Controversial Canadian-Pakistani Columnist and Author Tarek Fatah passes away at 73

Tarak Fatah: Noted Canadian-based Pakistani novelist and writer Tarek Fatah lost his fight with illness today, according to his daughter Natasha Fatah. He was 73.

Fatah began his media career as a reporter for the Karachi Sun

Natasha Fatah Tweeted, "Lion of Punjab. Son of Hindustan. Lover of Canada. Speaker of truth. Fighter for justice. Voice of the down-trodden, underdogs, and the oppressed. Tarek Fatah has passed the baton on… his revolution will continue with all who knew and loved him. Will you join us? 1949-2023." For his support of LGBT rights and resistance to sharia law, Fatah was well-known. He identified as a "Punjabi born into Islam" and a "Indian born in Pakistan". He was a strong opponent of Pakistan's political and religious establishment and even spoke out against India's division. In 1970, Fatah began his media career as a reporter for the Karachi Sun. However, the Zia-ul-Haq administration later accused him of sedition and expelled him from the profession in 1977. He lived in Saudi Arabia for a while before relocating to Canada in 1987. It should be emphasised that on April 21, there were erroneous claims that Fatah had passed away.

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Natasha Tweet on Tarek Fatah

Natasha tweeted on Sunday about spending a "slow Sunday" with her father, "listening to old Bollywood songs," and their "common love for Mother India." "Listening to old Bollywood songs and I’m wearing orange for our shared love for Mother India. And a hit of red for our adopted and adored home Canada," she added.

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