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Category: CrisisPk

  • When will the Heavens Fall

    Guest Post by Naeem Sadiq “It only pertained to five women. The media gave the matter such a colour as if heavens have fallen.” ~ Jan Mohammad Jamali, Acting Chairman of the Senate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. How does Jan Mohammad Jamali know if the heavens chose to fall or not. Surely the…

  • Musharraf – Saved By the CIA and Zardari?

    Guest Post by Hassan Abbas The world is abuzz with news about the impending impeachment of General Musharraf . Pakistan’s ruling coalition goes around with broad smiles, oozing confidence about the outcome of their efforts. Even the vibes coming from Washington which has so often affected the fate of Pakistani governments seems to be supportive…

  • Dilemma faced by Pakistani Government

    By Abdul Azeem This post is a reaction to the article “Pakistan: Negligent on Terror?”, published in TIME on 30th June. TIME: It’s almost like a bad joke. A bus driver, a ski lift operator and a gym rat have turned the Islamic world’s only nuclear-armed nation upside down. On Saturday Pakistani forces chased militants…

  • Pakistan; The Ongoing “Soft Revolution” towards a “Welfare State” – Part II

    Guest Post by Silence Part I of this series can be read here The first Cultural Revolution in history of sub-continent was the Sufi movement, from the 13th century A.D. Sufism increasingly attracted the creative social and intellectual energies within the community and with the passage of time it acquired new dimensions and began to…

  • Long March and… a new generation learns to Mobilize

    Burhan and Riaz Ahmed International Socailists of Pakistan History made an entire cross section of civil society of Pakistan learned and transformed from its own struggle against rules from above. Long march ended today at 6 am with thousands of agitators sending a strong message to those in corridor of power that they know how…

  • Citizen Journalists cover the Long March

    I mentioned a few posts earlier that an initiative has been launched to help cover the Long March procession through its journey from Karachi to Islamabad. The first day I personally reported on the details of the journey from Karachi to Hyderabad and then Sukkur, it was later followed up by frequent SMS and Phone…

  • Dawn Op-Ed: Marching into History by Cyril Almeida

    Published today in the DAWN Op-Ed section by Cyril Almeida Cyril does well to decipher the Constitutional mess being created these days by various individuals in Islamabad, the chaos of the Double A’s, Double B’s, Triple A’s and what not have been deliberately designed to perpetually confuse Pakistanis of their real implication. This article helps…

  • Reached Hyderabad

    The carvan from Karachi has reached Hyderabad Toll Plaza at around 3:00PM and was greeted by a reception by the local PML-N leadership

  • Long March preparation from Karachi

    In the past few days lawyers and civil society activists have been in full swing for the preparations of the Long March to Islamabad. This procession is based on the simple one-point agenda for the unconditional restoration of the independence of Judiciary in Pakistan. A large delegation is expected to leave Karachi on the morning…

  • Explosive Shahid Masood Show exposes Musharraf

    In the recent weeks Dr. Shahid Masood’s Meray Mutabiq Show has been very revealing, barely a week back Dr. Masood had pulled the cart out of the bag when he brought Steel Mills Ex-Chairman to expose the corruption of Shaukat Aziz, but today (June 2nd) he was able to pull yet another cat out of…

  • Musharraf vs Restoration of Judges: Showdown

    An article written by Abbas Kassar in The Pakistan Weekly caught my eye which was titled Musharraf Threatens To Dissolve Assemblies If Judges Restored, it raises some serious concerns about the looming threat wielded by Musharraf and his right to exercise article 58-2(B) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Quite simply utilizing this threat to…

  • Sher Afgan’s counsel denies FIR against lawyers

    It seems a very deliberate plan is under way to implicate lawyers and tarnish their image in the eyes of the public. The embarrassing way Sher Afghan was thrashed in Lahore a few days back could not only be the mastermind of a conspirator trying to make use of the strategic location. Just recently Sher…

  • PEMRA Ord. has expired, no need for repeal Bill in Parliament

    The Minister of Information just recently made an announcement that the PEMRA Ordinance of 2002 which was extensively amended on Nov 3rd is being repealed by floating a Bill in the Parliament. According to a very respected legal council the 10 Amendments made to the PEMRA ordinance on Nov 3rd have duly expired after four…

  • Altaf Hussain Steps Down as MQM Chief

    Don’t know if its good news or bad news but Altaf Hussain Steps Down as MQM Chief He is at the moment addeasing a jalsa on TV right now and is blaming yesterdays riots and the killing of 5 lawyers who were either workers or sympathizers of the party for his resignation Its more then…

  • Karachi Riots: MQM & The Establishment – To Blame

    I would like to share with you an analysis shared by a lawyer who claims that MQM deliberately started the fight and then took the battle onto the streets if Karachi So far as I have been able to ascertain, the turmoil started around 12.00 in the Karachi Bar Association when a group of lawyers…