Category: Pakistan

  • Dawn Op-Ed: Marching into History by Cyril Almeida

    Published today in the DAWN Op-Ed section by Cyril Almeida Cyril does well to decipher the Constitutional mess being created these days by various individuals in Islamabad, the chaos of the Double A’s, Double B’s, Triple A’s and what not have been deliberately designed to perpetually confuse Pakistanis of their real implication. This article helps…

  • Citizen Reporters needed for Online Coverage of the Long March

    ACTION ALERT FOR LONG MARCH Pakistanis through out the country have today embarked upon a historical Long March for the restoration of the Judiciary. There are hundreds and thousands of people who will participate in the procession witnessing history in the making, taking pictures and capturing priceless videos from their cell phones as the rally…

  • People’s Resistance Update of the Long March

    Posted by Faris Today, PR crew assembled at Agha’s Super Market in the morning and departed to the High Court. Other members of PR were already present at the High Court, while some joined us later. Awab (with his beautifully decorated truck and black flags) and PR bus with posters and stickers all over them,…

  • Reached Hyderabad

    The carvan from Karachi has reached Hyderabad Toll Plaza at around 3:00PM and was greeted by a reception by the local PML-N leadership

  • Long March updates

    10:00am Left.high court in a large procession of 100 cars few trucks and a large number of bikes 10:45 we have reached Quaid Mazar 11:00 a few speeches I hope they leave quickly 11:15 reaching jail chowrangi 11:30 crossed civic center 12:40 leaving sohrab goth welcome camp massive rally we hope to make a difference…

  • Long March starting from High Court Karachi

    The Long March procession is about to depart from the High Court Karachi

  • Ahmedis expelled from Medical College

    BBC Urdu reports that a group of 23 Ahmedi students having been expelled from a Medical College in Faisalabad on 4th June 2008. The pretext was that it would create a law and order situation because the Islami Jamiat-e-Talba (IJT) had protested that these students were propagating their religion which these students deny. Even if…

  • Long March preparation from Karachi

    In the past few days lawyers and civil society activists have been in full swing for the preparations of the Long March to Islamabad. This procession is based on the simple one-point agenda for the unconditional restoration of the independence of Judiciary in Pakistan. A large delegation is expected to leave Karachi on the morning…

  • Jinnah, Advani And Jinnah

    Guest Post by Temporal from Baithak KILLAI (TN): Showcasing secular values in this remote village of Tamil Nadu, a devout Muslim couple have built a temple for Hindu Goddess Mariamman in the backyard of their house and conduct regular poojas, arousing interest and curiosity in this region, which remains a citadel of communal harmony. It…

  • The Ex-Servicemen and Bureaucrats & Their Consicence

    Guest Blog by Temporal from Baithak Geo has been repeating that interview with retired gen. Kayani. Recently the ex-servicemen have been flexing their muscles. Troubling consciences are known to strike at men and women of good will at all times. Even ordinary mortals like you and me are troubled and stricken with conscience generated guilt…

  • What a Disgrace !!! Mohd Asif ‘held’ in Dubai for possession of Drugs

    Posted from Cricket Bloggers of Pakistan It is being reports on various news outlets that Mohammed Asif, Pakistan’s fast bowler has been held up in Dubai on suspicion of being in possession of drugs [opium or hashish]. Cricinfo: A Senior PCB official, confirming the news of Asif’s detention to Cricinfo earlier, had said that the…

  • Explosive Shahid Masood Show exposes Musharraf

    In the recent weeks Dr. Shahid Masood’s Meray Mutabiq Show has been very revealing, barely a week back Dr. Masood had pulled the cart out of the bag when he brought Steel Mills Ex-Chairman to expose the corruption of Shaukat Aziz, but today (June 2nd) he was able to pull yet another cat out of…

  • Open Letter to ‘Maj-Gen’ ‘Retd’ Rashid Quraishi – NAB Diaries

    Rashid Quraishi, This is with reference to my application to my Local MP regarding assistance for justice and the subsequent communication between you and a representative of the British Parliament. My case has been projected by the independent media on several platforms and the entire facts are also available under ‘The NAB Diaries’ at www.teeth.com.pk…

  • Blogspot acting up in Pakistan yet again

    Posted from Don’t Block the Blog Late last night there were reports that blogspot.com was being confronted with a network error when trying to attempt access to any sub-domain on that particular site. First instinct was the new DST time change which came into effect midnight yesterday and could have been the contributing factor to…

  • You deserve what you get

    For sometime I contemplated if this article may best be simply linked too in the collection of Decidous Links [mini-links] we have running on the blog but then it would not have opened an opportunity for comments and reactions and I suspect this heart felt article by Ghazala Minallah might evoke some comments from our…