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 ...

Iskander Mirza was an all powerful civilian dictator who is to be blamed for putting the country in wrong direction. Those who keep whining that Bengalis were mistreated in united Pakistan have ...

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 ...

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 Ali Mirza was the first president of Pak. But his house at Kutubpur in Lalbag, lying in a dilapidated condition, speaks little of his illustrious career. BEHRAMPORE: From a distance ...

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 ...