Author: ange
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Update 1600: Bomb goes off in Peshawar
News tickers via Geo TV: A loud explosion was heard in Peshawar a few minutes ago and initial reports via SMS indicate that 4 people have been in killed in the bomb blast. Geo TV journalist (stated that a MPA peer), Mohammad Khan, is among those who have been injured. Federal Minister, Ameer Muqam is…
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Update @ 1520: Rubber bullets fired at demonstrators in Rawalpindi
Just received the following via SMS (although cell phone voice reception has been disrupted by the jammers, the text messaging service is functional): Benazir Bhutto is trying to reach Liaquat Bagh while Pakistani security forces have fired rubber bullets at demonstrators in Rawalpindi where a peace rally is being held today by the PPP (Pakistan…
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Update @ 1400: Benazir Bhutto comes out of her house
Via SMS, just hours before Benazir Bhutto was set to start off her party’s peace rally, she was detained and placed under house arrest at the Zardari house in Islamabad: Despite Pakistani security forces surrounding her house, Bhutto has just stepped out of the house and police have led her to a nearby waiting car.…
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Update @ 1330: Peace rallies for Pakistan in Montreal & Chicago today
Via the comments’ section of this blog from a student at McGill University in Canada and Malik at PakAlert in the US on details of the peace rallies being staged today at Pakistan Consulates in Chicago and Montreal: People in Montreal are invited to demonstrate this Friday, November 9th in front of the Pakistan General…
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Update @ 1240: Benazir Bhutto detained, HRCP website blocked
I’ve just received a SMS from Doc that Benazir Bhutto has been detained at her residence in Islamabad while one of the activists on the ground in Pakistan sent in a message via Skype, stating that the HRCP (Human Rights Commission Pakistan) website has been blocked in Pakistan by the PTA (Pakistan Telecommunications Authority). For…
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Update @ 1018: Sindh Democratic Forum encourages united peace rallies
The following signed statement was received from the SDF (Sindh Democratic Forum) via the HRCP and calls on everyone to unite when rallying for a democratic Pakistan peacefully: The members of Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) have expressed their deep shock and strong condemnation at the imposition of Martial Law in the country. It is a…
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Update @ 0944: CEO of Geo TV sends message on extent of media clampdown
The following comes in, via a Facebook e-mail exchange, from Mir Ibrahim Rahman who is the CEO of Geo TV in Pakistan, a channel which has been blocked by the Pakistani government who has also begun talks with foreign governments to have the channel’s transmission blocked overseas. In his message, Mir, states that he is…
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Update @ 0912: SAFMA call on Pakistan Government to release media personalities
The following statement from the SAFMA (South Asian Free Media Association) was forwarded in to us by the AHRC (Asian Human Rights Commission), calling on the Government of Pakistan to release all detained journalists and media personnel, including the SAFMA founding Secretary General — Imtiaz Alam: The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) is shocked…
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Update @ 0020: New ammendment to Pakistani Army act
According to sources within the Pakistani security forces, amendments have been made to the Army act of 1952 and any civilian can be arrested under the act and tried in military courts while hoarders and profiteers are to be tried in special courts. The revised act also states that attacks on armed forces is now…
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Update @ 2314: Peace rally at Pakistan Consulate in Toronto tomorrow
Barrister Hamid Bashani Khan who is a member of the convening committee of the SAPF (South Asia Peoples Forum in Toronto and a Solicitor & Notary public at the Superior Court of justice, Supreme Court and Federal Court of Canada e-mailed us the following details: The SAPF has announced that it will organize a…
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Update @ 1905: Asma Jahngir appeals for support to lawyers and judges in Pakistan
The following e-mail was just sent in to us from Asma Jahngir (Chairperson of HRCP), appealing for support to members of the judiciary in Pakistan who have been attacked and arrested alongside scores of lawyers who have been disappearing after being detained and arrested at peace rallies over the last few days: I am fortunate…
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Update @ 1845: Musharaff gives press statement on elections
Musharaff just gave out a press statement on elections, his removal of uniform and the selection of an election date, which is being streamed in by ARYOne TV: We must understand why it’s like this, because there are provincial assemblies, one of them completing on the 24th of November, another on the 28th of November…
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Update @ 1600: PTI Information Secretary sends activism message for students
As Pakistani security forces prepare to clampdown on new rallies today, I spoke to the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf — Imran Khan’s political party) Information Secretary — Akhbar Barbar, via phone, who sends out the following message to students organizing and attending peace rallies, while also echoing Shabhaz Sharif’s call last night, for students to rally…
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Update @ 0015: Shahbaz Sharif urges students – rally peacefully
I have just got off the phone with Nawaz Sharif’s younger brother in the UK — Shahbaz Sharif, who gave out important advice for students and asked for the following message to be sent out to all students in Pakistan and overseas who are attending rallies, that they must remain peaceful and keep rallies non-violent:…
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Update @ 0515: Rally at university in Lahore today
The following information on the rally being organized by university students in Lahore today afternoon, came in via email from the Student Council at LUMS: The students at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) in Pakistan are holding a peaceful rally today at 1300 (Pakistan Standard Time) inside the gates. We are expecting hundreds of…