Archive for May, 2009

Women to Reclaim Public Spaces – A Seminar by WAF

A Programme of Defiance & Resistance by the Womens Action Forum Karachi Press Club 8th May, 2009, 5:30 – 7:30pm Womens Action Forums invites you to a programme highlighting the implications of Talibanisation for women, artists, and minorities in particular, and to our country in general. The Talibans have created terror through slaughtering of people, [...]


The Taliban’s Atomic Threat: John Bolton’s Fear Mongering

Afghanistan is not a nuclear power. Yet the alleged conspirators of 9/11 emerged from there.


What is happening in Buner

This email was submitted by Zia ur Rehman on the Peoples Resistance mailing list I noticed some news from the inhabitants of the Buner who are regularly in touch with their families via phones. The military is targeting the civilian population instead of hideout of the militants which resulted the casualties more than 100. The [...]


Imran Khan banned from Sindh again for the 4th time

Imran Khan was scheduled to arrive in Karachi today aboard a PIA flight from Lahore – but it seems that the Sindh Government feels that he is unwelcome. Protests by PTI workers are being held on Shahrah-e-Faisal and the members are heading towards Karachi Press Club to show their protests. The question is that why [...]


Why is the entire Ruling Elite scared of Imran Khan?

Ruling Elite is not scared of Imran Khan but they are scared of the symbol that Imran khan is carrying; what is this symbol? Let\’s dig into it. Ruling Elite has ruled us for sixty odd years but they were never so scared from anyone on this earth so far. Even they sold very successfully [...]


Update: Detained Pakistani Students at Manchester

Guest Blog by Amjad Malik, barrister representing the detained Pakistani students in Manchester I was asked by Pakistan High Commission to represent 4 out of 10 Pakistani national students currently detained at Manchester prison who are threatened of deportation on national security grounds. They are being deported on grounds of posing threat to national security [...]