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 ...

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 ...

HALF a century ago, on Nov 13 to be exact, Pakistan’s first elected head of state, Iskander Mirza, died in London. He was governor general when Pakistan’s first constitution was presented to ...

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 ...

Iskander Mirza and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto became presidents in different circumstances with mandates that differed substantially The debate about the suitability of the presidential system 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 ...

Iskander Mirza (1899-1969), the first President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, died in forced exile in London. Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892-1963), the fifth Prime Minister of Pakistan ...