Teeth Maestro

Category: Long March

  • Is Iftikhar Chaudhry courting trouble?

    This week’s Economist magazine has a rather odd take on the Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. The article paints him as a manipulator, usurper and as someone at times even pursuing a personal vendetta. It is ironic that the Economist chose a word as strong as usurper in a week that…

  • Supreme Court overturns Nov 3rd Emergency by Musharraf

    In mammoth decision yesterday late evening – the Chief Justice of Pakistan Honorable Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and a bench of 12 Supreme Court Judges passed an order declaring the actions of Nov 3rd 2007 Invalid and unconstitutional. This comes after a struggle of over one year and 270 days since that fateful date in November…

  • The Twitter Revolution for Activism

    The twitter revolution is being seen as a tool to help gear up for country changing activism – recently Foreign Policy magazine published an article on how twitter is helping young Moldavian fight for their rights, Foreign Policy: Ever since yesterday’s announcement that Moldova’s communists have won enough votes to form a government in Sunday’s…

  • An Incomplete Revolution

    by Ameer Bhutto son of Sardar Mumtaz Bhutto Given the repeated sellouts and betrayals of politicians masquerading as awami leaders, it is a miracle that Pakistan has not only survived but still holds the possibility to flourish, given some measure of integrity and honesty in those who haunt the corridors of power. But though the…

  • An evening on Media and Activism – Goethe Institute, Karachi | 7th April

    AN EVENING ON MEDIA AND ACTIVISM DATE: 07 April 2009, TIME: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm LOCATION: Goethe Institute, Karachi Do media and activism always go together. How does an activist media fill the gaps. How do the new technologies fit in this picture. What does this increased access to information mean for our complex…

  • 23rd March Parade, went Missing, so what!

    Guest Blog by Omar Javaid The Parade on 23rd march was canceled by the prime minister out of austerity. The cancellation was announced a couple of week back. Then 23rd march came and went without the grand event which was considered the hallmark of this day. It was astonishing to see the legacy getting broken…

  • Teeth Maestro on Wired and Active

    In the past few weeks I had been invited by Dawn TV to be interviewed for their show Wired and Active. I have been interviewed by the host Rabia Garib thrice, first was basically in light of my activism since 2005, the second show immediately after the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team while…

  • The Politics of Containers

    Guest Blog by Naeem Sadiq Published in Dawn, Sunday, 22 Mar, 2009 Containers were originally used for the transportation of goods. Today they still carry goods but only when not being utilised in the service of the state. In the absence of a more rational argument, the weight, size and shape of a container provides…

  • The Lawyers’ win is only Partially Legal

    Guest blog by Abira Ashfaq via her Note on Facebook I just returned from a wedding and I got an icky feeling about the lawyer leaders. I saw some there. I caught a glimpse of Aitzaz, but before I could get my glamor shot with him, he had shot off to another function. I support…

  • Judiciary is restored! What’s next?

    Guest Blog by Naeem ur Rehman Lawyers have achieved their historic objective after the restoration of the Judiciary on March 16, 2009 and now they can get on with their lives and profession. The question is what lies ahead of PML-N, PPP and us as a nation. As we are quite aware that this is…

  • Videos of the Long March towards Justice

  • The GPO 150 and the spirit of March 15

    Email posted on the Socialist Pakistan Network by Ammar Ali Jan I happened to be part of that “GPO 150” when the police started using tear-gas. This is a picture of us throwing stones at the police (I’m in a red shirt on the right) We had left Zaman park where Aitzaz had been placed…

  • Update: Sanam Bhutto waiting in the ranks

    In light of the recent success of the Long March movement, which may have been a victory for the people of Pakistan, one person that has truly lost out is Mr. Asif Ali Zardari and along with it has also dashed the hopes and dreams of his party which he hijacked a year or so…

  • The Beginnings’ End

    Guest blog by Kamil Hamid While celebration is in order, the civil society movement and Pakistanis in general must understand that it is crucial this be used as a beginning for a new era of activism and the drive for justice. Sitting back at this point, and allowing “appropriate parties” to handle matters would be…

  • The morning after the revolution or was it?

    Guest Blog by Zermeen Amira I have to admit I started the day on a fairly jubilant note having woken up after receiving an SMS from an overseas friend that the Chief has been restored (I had gone to bed by mid night having watched the political drama incessantly for the past few days and…