Category: CrisisPk
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PR Call for protest in Karachi in solidarity with activists in Islamabad
Email received on the People’s Resistance network I’m sure you are all aware of the cowardly and brutal measures taken by the police in Islamabad to stop the lawyers and activists for reaching the home of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. If lathi charge and arrests weren’t enough, this time the state used water canons…
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Brave Citizens confront water cannons & tear gas in Islamabad
Macleans Canada Reports: Police using tear gas and water cannons clashed today with hundreds of lawyers to block them from reaching the barricaded house of Pakistan’s deposed chief justice. About 1,500 black-suited lawyers marched on the residence of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the detained top judge of the Supreme Court, who was fired by President Pervez…
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Email from Islamabad about the assault on Civil Society
Report / email from Urooj Zia a People’s Resistance activist who was in Islamabad for the protests Friends from Islamabad and those from Karachi who went to Islamabad for the protest. I can still taste the friggin’ teargas, and the place where a stone lobbed by the policemen hit me on my hipbone. And the…
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Update @ 2200: The police were brutal, today
Courtesy FASTRising @ 2018 Police is extremely aggressive today, visiting hospitals and arresting activists, who are trying to get treatment there. Athar Minallah (spokesperson of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry) has also been arrested. At least one activist has been taken to emergency after police torture. Iqbal Bali (age: 65+), a veteran activist, is still missing.…
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Update @ 2010: Initial reports from the Hum Logge Solidarity Rally in Islamabad
Sketchy details coming in from Islamabad: If anyone wishes to show solidarity with those injured and affected by the police attack can reach Aitzaz Ahsan’s residence in Islamabad. The rally was stopped by a very large posse of police (over 1000). Barbed wire was laid out on way leading to Aitzaz’s residence. As the group…
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Hum Logge Solidarity Rally in Islamabad Tear gassed & Arrests
The Hum Logge Solidarity Rally that was scheduled to be held in Islamabad today was heavily tear gassed and arrests have been made. Initial reports indicate that Athar Minallah and Tahira have been arrested. The tear gassing has stopped for a little while, updates to soon follow as they come in Details of the planned…
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AAJ TV Blackballed again because of Live with Talat
A day back around 11:30 at night on Feb 6th AAJ TV was suddenly taken off the air in the regions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and according to AAJ it was blocked up to Chakwal 60 km away. Live with Talat was due to air a discussion with Nusrat Javeed while some sources say that…
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Scotland Yard – BB’s death from Shockwave NOT bullet
Well the news is making its rounds across the country that Scotland Yard has submitted a report that BB was killed by the shock wave from the bomb blast and not from a bullet [link]. It apparently seem to follow exactly in line with what the Government tried its best to pitch to the country…
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People’s Resistance Street Theater – Pictures
This Sunday a few members of the People’s Resistance held a street theater at Sea View Karachi which was a tremendous success. The pictures are as follows Link to the previous Street Theater
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Pakistan pushing out IRI Election Observers
In what continues to be trumpeted as a free and fair elections it seems the Government of Pakistan is keen to push out International Republican Institute (IRI) from properly monitoring the elections. IRI is a U.S. democracy-building institute funded by the US Congress and it has come on record to say that it is being…
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Zero Fervor for Elections
By Farooq Tariq spokesperson for the Labour Party Pakistan Thirteen days to go and yet there is no election excitement. There are no street corner meetings or large-scale public rallies. The main leadership of those parties participating in the elections plan no national tours. It could be the most colorless election in the history of…
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Pakistan’s Forgotten Man
By Aitzaz Ahsan for Newsweek February 11, 2008 In the past months, as the crisis in Pakistan has worsened, key figures in the Bush administration, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, have spoken out about the need for free and fair elections and have condemned extremism. Yet they’ve continued through-out to support the man who…
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Ali Ahmad Kurd re-detained for 30 days
Pakistani authorities have yet again detained Ali Ahmed Kurd only after releasing the lawyer jsut a few days ago. Ali Ahmad Kurd was first held in November when President Musharraf imposed emergency rule. He was released last week but has now been detained again. “Mr Kurd was trying to leave Quetta. He has been served…
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The Youth Revolution in Pakistan
I share with you an email written by Masood Sharif Khan Khattak who discusses the youth revolution in Pakistan following the ordeal faced by a few young activists of Student Action Committee in Lahore Assalam Alaikum All, The younger generation of Pakistan gives me a lot of hope that all may not be lost as…
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With extreme prejudice?
A volunteer from the Student Action Committee writes on the SAC Lahore incident based on narratives by the SAC Lahore activist who were roughed up in Punjab College On two consecutive days, 1st and 2nd February, the staff (security personnel as well as faculty members) of Punjab College, Muslim Town have tried to deny the…