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 [...]
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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 »
Book review: The State of Islam – Red, green and white
Posted in Anti-Americanism, corruption, Culture and Arts, Express Tribune, Extremism, intolerance, Islam, issue, The express tribune, tagged dictatorship, liberalism, pakistan, rise of Islam, Saadia Toor, The state of Islam on January 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday Magazine Feature By Sher Khan Published: January 22, 2012 The State of Islam is a seminal study on the cultural war that took place in Pakistan following the country’s independence. In this book Toor attempts to change the narrowly defined popular perceptions regarding nationalism, Islam and the concept of the state. In modern-day academics, [...]
Issue: Revisiting the Asghar Khan case and Cowasjee’s revelations
Posted in corruption, General Politics, issue, tagged Asghar Khan case, Imran Khan, nawaz sharif, pakistan, Pakistan corruption, Supreme court of Pakistan on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Cowasjee who has been known for some his brilliant columns. Here highlights the details of who profited mehran bank scandal. It will be interesting to see how the polity reacts to the Supreme Court’s decision to take up this petition. As for punishment everything must be done within the ambit of the law. Politicization of [...]
