Category: Pakistan
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Rumor Mill: ASP involved in Murtaza Bhutto’s murder compensated by Dogar Court
This rumor report has been submitted by a credible source, naturally more investigation is still needed Last night at a wedding a very senior government officer narrated to me a strange story. He said that he has seen a Supreme Court document, which is a decision on the application of ASP Shahid Hayat who was…
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Say NO to Terrorism – Yeh Hum Naheen
Almost a year back in February of 2007 we had on this blog, participated in campaign launched by Waseem Mahmood, where a number of popular Pakistani vocalists had joined hands to raise their voice on behalf of the Muslim world coming together in the form of an amazing soul touching sound track called Yeh Hum…
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Arrested, Released, Happy and Startled – Karachi Lawyers/Left/Civil Movement Protest
Guest Post by Riaz Ahmed of International Socialist of Pakistan We were released around 12:05am after being arrested at 10:55pm on July 17. It was a fantastic experience. Everyone managed to force the police to spoil the Doger show. Imposed as Cheif Justice of Supreme Court on Nov 3 by General Musharraf Doger is trying…
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Brief Account: Sindh High Court demo and arrests
A major show of renewed vigor, strength and conviction in the lawyer and civil society movement for judiciary was demonstrated outside Sind High Court this evening. 23 lawyers and civil society members were brutalized and arrested out of over 250 while they were holding a peaceful protest on self-proclaimed Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar’s visit…
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Pictures of Sindh High Court Arrest
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Arrests outside Sindh High Court
Several lawyers and civil society activists have been arrested while protesting against PCO judge Dogar’s visit to the Sindh High Court on Thursday night. Those arrested include Naeem Qureshi of Karachi Bar Association, K.K. Javed, Salahuddin Ahmed, Riaz Ahmed, Noor, Ayub Qureshi, Noman Qadir, Samina Noman and Anis Haroon. They area reportedly being taken to…
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Just to win peace for myself, my wife and my children
The borders of Pakistan remain under constant pressure from the offensive generated by the American War on Terror, it is this plague amongst other problems that continue to weaken Pakistan on a daily basis. Its ironic that the war is thousands of miles away from the coast of America yet they assume the offensive to…
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Standing up for your Country
Guest Blog by Samad Khurram Published in The News on 11th July 2008 Continuous air strikes on Pakistani territory and repeated intrusions of Pakistani airspace by US-led coalition forces in stark violation of international norms and customs have troubled Pakistanis across the country. These are very similar to US interventions in the political sphere of…
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True independence of institutions or just a ‘job’
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik On 5th of May 2007 Lahore High Court Bar gathered a storm where deposed Chief Justice of Pakistan was facing trial on charges of misconduct, came to the city with a procession of lawyers and won the day. He won the hearts and minds of lay Pakistanis for just saying…
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The rat may come out of the bag…
You get different versions here in London… some very interesting, no matter how sad they are in nature… A few month back, before the elections, a textile tycoon, a friend, a very ‘educated’ man from Lahore, sat with me at Leister Square’s ‘All Bar One’ and cursed both Benazir and Nawaz. ‘They should both be…
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Reko Diq Mystery
Reko Diq is a small town in Chagai District, Baluchistan having the world’s largest Gold and Copper reserves (!!!). Reports emerging from various sources indicate that the US $ 65 Billion natural deposit might have been sold for US $ 21 Billion to Tethyan Copper of Australia which has taken the contract to develop this…
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Dilemma faced by Pakistani Government
By Abdul Azeem This post is a reaction to the article “Pakistan: Negligent on Terror?”, published in TIME on 30th June. TIME: It’s almost like a bad joke. A bus driver, a ski lift operator and a gym rat have turned the Islamic world’s only nuclear-armed nation upside down. On Saturday Pakistani forces chased militants…
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GHQ to Islamabad
Published in The Nation by M. Ashgar Khan The shifting of the Army’s General Headquarters from Rawalpindi to Islamabad has been planned for some time and was given a fresh impetus during 2007. We have not been told what the total financial burden of this move will be but the cost of land alone at…
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GVSummit08: Day 2 Session 4: Translation and the Multilingual Web
MODERATOR: Portnoy. SPEAKERS: Chris Salzberg (Canada/Japan), Paula Góes (Brazil), Rezwan (Bangladesh), Claire Ulrich (France) In the short history of global online communication, numerous thinkers have fashioned a vision of the Internet as a barrier-free forum for the inter-national and inter-cultural transmission of knowledge, ideas, and information. In practice, however, online communities are still divided by…
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GVSummit08: Day 2 Session 1: Web 2.0 Goes WorldWide
MODERATOR: Lova Rakotomalala. SPEAKERS: Catalina Restrepo (HiperBarrio, Colombia), Collins Dennis Oduor (REPACTED, Kenya), Cristina Quisbert (Voces Bolivianas, Bolivia), Mialy Andriamananjara (FOKO, Madagascar) The participatory web has, so far, been limited to the participation of select communities. Thanks to the steady proliferation of broadband connectivity and digital literacy campaigns throughout the developing world, however, some of…