Month: November 2007
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Update @ 1633: I need to stay in Power, Musharraf tells Sky News
President General Pervaiz Musharraf gave an interview to Sky’s Asia correspondent Alex Crawford today in response to the recent arrest of Imran Khan in Lahore, during the interview he told Sky News that “I am not a dictator, I want a democracy, the day when there is no turmoil in Pakistan, I will step down.”…
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Update @ 1453: Imran Khan Beaten up and arrested
A number of reports continue to pour in stating that Imran Khan did show up at Punjab University to present himself in the rally scheduled there for today. A group of students belonging to a another political party (Islami jamiat Talaba, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami) colluded with the administration and huddled Imran Khan into their…
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Update @ 1418: IJT clashes with Imran Khan’s posse at PU
Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf chief, Imran Khan, was badly beaten up by the IJT when he tried to surrender at Punjab University, Lahore. [Source: Indus News]
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Update @ 1113: Assault on Protesting Students in Islamabad
A report received via the People’s resistance mailing list from an activist in Islamabad On 12th November, 9 days after an unconstitutional act of emergency was declared, the regime crossed a new threshold by shamelessly attacking, arresting and detaining schoolchildren in Islamabad. A group of students, most of them between 14 and 18 years of…
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Its time for street protests : Imran Khan
Published in DAWN on November 13th By Shehar Bano Khan Looking defiant and all set to mobilise students on the streets on Wednesday (tomorrow) against Gen Musharrafs emergency rule, Pakistan Tereek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan lashes out at the Washington plan of installing its dream team of moderates. Dismissing the election formula for being devised and…
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Update @ 0539: Images from Nov 10th peace rally at Downing Street in London
The following images were sent in to us by the People’s Resistance in London where over 1,000 people rallied last Saturday outside the UK Prime Minister’s residence on Downing Street to demand that Britain uses their influence in Islamabad to pressurize Musharaff to lift his martial law, hold elections, remove media curbs and release all…
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Update @ 0503: Free and Fair Election Network on Elections Under Emergency – An Oxymoron
Via e-mail from the Thematic Group Coordinator — Afreina Noor, at the FAFEN’s (Free and Fair Election Network) Secretariat in Islamabad, who sent in the text of their position paper on Elections Under Emergency – An Oxymoron. FAFEN is a coalition of thirty leading Pakistani civil society organizations and was established in 2006 to observe…
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Update @ 0444: URGENT Notice to rally organizers & participants
We have seen several calls to take children to rallies and demonstrations. We urge every reader to leave children well supervised at home. This is a dangerous practice and should not be done
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Update @ 0319: Peace rally at Pakistan Consulate in New York – Nov 14
Via an e-mail from the South Asian Law Student Association, comprising of students from the CUNY (City University of New York) School of Law, Columbia University, Hunter College and students from New Jersey schools who are holding a student-organized peace rally this week, on November 14th (Wednesday) outside the Consulate General of Pakistan in New…
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Update @ 0230: People’s Resistance Action Update 12th Nov
A number of concerned citizens of Karachi have joined together to form a loosely connected people who have started calling themselves the People’s Resistance, it remains peaceful initiative by civil society to peacefully rally against the recently imposed martial law The flash demonstrations were held at two venues. The first one at the Schoen Circle…
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Update @ 2017: United Teachers’ Forum stage vigil at Karachi University tomorrow
Via e-mail from Dr. Riaz at the University of Karachi: Please join us at a Vigil to show our solidarity with those arrested since November 03, 2007, on Tuesday November 13 (tomorrow), 1pm outside Audio Visual Centre (near the Dean of Art’s Office) at Karachi University which is being organised by United Teachers’ Forum. Everyone…
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Update @ 1709: Rally in front of PEMRA in Karachi
25 people marched from Schon Circle to the PEMRA (Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority) office, where they held a 10 minute protest. This wasn’t a silent rally.
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Update @ 1708: Another bomb blast in Peshawar
At 1600, a bomb exploded in Peshawar, near the old city area . There are no reported casualties.
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Update @ 1655: Flash peace rally in Karachi today
About 20 brave women protested at Schon Circle in Karachi today, despite police presence.
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Update @ 1139: First hand account of leading lawyer jailed at Sabzazar Police station
The following is a first hand account of being jailed at the Sabzazar Police Station, via e-mail coming in from Dr. Parvez Hassan who is an eminent lawyer that was arrested by the Pakistani security forces on November 5: They herded lawyers in the police bus, about 35 of us. I knew nothing about where…