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  • Final Testimony to the US House Committee on Pakistani elections

    Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on “Pakistani elections: Will they be fair and free or fundamentally flawed? 20 December 2007 Washington, DC I want to express once again the appreciation of the International Crisis Group for the continuing attention of…

  • Clarification by Aitzaz Ahsan on reversal of Musharraf’s Illegal Constitutional Amendments

    Submitted on the People’s resistance network, a clarification by Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan for publication in the newspapers tomorrow (25th Dec 2007) which shed light on how it is only possible to reverse Musharraf’s Constitutional Amendments – which according to him are beyond the scope of a simple 2/3rd parliamentary vote December 24, 2007. Press Note:…

  • ISI agents orchestrate a staged escape of Rashid Rauf

    An article has been posted on Times Online UK which raises concerns that Pakistan’s secret service may have staged the escape of Rashid Rauf a few days back. The excuse / investigation presented by the Pakistani Police seems to be an utter farce when the explanation shows that a high profile prisoner was allowed to…

  • Pakistans Tyranny Continues – NY Times Op-Ed by Aitzaz Ahsan

    An Op-Ed article written by Aitzaz Ahsan which appeared on the Sunday morning New York Times website can be read here The chief justice of Pakistans Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and his family have been detained in their house, barricaded in with barbed wire and surrounded by police officers in riot gear since Nov.…

  • The Emergency Times: Issue # 34

    The 34th edition of The Emergency Times has just been published, it remains a dedicated by a few activists in Lahore specifically friends at the PakistanMartialLaw.blogspot.com website, a round up of the news regarding the imposition of Emergency in Pakistan Download it here in PDF Format

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Two

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part One has already been published by Teeth Maestro last week and which was subsequent to a letter written by me to the Chairman NAB requesting for either…

  • Iftikhar, Aitzaz to sue Musharraf for Rs 2 Billion

    Posted on the Proud-Pakistan mailing list, reference to a news report which appeared in The Nation on 21st December 2007 Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Supreme Court Bar Association President Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan are suing President Pervez Musharraf to claim damages worth two billion rupees through a defamation suit. Talking to The Nation…

  • Weakening Pakistan – NYTimes Editorial

    An editorial published on the New York Times website about Pakistan – [link] Pakistans president, Pervez Musharraf, insists his outrageous power grabs are aimed at stabilizing and protecting his country. His authoritarian maneuvers only weaken the countrys already feeble political institutions and fuel more political turmoil. Turmoil is not what anyone needs in a country…

  • Spectators of Emergency in Pakistan

    This animation was published on the Al-Jazeera English website – watch the Spectators of Emergency

  • 12 Human Rights NGO’s write to Condoleezza Rice

    Twelve Human Rights Organizations write a detailed letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the grave situation in Pakistan. The 12 NGO’s signing the letter are Amnesty International USA, The Carter Center, Freedom House, Global Rights, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, International Justice Mission, International League for Human Rights, Jacob Blaustein Institute…

  • Karachi Press Club Eid Day Vigil for Aitzaz – Pictures

    Read the report here Credit for all the pictures Abro’s Flickr Stream

  • Report of KPC Vigil on Eid Day for Aitzaz Ahsan

    Report of the Eid Day vigil outside Karachi Press Club to protest against the way authorities manhandled Aitizaz Ahsan after he was suddenly ‘temporarily’ released then then abruptly arrested again. Report by Urooj posted on the People’s Resistance network The CMKP Karachi DC organised a candlelight vigil at 06:00 p.m. yesterday (December 21) outside the…

  • A Demented Musharraf talks to Newsweek

    Newsweek Online has published excerpts of an interview with General (retired) Pervaiz Musharraf taken a few days before the Martial Law was lifted. I share it with you since reading the entire interview one does get an eerie bone chilling sensation that Musharraf has completely lost his sanity and seems to be raging maniac out…

  • Woh Eid e Nazzara

    Guest Blog by Sophia Ali Fellow Pakistanis, I am outraged like many of you by the sheer brutality of the treatment meted out to Aitzaz Ahsan, and that too on Eid! My salutations to you Aitzaz and to all the heroes of the resistance. May Allah bring our struggle to fruition! Woh Eid e Nazzara…

  • A Macro-Analysis of Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsans Open Letter

    Guest post by Hassan Baig Hassan analyzes the realistic implication of the open letter written by Aitzaz Ahsan to the Pakistan Bar Council on Dec 5 Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a leader in his own right. A populist leader even. Moreover, his read of the political spectrum and all developing eventualities is sensible and…