Category: EmergencyPk07
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Video: Aabpara Protest, Islamabad – 4th Dec 2007
Other relevant links: Protest in Pictures & EyeWitness Account
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Dublin Protest outside the Irish Parliament – 1st Dec
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Update @ 0130: from Race Course Jail Lahore
Update appearing on the Emergency Times Mailing List posted by the Emergency Moderator In the past hour, over a hundred students, lawyers and members of civil society have joined outside the Racecourse jail to express solidarity and demand the release of the innocent people who were arrested today outside of Justice Shahid Siddiqui’s house. If…
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The Silence of Friends
Guest post by Salman Ahmad “In the end, what we will remember is not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends – Martin Luther King Jr The Chinese proverb goes May you live in interesting times and the past week has been nothing if not that. The openly accusatory e-mail exchange…
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SMS Update @ 0024: Citizens arrested in Lahore from outside J Shahid’s House
Citizens outside Justice Siddiqui’s house have been arrested and taken to Racecourse Jail in Lahore
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Update @ 2248: Muneer Malik’s medial condition Deteriorates
Just reported on the Emergency Times network Muneer A Malik’s condition has suddenly deteriorated at the SIUT hospital in Karachi. Doctors are reviewing whether to send him abroad. Please join us in praying for a swift recovery. He is a titan – may God restore him to good health soon.
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Musharraf’s emergency upends Pakistan’s courts
By Nafisa Hoodbhoy, McClatchy Newspapers A month after President Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan , the country’s once-independent judiciary is in disarray and still under attack, making it unlikely that America’s closest ally in the war on terrorism will have a functioning democracy anytime soon. Police lines surround the principal…
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Coalition of Concerned Citizens – A successful day on Capitol Hill
Press Release issued by Coalition of Concerned Citizens An impressive number of Members of U.S. Congress and a Senator addressed a large gathering of Concerned Citizens to show their support for the restoration of pre-November 3 independent Pakistani Judiciary. In addition to the U.S. lawmakers, the representatives of Amnesty International, and International Crisis Group also…
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People’s Resistance issues a Protest Call for 13th Dec in Karachi
The meeting held at Karachi Press Club was a great success which was attended by quite a number of political parties, civil society groups, lawyers, laborers and student organizations. It was mutually accepted to answer to the call of People’s Resistance on the 13th of December holding a protest rally at Regal Chowk at 4:00pm…
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Musharraf’s teams Mis-statements at Asia Society
A detailed rebuttal to Musharraf PR Teams Mis-statements at Asia Society Meeting in New York on Friday Nov 30, 2007 which ‘mis’represented by Nasim Ashraf, Kashmala Tariq and Barrister Ali Saif My views before the event and after the event were all concentrated on the fact that this was sadly a pro-musharraf deal and Asia…
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First Things First : Muneer Malik Op-Ed in Dawn
Op-ed article published in Dawn, 6th December 2007 by Muneer A Malik, former president of the Supreme Court Bar Association who is currently hospitalised following renal failure during his detention in Attock jail It was heartening to see Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif finally sitting together. The formation of a joint ARD-APDM committee is a…
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Aitzaz Ahsan Addresses the Legal Fraternity While Under House Arrest
Letter written by Aitzaz Ahsan from his sub-jail in Lahore to the legal fraternity while under house arrest My dear colleagues, Asalam o alaikum. As I write this from a sub-Jail, let me tell you how proud I am of each one of you and of myself to be part of the community that is…
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Update @ 1511: Justice Siddiqui suffers an episode of Angina & has been hospitalized
Update from the Emergency Times network Late last night/early this morning, the police did, in fact come to Justice Siddiqui’s house in Lahore and removed the barricades (i.e. chairs, bedding etc. placed by the protesters) in preparation of the eviction. Justice Siddiqui suffered an angina episode and was admitted at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.…
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A letter from a Citizen to Muneer Malik
Mr. Muneer A. Malik Former President Supreme Court Bar Association Subject: A Small Note of Gratitude Sir, We take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom our hearts for being a real life hero for Pakistan. We had only read about people of your stature in history books; people who had the courage to…
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SMS Update @ 1406: Urgent from Lahore, state trying to evict Justice Shahid
I just got this update from a CMKP comrade in Lahore: “We are at the house of Justice Shahid Siddique. The State is trying to evict him by force.” SMS Blogger