Month: November 2007
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Update @ 0340: Diwali with Justice Rana Bhagwandas
Apparently some people went and met Justice Bhagwandas’s family in Karachi on the occasion of Diwali, and some also managed to go and express solidarity with him in Islamabad. An Email from Islamabad: Citizens of Islamabad gathered outside Civil Junction to celebrate Diwali in solidarity with the Honourable Justice Rana Bhagwandas, our courageous ‘Prisoner of…
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Update @ 0320: People’s Resistence issues a Statement to Support Judiciary
A group of concerned citizens from the People’s Resistance (umbrella group formed to resist the ’emergency’) have been meeting the non-PCO judges over the last few days to extend solidarity and appreciate their stand. Below please see a summary of the key points that emerged from these meetings Civil society coalition, People’s Resistance, is appalled…
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Update @ 0115: Petition to stop procedings on President’s Election case
A Petition was field today in the Supreme Court by Mr. Wajihuddin Ahmed asking the sitting judges to halt the constitutional petition challenging the validity of the election of the President General Pervaiz Mushrraf for the second term in office. The seven point petition goes to explain a number of unconstitutional steps taken to halt…
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Update @ 0106: DC rally – Hey hey Ho ho, Musharraf has to go!
..is the chant sounding all around the Pakistani embassy today at the peace rally in Washington DC where a lot of lawyers are also seen in the crowd.
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Update @ 0040: Imran Khan vows Protest
Imran Khan has vowed that he continues to lead full-fledged struggle against these recent unconstitutional steps taken by the Government to clamp down on the voice of opposition and he hoped that the youth could be mobilized in this connection. The PTI chief expressed concern that we must prepare for some more unconstitutional steps to…
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Update @ 0026: Petitions signed against martial law at DC protest / Part – 2
There have been numerous speeches. A lot of media presence is here. People are signing petitions against the Martial Law in Pakistan.
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Update @ 0022: Demonstrators increase during DC Protest / Part – 1
There are over 150 people here protesting against the Martial Law in Pakistan. We want civil Law not Martial law is what everyone is on about.
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Update @ 2337: Protest underway in Washington DC right now
DC protest has started successfully. Speeches are being delivered. About 100 people are here. Chants of Musharraf Must Go are all around
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Update @ 2103: Joint Indo-Pak Peace Network call for removal of martial law
The joint Indian-Pakistan Peace Network have issued a statement expressing deep concern about the imposition of emergency in Pakistan: “The Diaspora of India and Pakistan, in particular the citizens of Pakistan living in Canada, are deeply saddened and gravely concerned on the imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan by General Pervez Musharraf. We…
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Update @ 2013: Police raids, more arrests and websites blocked
Via an IPS journalist and one of our SMS reporters on the ground: – The central leader of the Communist Party of Pakistan — Jam Saqi, was away while police raided his house in Hyderababad – A heavy police contingent is visible outside the Karachi Press Club while PPP activists Saeed Boota, Anis Fatima and…
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Update @ 1957: PPP leaders arrested
Via SMS: 200 PPP workers and leaders arrested in Karachi, including Qaim Ali Shah, Raza Rabbani & Yusuf Talpur. Police are reported to begun baton charging.
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Update @ 1107: Footage from the Pakistan peace rally in Paris yesterday
On Saturday, over 100 high-spirited students and members of the Pakistani community in Paris braved cold winds in Paris to demonstrate in favor of the restoration of the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan and the Pakistani lawyers. The student organizers estimate that their rally delivered their message to over 4,000 tourists who had…
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Update @ 0942: National Party’s General Secretary is targeted by Pakistani Government
Via e-mail from Umar Farooq with the People’s Resistance which is a coalition of various organizations, left-wing political parties, NGOs and human rights organizations, labor and trade-union federations, academics, students, and citizens: Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, General Secretary National Party, was sent on judicial remand to Landhi District Jail on November 8, 2007. Since hen…
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Martial Law MythBuster
Myth: Supreme Court was interfering in anti-terror activities and releasing terrorists Myth-Buster: The two Supreme Court Judges who ordered the release of Lal Masjid militants were Justice Khokar and Justice Abbasi – both of whom were administered the PCO and now sit in Musharraf’s PCO Supreme Court Courtesy: Azam & Rai Associates
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Update @ 0049: Support for non-PCO judges under pressure
Via e-mail from Beena on supporting those judges who have not taken oath under the new PCO and are being pressurized by the current regime to do so: Justice (r.) Wajihuddin told some visitors at his Karachi residence on Sunday that the judges are under tremendous pressure to take oath. One of the Sindh High…