Month: November 2007
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Aik Mehkoom Apney Neem Hakeem Se
Guest Post Sophia Ali Does anyone remember the incomparable Malika Pukhraj singing “Abhi to main Jawan hoon”? I have evoked Hafeez Jalandhari sahib’s hypnotic cadences with a dash of black humour and a burning question about missing Pakistanis. I use the word Hakeem on purpose rather than Hakim to denote the self appointed Dictator/Doctor of…
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Humor: Streaking in Rawalpindi
My friend just saw a man in his underwear running frantically from the army house towards the Presidency followed by a brigade of SSG Commandos !!!
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Petition for travel restrictions on Musharraf regime
Just Denied and Pakistani doctors in the UK has created a petition which asks the British government and the European Commission to enforce a travel ban on Musharraf, his cabinet ministers, official advisers and army generals supporting him, until they withdraw the emergency rules and restore the constitution and civil rights. The petition reads We,…
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Watch Live with Talat
PART 1 PART 2 PART 3
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Tortured & Terrorised but Not Silenced
Watch the video of Muneer Malik speaking from his bed in PIMS [link]
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Peace Initiative Pictures
Google Picasa Album – Peace Initiative [link]
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Update – Peace Initiative is back ON after negotiations
The Peace Initiative which was just being threatened an hour ago by the Police is Back ON as scheduled courtesy the efforts of as Mir Ibrahim (Geo owner) who was able to negotiate a settlement with the authorities, please we all must remember that this is a peaceful initiative and we are not in any…
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Peace Initiative threatened by Police
Today’s Peace Initiative event by the citizens of Karachi has come under threat from the administration, the police have categorically said “We will come and smash everything and arrest everyone there”. While Geo which was helping orchestrate all this is saying that “this is far too much responsibility” we also don’t want to put people…
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Protest in Pictures – 3
Other Protest in Pictures can be found at [link] & [link] Previous Protests in Pictures: [1], [2]
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This Grain Of Truth – A tribute to Muneer Malik
Guest post by Sophia Ali An immeasurable wave of rage and pride rises up in me every time I watch the video of Muneer Malik speaking from his hospital bed. Here is a Pakistani hero whose voice was tortured to a whisper, yet they couldn’t subdue the volume of his incredible spirit, a radiance that…
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Free Muneer Malik
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Hall of Fame – Sindh High Court Non-PCO Judges
We salute our hero’s
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Citizens delegation meets non-PCO judges of the Sindh High Court
Report prepared by People’s Resistance Judges of Sind High Court who did not take oath under the PCO of Nov 3 were surprised when they gathered for dinner at one of their homes, where a large delegation of ordinary citizens — students, businessmen, accountants, corporate executives, journalists, and activists were waiting with flowers and cake…
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Imran Khan refuses to contest elections under Martial Law
Coming through a number of sources, the PTI leadership is said to have refused to file election papers for the upcoming elections on the grounds that it is a farce and far from being fair and independent being orchestrated by a Martial Law administrator simply to enable him to get a life extension from the…
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Peace Initiative for Judiciary & Media