Month: November 2007
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Radio Opensource Interviews Omer Alvie
Christopher Lydon of Radio Open Source has just interviewed Omer Alvie, a well known Pakistani blogger who blogs at The Olive Ream and a very passionate Pakistani like many of us. He has a knack of interspersing humor into his writings on his blog that one often wonders where does he come up with all…
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Political Humor on Pakistan
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Asia Society Discussion : Musharraf Government Makes Its Case
On Nov 8 the Asia Society held a Town Hall meeting where discussed the Martial Law in Pakistan, it had a number of panelist from Asma Jahangir, Ayaz Amir to Najam Sethi, for a real thought provoking and interesting discussion, anyone who missed the show can listen to the entire recording online on Asia Society’s…
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Geo Back on Air, but local cable network still Blocking the transmission
Reports are coming in that the Dubai Media City had agreed to lift ban on the broadcasts from the midnight of 29th November. However the ban inside Pakistan, through the cable systems continues. Geo had earlier moved the Sindh High Court where the Pakistani government took the position that they are not aware of any…
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Protest in Pictures – 4
Previous Protests in Pictures: [1], [2], [3]
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Musharraf sheds his Uniform for the Sherwani
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People’s Resistance Media Brief – 29th Nov 2007
People’s Resistance has issued a Media brief – a shortened summary for all the news and information happening in the political arena of Pakistan. Download the PDF version of the People’s Resistance Media Brief
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APDM Boycotts Elections
Reports are coming in that APDM has resolved to boycott the elections – this is a good move on behalf of the opposition and must be hailed widely. The pressure will now be on Musharraf to somehow try to salvage the his notion of Free and Fair elections. It must be remembered that a proper…
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Doctors for Democracy refused to meet visiting ‘Special Envoys’ at NY Consulate
Received via the Association of Pakistani Professional network Dear Consul General of Pakistan, Thank you for your invitation to attend a briefing and dinner on November 29th, 2007. Our understanding is that the representatives of the current government in Pakistan will be present in this briefing. Considering the representation of a regime which has trampled…
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Nov 29th – The Dawn of a Banana Republic
Originally Uploaded by Abro at Flickr
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Student Action Committee Lahore urges for an Election Boycott
Emergency Times has published a letter from the Student Action Committee in Lahore urging the political parties to boycott the elections To the leadership of the APDM, PML-N, PPP and PTI, The students of over 15 universities and institutes of Lahore have united to form the Student Action Committee, Lahore. We are also collaborating with…
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Political Cartoons from Pakistani Press
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Muneer Malik shifted to SIUT, Karachi
It is being reported by a representative of HRCP in Karachi that Muneer A Malik has been shifted to SIUT in Karachi. Considering his critical condition where he had renal issues I hope the doctors can help him recover to be able to face these crooks in Pakistan. The People’s Resistance group is coordinating an…
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Boycott Elections Campaign – PML-N & PPP leadership contacts
On a number of mailing lists there is a extensive list being circulated which has the contact numbers of a number of top PML-N Leadership and their contact details. It can be found at Thought Stream, the best way to get their attention is to send an SMS to their cell phone numbers or better…
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The Real News: Musharaff loses uniform, stays in power
The Real News network talks to Beena Sarwar about the recent move by Musharraf to shed his unifrom, and simply said Musharaff’s actions are symbolic, it’s a martial law in disguise [link]