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An obituary: Aamir Liaquat departs

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By Rizwan K. Qalandar Aamir Liaquat was an enigma. I saw him live first time showering praises on MQM supremo at an event to celebrate the birthday of Altaf Bhai in early 2000s at Baagh-i-Jinnah in Karachi. This was Musharraf era when he had handed over Karachi to MQM while Aamir Liaquat was active in politics with them. He was …

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Aijaz Ahmad, a Marxist philosopher passes away

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March 10, 2022
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News Desk Aijaz Ahmad, a world-renowned Marxist philosopher and political commentator, passed away at his California residence on Tuesday (March 9). He was hospitalised for age-related ailments and had returned home only a few days ago.  Aijaz Ahmad was a literary theorist and in 2017 joined Irvine School of Humanities at California University where he served as a Professor in the Department …

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M.Ziauddin — the last of the Mohicans

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November 30, 2021
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Ziauddin sahib has managed the nearly impossible: to maintain a blemish-free record throughout despite skirmishes with the high and mighty, including the once all-powerful General Pervez Musharraf

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Kamla and Rubina: the fearless feminists

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October 5, 2021
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Kamla and Rubina were not the ones to sit quietly when at least one billion women around the world suffer violence every year, hence the campaign One Billion Rising. They wanted our women to say ‘enough is enough and rise with one voice against gender-based crimes,

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Obituary: Professor Georg Buddruss — an embodiment of scholarly commitment

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August 19, 2021
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Prof Georg Buddruss

By Aziz Ali Dad I just received sad news from Germany that Professor Dr Georg Buddruss an internationally acclaimed scholar on High Asia, linguist and specialist inIndian languages breathed his last in Mainz, Germany on August 13, 2021, at the age of 91. He was a great scholar on Nuristani and Dardic languages in northern Pakistan. Dr Buddruss was among …

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Obituary: Agha Yahya

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April 17, 2021
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by Zameer Abbas In the spring of 2009, Syed Yahya Shah came to see me, a budding government official, in Gilgit. We were working on his citation for a certain award. Our first meeting panned out to much more than the award recommendation. He talked about sectarianism and the narrow interpretation of Islam for nominal gains by the clergy. Gilgit …

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Remembering Hamza Alavi: Interpreting Pakistan, changing the world

By thehighasia
April 13, 2021
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Raza Naeem’s tribute to Pakistan’s best-known Marxist, scholar, author and activist on his birth centenary marked on April 10. Stop all the clocks … let the mourners come.— W.H. Auden by Raza Naeem While the world-renowned Marxist sociologist does not need an introduction here in South Asia, my reflections here will chiefly consist of my memories of my lone meeting …

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OBITUARY: Farjad Hussain (1988-2020)

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May 27, 2020
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  Progressive Youth Movement Gilgit-Baltistan (PYMGB) has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic death of Farjad Hussain an activist. In a condolence message, the youth organisation stated: “We are devastated and drowned in grief to share the news of Farjad Hussain’s murder, a friend, a comrade and a brave son of Naltar Valley of Gilgit-Baltistan. “In a short meaningful life, Farjad …

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Adieu comrade Chaudhry Fateh Muhammad

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May 27, 2020
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AWP observes two-day mourning. CPIM, PWA, PMA and others pay homage to the oldest beacon of Left Movement by Herald Special Correspondent TOBA TEK SINGH/Islamabad: Veteran socialist leader and founding member of the Awami Workers Party Chaudhry Fateh Mohammed, the oldest beacon of Left and peasant movement goes out. Draped in the party’s red and white flag, he was laid to …

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A musical tribute to climber duo who died on Nanga Parbat

By thehighasia
May 12, 2020
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Herald Report An Italian hard rock ballad has penned a song to in memory of two young climbers who met a tragic death while pursuing their passion on one of the 14 high mountains in the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan region. The tragic end of Italian climber Daniele Nardi and his British colleague Tom Ballard during an ascent on the most difficult …

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Irrfan Khan: a powerhouse talent gone too soon

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April 29, 2020
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He was one of Indian cinema’s finest actors and among its most successful exports to Hollywood. He had only just begun, writes Nandini Ramnath.   News Desk Irfan Khan (1967-2020), one of the acclaimed and finest actors of Indian cinema died in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 53. A veteran of nearly 80 films, Irrfan almost gave up acting in his …

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Sacred savagery

By thehighasia
April 13, 2020
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Ismat Shahjehan, president Women Democratic Front holding Mashal Khan’s portrait and other activists at the Student Solidarity March at Islamabad on Friday.–Photo by PrSF by Waseem Altaf   Mashal Khan was my friend on Facebook and would often ask me to recommend him books for reading. He was lynched to death by a group of religious fanatics on this day …

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Politics of the Left in Pakistan

By thehighasia
March 1, 2020
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  by Farhatullah Babar   The death of comrade Dr Yasrab Tanvir Gondal, popularly known as Lal Khan for his Marxist views, last Friday is an occasion to reflect on the politics of the Left in Pakistan. Son of an army colonel from Chakwal, Lal Khan was the author of over a dozen books. including Partition – Can it be Undone? He was …

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Tabla legend Ustad Ajmal is no more

By thehighasia
December 15, 2019
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He played tabla with Noor Jahan, Mehdi Hassan Khan, Ghulam Ali, Ghulam Abbas and many more.

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Slain Naqeeb’s father loses battle to cancer, system

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December 2, 2019
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Herald Report   Naqeeebullah Mehsud’s father, Muhammad Khan Mehsud, lost his battle to cancer and the system on Monday morning without seeing justice for his son who was killed in a staged encounter by Rao Anwar in January 2018 in Karachi. The Sindh High Court had indicted the former Senior Superintendent of Police for his involvement in the murder of …

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