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Category: Pakistan

  • Long Live Pakistan

    As they sway in with their voices Of change, with promises of difference Nowhere to be seen, the architects Just simple glances, just the routine Celebrate we will, our poverty and hunger As we roll these flags, across our chests Long live Pakistan, long live our nation Only hope, only hope and just the prayers…

  • It Is All What I Have

    It is all what I have, My soul and my existence Imprinted and embedded In these lines, drawn and felt In this star and crescent Long are those trails and hidden Stories of my ancestors Some in me and some in graves In its lap, intoxicated in its slumber My old remains, my ancestors Years…

  • Dr. Aafia has not ‘yet’ recieved medical attention, but will get it in 24hrs

    Today at a court hearing in New York a frail looking Dr. Aafia appeared in a wheel chair, this was probably the first time she was seen publicly and a group of Pakistani supporters awaited to greet her. The hearing was initially scheduled to discuss bail as planned but her lawyers said she was in…

  • Lahore: Joint Protest against arrest of Dr. Aafia

    Lahore Protest Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Location: Outside Governor house, Lahore RSVP Facebook Event The Student Action Committee have joined hands with other Lahore based organizations to host a protest at the Governor House in Lahore on 12th August at 6:00pm, if you are in Lahore do join them and…

  • Rumor Mill: Dr. Aafia’s missing children possibly linked with Bilal Musharraf

    The Rumor Mill series on this blog is basically based on a number of tips that have been heard or received by this scribe in someway or another, as customary of Pakistani politics the grapevine reports tend to carry a lot of weight. Problem with these grapevine reports is that it can very well be…

  • Reference Against Pervaiz [pre-draft]

    I share a pre-draft document prepared by the PPP to use as a reference against Pervaiz Musharraf, it was initially forwarded to me via an extremely trusted source to hold in confidence, but we very soon discovered that this same document had been uncovered elsewhere. The pre-draft of references that will most likely be filed…

  • What if Hamid Mir’s Spin is Wrong?

    Guest Post by temporal – Baithak What if Hamid Mir’s spin is wrong? Every person who writes for a newspaper is not by default a “journalist.” Here is a list borrowed from The Elements of Journalism by Bill Kovach and Tom Rosenstiel Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth. Its first loyalty is to the…

  • Musharraf – Saved By the CIA and Zardari?

    Guest Post by Hassan Abbas The world is abuzz with news about the impending impeachment of General Musharraf . Pakistan’s ruling coalition goes around with broad smiles, oozing confidence about the outcome of their efforts. Even the vibes coming from Washington which has so often affected the fate of Pakistani governments seems to be supportive…

  • Dr. Afia’s health serious – bullet wound, kidney removed & battered nose, children missing

    The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received updated information that due to a bullet wound and removal of one kidney, Dr. Afia Siddiqui health is in a serious condition, but no medical assistance has been provided to her whilst she has been in American custody in New York. ACTION ALERT Send an automated appeal…

  • Press Release for Karachi Protest – Saturday 6:00pm

    People’s Resistance Press Release – 8th August 2008 Dr Aafia Siddiqui’s Inhuman Treatment & Illegal Detention By US Military PROTEST > Karachi Press Club on SATURDAY, 9th August 2008 at 6:00 pm The Peoples Resistance along with Civil Society and Human Rights protest the inhumane treatment and illegal detention of Dr Aafia Siddiqui in Afghanistan…

  • The dictator is the one animal who needs to be caged – Z. A. Bhutto

    Guest Post by Silence The dictator is the one animal who needs to be caged; He betrays his profession and his constitution. He betrays the people and destroys human values. He destroys culture. He binds the youth. He makes the structure collapse. He rules by fluke and freak. He is the scourge and the ogre.…

  • Prisoner 650 – Grey Ghost of Bagram

    Guest Blog by Asim Khan My name is Prisoner 650, Known I am as the “Grey Ghost” Of Bagram, my home, remember me In years of silence, in moments Of indifference, created by you Familiar are those walls and rooms Of torture, of questions and of abuse Familiar are those old echoes, As all ideologies…

  • STRATFOR: Army ‘Not Supporting’ Musharraf

    Strategic Forecasting, Inc. shares an article on Pakistan as well as a short podcast on the same subject Stratfor Podcast on Pakistan 7th August 2008 – [audio:Stratfor_Podcast.mp3] PAKISTAN: MUSHARRAF, IMPEACHMENT AND ISLAMABAD’S TRAJECTORY After some four months of disagreements over the fate of President Pervez Musharraf, the two main partners in Pakistan’s coalition government —…

  • KARACHI: Protest to Free Afia – Karachi Press Club – Saturday @ 6:00pm

    The Peoples Resistance and numerous concerned members of the Civil Society in Karachi would like to invite YOU, the people of Pakistan to join them in a peaceful protest to appeal for the release Dr. Afia Siddiqui, who was kidnapped from Karachi in 2003 and has since been detained without charge in a US Military…

  • Actual sworn charges filed by FBI against Dr. Afia Siddiqui

    The text of the actual sworn charges filed in the Southern District of New York by Mehtab Syed, Special Agent for FBI. Where she alleges that Afia Siddiqui was arrested in Afghanistan on July 27th and then had a tussle with the interrogating officers where she got shot in the torso read the entire charge…