By Sher Khan Published: February 19, 2012 Recently in the backdrop of the ‘memogate’ controversy, the honourable apex court hearing a petition regarding the possible removal of the ISI chief and the army chief sought “assurances” from the government that the two would not be removed. Some would think that this is an example of [...]
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View: judicial activism and democracy
Posted in issue, The express tribune, view, tagged Express Tribune, harvard, Imran Khan, independent judiciary, legal studies, owen fiss, PTI, Sher Ali Khan on March 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 [...]
