By Sher Khan Published: February 18, 2012 LAHORE: One look at the Pakistani band Call’s frontman Junaid Khan — It’s pretty obvious that the man was born a performer. With his recent song release “So Close So Distant”, an English rock ballad featuring American singer Jennifer Jandis, Khan has demonstrated vocal versatility. Recently he’s been [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Pashto films: The show must go on
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ajab gul, cinematic legacy, pashto film, pivotal force, preconceived notions, sher khan on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Sher Khan Published: February 16, 2012 LAHORE: The Pashto film industry has matured into a resilient fraternity that aims to dispel preconceived notions of radicalisation and conservatism attached to the Pakhtuns. Despite the security and financial issues bolstered by the Talibans to clog its productivity, the Pashto industry managed to remain an inherent [...]
Theatre: The other side of Faiz
Posted in Culture and Arts, film, theatre, tagged Ajoka, Ajoka Theatre, centennial celebrations, cold war period, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, legendary poet, Madeeha Gauhar, Naeem Tahir, Nighat Chaudary, poetic genius, progressive intellectuals, Rozan-e-Zindan Se, sher khan, Wahab Shah on February 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Sher Khan Published: February 15, 2012 LAHORE: Ajoka Theatre’s latest play, “Rozan-e-Zindan Se”, which premiered on February 13, paid tribute to the legendary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz as part of their centennial celebrations that are taking place across the country to remember the poet. With their 1985 play “Yah pay Sheher Ko Dehko” based [...]
Film: Sim Sim Hamara Breaking into films
Posted in film, theatre, tagged pakistan, rafi peer, sesame street, sesame street movie, Sher Ali Khan, sher khan, sim sim humara on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Sher Khan Published: February 9, 2012 LAHORE: It has been less than a year that the ‘Sim Sim Hamara’ project by the Rafi Peer Theatre Workshop in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) went on air. However, plans of expanding the series into a feature film and radio show are [...]
View: “Mehrangate” is back
Posted in corruption, issue, Pakistan, Pakistani Politics, view, tagged Asad Durrani, Asghar Khan case, Chief Justice of Pakistan, civil-military relationship, Hamid Gul, ISI, nawaz sharif, pakistan, pakistan army, Pakistan peoples party, pakistan politics, pml-n, PTI, Sher Ali Khan, sher khan on February 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sher Ali Khan As hype around the “Memogate” simmers, the Supreme Court has created noise again by announcing that they would be re-opening the “Mehrangate” case. Asghar Khan’s sixteen-year old petition, which calls for punishment against all those parties who have received funds from the ISI, gives insight into what extent the “establishment” has controlled [...]
Iftikhar Nasim: Through the looking glass
Posted in children, Culture and Arts, Express Tribune, Famous People, Human Rights, intolerance, issue, lahore, Pakistan, The express tribune, tagged activist, anniversary event, charitable ventures, gay, gay poet, homosexual, homosexual activist, homosexual poetry, Iftikhar Nasim, Pakistani-American, poetry, sher khan, ups and downs on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Nar Naman highlights the ups and downs of homosexual poet Iftikhar Nasim’s life. By Sher Khan Published: February 6, 2012 LAHORE: “He loved to be in the limelight. I recall calling him when I had just reached America and he told me to call him later because he was too busy enjoying a margarita [...]
Rise of the Oppressed: The one to watch
Posted in Anti-Americanism, Culture and Arts, Express Tribune, intolerance, issue, lahore, Progressive work, Salmaan Taseer, The express tribune, tagged Ammar Aziz, berlin international film festival, communist pakistan, fall of the berlin wall, international film festival, laal band, labour education, liberal activist, liberal fascist, marxism, marxist activist, sher khan on February 6, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Rise of the Oppressed: The one to watch Film-maker Ammar Aziz’s documentary lands him at the Berlinale Talent Campus. By Sher Khan Published: February 3, 2012 LAHORE: Singer, film-maker and Marxist activist Ammar Aziz was recently included in the Christian Science Monitor’s ‘30 under 30’ list and was the only Pakistani amongst 4,300 applicants [...]
