This is a collection of editorials and articles written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz, one of Pakistans and South Asias foremost poets and writers, and of interviews with him. The editorials were published in The Pakistan Times, of which Faiz was editor from 1947 to 1951, and reflect his deep insight into the political and social malaise that has gripped Pakistan since Independence. His views and analyses remain pertinent more than forty years on. The collection also includes interviews with Faiz by such leading commentators and columnists as Khalid Hasan, Mukhtar Zaman, and I. A. Rehman.

About the Author / Editor
Faiz Ahmed Faiz was born in Sialkot, Punjab, in 1911. He received an MA in English Literature from Government College, and a Masters degree in Arabic from Oriental College, Lahore. After graduating, he worked as a lecturer at the Hailey College, Lahore, and at the MAO College. In 1947, at the time of Independence, Faiz resigned from the army and moved to Pakistan with his family where he became editor of the leftist English-language daily, The Pakistan Times. He also worked as managing editor of the Urdu daily Imroz, and was actively involved in organizing trade unions. In 1936, Faiz became one of the founders of the Progressive Writers association He also served as Principal, Abdullah Haroon College, Karachi until 1967. He revived Lail-o-Nahar and edited it until 1972. That year he was appointed Director under the Federal Ministry of Culture. When General Ziaul Haq took over the reins of power in Pakistan in a coup in 1979, Faiz went into self-exile in Beirut where he worked as editor of Lotus until his return in 1982. He died in Lahore on 20 November 1984. Faiz was a recipient of the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962.