Category: Human Rights
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Dr. Aafia Siddiqui’s Trial
Dr. Aafia Siddiqui is on trial this last week in New York on charges of her attempting to kill an FBI officer in Afghanistan. It interesting to note that none of the assault charges are seemingly holding up against her, the M-4 rifle which she allegedly used to fire four shots at the officers has…
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Blackwater ‘IN’ Pakistan – Rehman Malik, Patterson & Clinton all LIED to the People of Pakistan
In an interview with Express News [transcript on DoD], Robert Gates confirmed in some clear terms that private security firms Blackwater and DynCorp are operating inside Pakistan. “They’re operating as individual companies here in Pakistan” – so technically by all counts this statement more or less proves that Anne Patterson, Hilary Clinton and Rehman Malik…
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Seeking Justice for Aradeen’s murder by Feudal Lords in Sanghar
For the past few months a family of about 10 individuals have camped outside of Karachi Press Club with the hope of seeking enough attention to help provide them justice, as their sole-bread earner Dur Mohd Aradeen was murdered by the local feudal lord in Khairpur, Khalifa Pir Bux Ghao and his hired accomplices. A…
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The Business of Violence – Naeem Sadiq
Naeem Sadiq writes in Dawn today about the business of violence in Karachi, this is part of his recent initiative to work towards de-weaponizing Karachi. He writes “Violence in Karachi is a lucrative corporate business. It appears to be financed and sponsored by big-time politicos, political parties, religious groups and state agencies. The Puppoos, Rehmans…
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Laidback Show Episode 12
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PICTURES: Solidarity Day 1st Jan 2010 – Karachi
A very supportive rally was organized by the Aman Ittehad at the Karachi Press Club. A large number of civil society groups were in attendence and the rally made a strong statement for peace in Pakistan. Pictures are enclosed here, a video of the event shall be uploaded soon [nggallery id=71]
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Solidarity Day 1st January 2010 – Karachi Press Conference
At 3:00pm today representatives of the Aman Ittehad namely Justice Majida Rizwi, Senator Iqbal Haider, Anis Haroon, Bishop Ijaz Inayat, Uzma Noorani, Mumtaz Tanoli, Uzma Aslam, Barrister Zain and a few more people addressed the media at the Karachi Press Club today. The Aman Ittehad leaders shared with the media plans for the peace rally…
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The Aftermath of the MA Jinnah Road Bomb Blast
Following the bomb blast in Karachi – life generally goes on, but the people, the shopkeepers, the families who have suffered shall never forget the day an unruly mob changed their lives forever. Here I happened to photograph this shopkeeper on MA Jinnah Road who sits helplessly watching as many fire tenders try their best…
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American forces Harass a Pakistani Citizen in Karachi
Mubashir Lucman in his show Point Blank on Express News which was aired yesterday on the evening of 29th December presents some sweeping evidences of the role of American forces in harassing Pakistani citizens, specifically intimidation and interrogation of Dr Mehvish Baig in Karachi – a naturalized Pakistani American who has been trying to give…
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MA Jinnah Road Bomb Blast of 28th Dec – Video of the devastation Next Day
A Bomb Blast ripped through MA Jinnah Road on 28th December 2009 – this video of the kilometer long stretch of road shows that the mobsters ransacked a large section of the street leaving a hundreds of shopkeepers devastated and a loss of millions of rupees. A group of concerned citizens sympathized with many shopkeepers,…
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Joint Press Conference by Aman Ittehad in Islamabad – Solidarity Day 1st Jan 2010
A very well-attended joint press conference was held today at the Islamabad Press Club by the Aman Ittehad to announce the Solidarity Day across Pakistan in 37 cities on 1st january 2010 at 3:00 Mohammad Tahseen addressed the conference alongwith Dr. Said Alam Mehsud, Ali Asghar Khan, Rukhshanda Naz, Jaffer Memon, Prof Dr. Sarfaraz Khan,…
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Collateral Damage and Pakistan’s (read American’s) War on Terror
Guest Blog by Omar Javaid If Pakistan’s Establishment / Military intends to neatly wrap up the on going onslaught in Waziristan Area (Read America’s War ‘of’ Terror), then it must avoid killing civilians (watch the first two video) at any cost … why? To get an answer watch the 3rd clip in which Imran Khan explains…
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Solidarity Day for Peace in Pakistan – 1st Jan 2010 – Aman Ittehad
Considering the spiraling security situation in Pakistan a number of civil society organizations have joined forces across Pakistan to hold a peace rally on 1st January 2010 as a Solidarity Day at 3:00pm in 37 cities across Pakistan The Solidarity Day is organized under Aman Ittehad — a citizens’ platform connecting trade unions, media, students,…
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Talibans want to Negotiate for Peace with Imran Khan as a mediator
Today The News published a report of an audio tape delivered to their offices in Peshawar of a Taliban leader suggesting that they would like to discuss the possibility of a peaceful resolution in the region and offered the name of Imran Khan as a potential mediator. Looking at the news item published in the…
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The Biharis, The Non Bengalis, The Stateless or The Pakistanis!
By Dr. Mujahid Ghazi It is 16th December. Every year this day reminds me of the painful event in 1971 when Sonar Bangla, the East Pakistan fell and hundreds and thousands of patriotic Pakistanis became prisoners of ego and lost everything including their citizenship and became stateless. After 38 years those Pakistanis along with the…