THE author is a veteran journalist of over 46 years' standing in the profession. Born at village Madina of Gujrat district, Pakistan, he did his B.A. from the Zamindar College, Gujrat, in 1943 and M.A. in philosophy from Government College, Lahore, in 1945. He joined the Zamindar College as lecturer in philosophy soon after and left it on the expiry of the contract. After some time, he left for Lahore, where he joined the prestigious daily, The Civil and Military Gazette (now defunct) as a sub-editor. He shifted to The Pakistan Times when the Gazette management changed. He served The Pakistan