I first heard of Iskander Mirza at school, in the mid-1990s. One of his great-grandchildren had enrolled in my batch and the news generated a bit of a buzz. I remember asking, “Who’s Iskander ...

Moving with the assurance of a man who knows his mind (and his power), Pakistan’s autocratic, stocky President Iskander Mirza declared martial law throughout the land last week, thus snuffed out ...

Compared with the scoundrels who later governed Pakistan as heads of state, Iskander Mirza had fewer reasons to be sorry for his conduct as a ruler. Of course, he was the first head of state to ...

It was a jovial scene. President Iskander Mirza and his new Premier, General Mohammed Ayub Khan, sat having tea together for the benefit of newsreel cameramen. Like the good friends they were ...