By Sher Khan Published: May 18, 2012 LAHORE: Noori is one band in Pakistan that promises to give their fans a new flavour each time they come back to music. The band has certainly come a long way since the success of Suno Ke Main Houn Jawan, their debut album which was released in 2003. Despite their [...]
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Noori goes live Noori goes live Music: Noori goes live
Posted in Express Tribune, music, music report, tagged ali hamza, ali noor, celebrities, entertainment, Express Tribune, live album, music, Noori, noori Live at the Musicarium, pakistani rock, rock musician, sher khan on May 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Musicbox360: It’s a virtual world after all
Posted in Culture and Arts, Express Tribune, lahore, music, music report, The express tribune, tagged berthold auerbach, fire records, german novelist, international limelight, music washes, Musicbox360, Online music Pakistan, serial entrepreneur, sher khan, shoaeb shams on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Sher Khan Published: January 24, 2012 LAHORE: “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” (German novelist, Berthold Auerbach). If that is true, soothing and relaxing music is the need of the day in the times we’re living in. Hence, the launch of a new online music portal is a timely [...]
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, [...]
culture: Do not judge: Pitch Black Ink Tattoos
Posted in Culture and Arts, Express Tribune, The express tribune, tagged army, pakistan, pakistan army, pakistani tattoos, tattoos lahore on January 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
By Sher Khan Published: January 20, 2012 LAHORE: Across the famed Al Fatah shopping centre in Defence, Lahore, a neon sign reads “Do not judge”. The bright light indicates the opening of Pitch Black Ink, a tattoo and piercing studio, which hopes to cater to those interested in body adornment. Tattoos, which have been an [...]
My Report: City to get a bone marrow transplant facility
Posted in Bone marrow Transplant, Express Tribune, healthcare pakistan, tagged ammara farooq malik, Bone marrow, dr tahir shamsi, healthcare pakistan, lahore, seplaa on February 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
City to get a bone marrow transplant facility By Sher Khan Published: February 12, 2011 Daughter’s ordeal inspires a mother. LAHORE: The city will soon get a bone marrow transplant centre of its own, the very first in the province. Maybe as early as September, if things go according to plans. The Seeds of Education, [...]
