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Often called Pakistan’s Joseph Heller, Hanif talks about writing satire, being a migrant in London, and the aftermath of Operation Sindoor.

Molly Rafique must have planned it this way, although he would insist forever that it was all Allah’s will. When Molly sneaks his young lady friend into the academy, Sir Baghi is finally enjoying an ...

If you enjoyed Mohammed Hanif’s A Case of Exploding Mangoes, it will have prepared you for another scathing satire from the Pakistani novelist on the senselessness of war, the hypocrisy of those who ...

Mohammed Hanif was born in Okara, Pakistan. After leaving the Pakistan Air Force Academy to pursue a career in journalism, he worked for Newsline and The Washington Post and in 1996 moved to London to ...