Salman Ahmed to pick up my laundry bills.

Answering a question about him taking money for his drug habit from pop stars on a Junoon|Junoon website.

 
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