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Category: EmergencyPk07

  • Goonj Uthti Hai Des Kay Har Dareechay se

    Guest post by Sophia Ali Goonjh uthti hai des kay har dareechay se Bahar e majma e awaam khilti hai Kheench lo is lamhay ko, waqt kay gariban se Yeh ghari chooti, to phir wapis, laut ke nahin milti hai Har firaun kay din girvein hain Yeh baat tali kab tak? Bol kay ab nahin…

  • People’s Resistance faces Police Resistance

    A flurry of SMS’s were posted on this blog which started of first on that I might actually be arrested by the police and my car impounded and a good 30 or so minutes later I posted that I was free to go credit to some intense on street side negotiations by the men and…

  • Nawaz Sharif’s Return and the Boycott Dilemma

    Its all over the media that Nawaz Shairf has finally landed in Lahore after some serious arm bending negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Musharraf (mind you I use Musharraf as Pakistan does not figure anywhere in this equation). It was basically orchestrated to level the playing field as Benazir was apparently acting too erratic in…

  • Update on Muneer A. Malik’s medical condition – Not Good

    Received on the People’s Resistance network We went to see Muneer A. Malik today, I will also send the photos of the protest we organised outside PIMS. He is in a critical condition. His creatinine level is very high he has undergone a dialysis and a second one is due in about half an hour.…

  • Ek General, saala Ek General – Music

    [audio:General.mp3] Download MP3 (3 MB) Submitted by Salman and we have no clue who is the rapper aka singer (credit will be attributed as soon as I am notified)

  • Missing in Pakistan – Documentary

    A very touching film which must be watched by all alike, it was set to be released on Nov 21st in a viewing at FAST-NU Lahore but the authorities clamped down on this and prevented the viewing. Since then it has moved on to the digital world originally uploaded at [ The Critique Aggregator ]…

  • Goonjh – An Anthem of Freedom dedicated to the People of Pakistan

    Guest post by Sophia Ali My fellow Pakistanis, I am an a poet and artist who left for exile in the eighties after my incorruptible father’s career was destroyed under the rule of our last military dictator, Zia ul Haq. The present events have stirred me to return to Urdu Shairi after a long hiatus.…

  • Update @ 1648: APDM Boycotts Elections – sans JUI

    APDM in full unity has resolved to boycott this sham elections. On a number of grounds of which was the restoration of judiciary to the pre Nov 3rd status was very much highlighted. The insistence of boycotting the elections was strongly tabled by Imran Khan as he felt that the opposition should boycott to expose…

  • Update @ 1502: Muneer Malik dangerously ill, moved to Islamabad

    I just received this email from Barrister Salahuddin Ahmed narrating the seriousness of Muneer Malik’s medical condition while we was jailed up in Attock Jail. It seems to be inhuman that such a respectable person to be treated in such a way, our prayers are with him for a quick and steady recovery. Additionally we…

  • An updated account of the Arrest of Adovcate Athar Minallah

    By Ghazala Minallah w/o Athar Minallah Athar Minallah was arrested on the 21st of Nov. 2007 at approx. 1.30pm .He had been accompanying Retd. Justice Wajiuddin Ahmad the whole of that morning. After the arrival of the judge from Karachi Athar took him to the District courts of Islamabad in the F-8 sector where the…

  • Update @ 1638: SC declare emergency & PCO valid

    Seven-member larger Bench of the Supreme Court (aka Sham Courts) has declared the enforcement of emergency in the country and the issuance of Provisional Constitutional Order (PCO) correct and Judges not taking oath under PCO deposed. It also protected and reinforced President General Pervez Musharraf and all steps taken by him in this regard as…

  • Update @ 1619: Teachers charged with sedition

    In continuation of the attacks on all civil institutions, the illegal and unconstitutional government of Gen. Musharraf has instituted sedition charges against 14 members of the academic staff of Punjab University: Dr. Mumtaz Salik, President, Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) Dr. Asmatullah, Secretary General, PUASA Dr. Haris Rashid, Director, Centre for High Energy Physics…

  • Update @ 1600: HRCP urges to Free Judges and Bar Leaders

    HRCP Press Release Expressing serious concern at Mr. Muneer Malik’s illness in jail and the hardships being caused to superior court judges and their families under unlawful and unacknowledged detention, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called for immediate lifting of bar to judges’ and lawyers’ liberty. A statement issued today by Senator…

  • Update @ 0301: Pakistan barred from Commonwealth

    Pakistan has been suspended from the Commonwealth because of its imposition of emergency rule. Secretary General Don McKinnon said Pakistan was being suspended “pending restoration of democracy and the rule of law”. It must be noted that this is the second time that Pakistan has been expelled from the Commonwealth. The country was suspended in…

  • Protest in Pictures II