Dera after the deluge Sher Ali Khan reports on the post-flood situation in Dera Ismail Khan Excerpts: Fearful of seeing his family die one by one, Ramzan tied a rope connecting each one of them as part of a security line that would ensure that they would all die together if the situation worsened. By [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Dera after the deluge
Posted in Pakistani Politics, tagged corruption, Dera Ismail Khan, DI Khan, flooding, floods, ICRC, Indus River, maulana fazl ur-rahman, mines, pakistan, war on terror on September 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Long hard path to democracy
Posted in General Politics, tagged 2010 Iraq elections, democracy, Iraq, Iraq and democracy, Iraq War, muqtada al sadr, prime minister nouri al maliki on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Long hard path to democracy The status of democracy in Iraq remains fragile and for the right reasons By Sher Ali Earlier this year, the US Air Force commissioned RAND report titled, The Iraq Effect, explained regional implications of Iraq war by stating, “The war has stalled or reversed the momentum of Arab political reform; [...]
Pakistan’s Police Reforms: Dire Straits
Posted in police reforms, tagged asad jamal, corruption, hrcp, human rights, justice, pakistan, Police reforms on September 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Dire Straits For a vast majority of people in the country, the police represents the only connection with the state, and this had a direct bearing on the general welfare of citizens. SHER ALI KHAN During any dinner table conversation that doesn’t revolve around sports or politics, the topic of the police might come up. [...]
Out of the Closet
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sher Ali Khan Horse racing was made respectable by the Musharraf regime. Why can’t it go international, asks It was Derby season in Lahore, as top riders and owners from all over the country gathered for the 63rd annual Pakistan Derby. Chiffon dopattas, stylish sports coats and classy food set the scene for Pakistan’s thoroughbreds [...]
Player for Peace- The story of Shawn Rae
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sher Ali Khan tells the story of how Shaan Shehryar Khan Rae Zagajadoon transformed himself into the musician Shawn Rae Visiting the Lahore Press Club last week for a press conference hosted by the accomplished dancer Nighat Chaudhry, we were greeted with a banner depicting a man in a turban, the header reading in bold [...]
On Moonlight Nights of Mughal Dehli
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
TFT talks to Yusuf Salahuddin after he attended the famed Jahan-e-Khusrau festival in Delhi Since 2001, the Jahan-e-Khusrau festival has been held in Delhi to commemorate the death anniversary of the famous 13th century Sufi poet Amir Khusrau. This year, Lahore’s culture connoisseur Yusuf Salahuddin, accompanied by Pakistani singer Sanam Marvi, attended this event for [...]
A dismissal foretold
Posted in Pakistani Politics, tagged asif ali zardari, Chief Justice of Pakistan, corruption, fake degrees, government, Imran Khan, musharaf, nawaz sharif, nro, pakistan politics, peoples party, pml-n, politics, Supreme court of Pakistan, zardari on September 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A dismissal foretold Sher Ali Khan The recent show of defiance by former NAB Prosecutor General Irfan Qadir reinforced tensions between the government and the Supreme Court On September 1, 2010, the Apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, ruled that the appointments of both the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) [...]
Loud and clear
Posted in Uncategorized on September 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We face a multiple environment threat unlike Africa where only drought is the major concern By Sher Ali Khan On Thursday September 2nd, President Asif Ali Zardari and famed former American vice-president Al Gore held a telephonic conference discussing the possible linkages of the floods and climate change. In the outcome of the conversation, Al [...]
