Mohammed Hanif is a British-Pakistani writer and journalist celebrated for his sharp wit and fearless storytelling. A graduate of the Pakistan Air Force Academy and the University of East Anglia, he left a career as a pilot officer to pursue journalism, later working for Newsline, The Washington Post, and the BBC, where he also headed the Urdu service. His debut novel A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) won the Commonwealth Book Prize for Best First Book and the Shakti Bhatt Prize, while his later works Our Lady of Alice Bhatti and Red Birds further established him as a major voice in South Asian literature. Hanif has also written plays, radio dramas, and the film The Long Night. Known for blending dark humor with political critique, he remains a powerful cultural commentator, unafraid to challenge authority—as seen in his recent return of Pakistan’s Sitara-e-Imtiaz in protest against state persecution of the Baloch people.