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Taimur Rahman
تیمور رحمان
Born
(1975-05-27) 27 May 1975 (age 49)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater
Grinnell College University of Sussex SOAS University of London
Occupations
Political activist
academic
musician
Employer(s)
Lahore University of Management Sciences Lahore School of Economics
Title
Secretary-General of the Mazdoor Kisan Party (formerly Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party)
Musical career
Genres
Popular rock
Instrument(s)
Vocals, guitar
Labels
Fire Records (Pakistan)
Musical artist
Taimur Rahman (Urdu/Punjabi: تیمور رحمان) is a Pakistani college professor, political activist and musician who is the Secretary-General of the Mazdoor Kisan Party (MKP), formerly Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party (CMKP). He is the lead guitarist and spokesperson for the progressive music band Laal. He has taught political science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) since 2002. He also taught economics at the Lahore School of Economics from 1998 to 2003.
He is known for his socialist ideologies has been outspoken in his criticism of capitalist exploitation and religious fundamentalism. He is the author of the book The Class Structure of Pakistan published by Oxford University Press. The book argues that Pakistan's framework is based on materialism, and won the Akhtar Hameed Khan Memorial Award for the "best book on Social Sciences" about Pakistan in 2012.[1]
^"AHK Award :: COSS :: Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan". www.cosspak.org. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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