TO GO WITH "LIFESTYLE-PAKISTAN-DANCE" by

TO GO WITH "LIFESTYLE-PAKISTAN-DANCE" by Hasan Mansoor This picture taken on June 5, 2008, shows Sakina (C) a student of Sadia Khan (unseen), a skilled performer of Kathak dance, during a practice session in a Karachi's posh Clifton neighbourhood. Khan is one of a handful of instructors who are trying to keep the classical dance form alive in the conservative Muslim country, where some clerics have deemed its twirling, fast footwork and expressive storytelling as un-Islamic. AFP PHOTO/ Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP via Getty Images)