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 ...

Iskander Mirza: Pakistan’s First Elected President’s Memoirs from Exile Compiled and edited by Syed Khawar Mehdi Lightstone Publishers ISBN: 978-969-716-258-1 ...

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 left no doubt that Pakistan’s alliance with the West would remain unchanged. Of his domestic plans, Mirza said: “I hope to get 20 or 30 good clear chaps together to draw up a ...

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, was found ...