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 [...]
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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 »
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 [...]
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, [...]
My Blog: Fighting for the white stripe
Posted in Human Rights, intolerance, Islam, Pakistani Politics, PPP, Religious parties, Salmaan Taseer, tagged asif ali zardari, extremism, intolerance, pakistan, pakistan politics, peoples party, ppp, salmaan taseer, Salmaan Taseer murder, war on terror on February 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fighting for the white stripe Sher Khan January 17, 2011 On August 11, 1947, the country’s first Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan unveiled the new Pakistani flag – an all-green Muslim League flag with a slight alteration. It included a white stripe that the then prime minister in his address went on to say provided [...]
Viewpoint: The State and Human Rights
Posted in Christian rights, Extremism, Human Rights, intolerance, tagged Ali Dayan, christians, civil society, extremism, federal sharia court, government, HRW, human rights, Human Rights Watch, intolerance, islam, Khaled Ahmed, minorities, nawaz sharif, pakistan, pakistan politics, Sharia, taliban, women's harassment bill, women's rights Pakistan, zardari on February 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Lack of space For years the general belief was that extremism had always been in the shadows more as minority phenomenon because they had never won any of the few elections that have been held. This has changed with the advent of media in Pakistan Sher Ali Khan Human Rights is a pretentious issue [...]
Many Christians miss a ‘tolerant’ Lahore
Posted in Christian rights, Express Tribune, Extremism, Human Rights, intolerance, tagged christian rights, christians, civil society, militants, pakistan, pakistan politics, peter jacob, rana sanaualla, shabahaz sharif, women's rights Pakistan on January 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Many Christians miss a ‘tolerant’ Lahore We are scaring our minorities. God will not spare us SHER KHAN LAHORE: After the killing of former governor Salmaan Taseer and the ensuing protests, Lahore’s Christian community finds itself in a quandary. Nervous about their status in the city, many Christians, The Express Tribune spoke with are lying [...]
Year of deficits and extremism-Khaled Ahmed TFT article
Posted in baloch, Extremism, intolerance, MQM, Pakhtun, PPP, The Friday Times, tagged army, asif ali zardari, baloch, corruption, Imran Khan, mqm, pakhtun, pakistan, peoples party, pervez musharaf, pml-n, war on terror, women's rights Pakistan, xenophobia, zardari on January 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Year of deficits and extremism Khaled Ahmed Xenophobia growing out of religious emotions will convince the world that helping Pakistan will actually harm it, which in turn will destroy Pakistan Army’s thesis that the world needs Pakistan more than Pakistan needs the world In the coming months, Pakistan will see the consequences of [...]
