Category: Pakistan

  • Musharraf continues his rant ‘Former CJ was corrupt’

    An article written by Javed Siddique in The Nation titled ‘Former CJ was corrupt‘ gives an interesting insight into how Musharraf believed that an elaborate conspiracy was being hatched to unseat him from the throne of the President of Pakistan. At first I wanted to leave the full contents of the article intact without any…

  • Miss Constitution of Pakistan

    Thrashed, battered and raped, Miss Constitution is now expected to resume working albeit with only a few ‘unnoticeable’ changes. General (retarted) Pervaiz Musharraf claims to his gawds (sic) that he has ‘apparently’ restored it completely, and hopes [keeping his fingers crossed] that the world embraces his call [circus] for a free and fair Selection on…

  • Jadoogar of Jeddah [aka Sharifuddin Pirzada], Dirty Business all Over Again

    The New York Times just recently published an article titled ‘On Retainer in Pakistan, to Ease Military Rulers Path’ which looks into depth at the involvement of Mr. Sharifuddin Pirzada in helping General (retired) Prevaiz Musharraf in blatantly uprooting the constitution and enforcing a state of Emergency on November 3rd. This aged lawyer at 84…

  • Pictures of Islamabad Protest – ‘The Day After’ the Emergency was Lifted

    Read the full report here

  • The New Face of (Controlled) Media – An Open Letter

    An open letter written by Amna Piracha on the new face of controlled media under the PEMRA axe Mr. Mujahid Barelvi CNBC Islamabad Dear Mujahid, My encounter with you the other day left me disturbed. At first I thought I would let this pass but we are living through historic times and no matter who…

  • Report on the Karachi Press Club protest

    Report submitted by UZi on the People’s Resistance network on todays protest outside the Karachi Press Club Around 60 people gathered outside the Karachi Press Club at 03:00 p.m. today to register their protests against the treatment meted out to the Students Action Committee (SAC) rally in Islamabad. The demonstration was jointly organised by the…

  • Demonstration against Police and States Brutalities

    Several activists of civil society (the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Peoples Resistance, Women Action Forum, Interntaional Socialists Karachi, Communist Mazdoor Kissan Party, Labour Party of Pakistan, Roots Foundation and others) gathered outside Karachi Press Club today with placards and banners and staged a demonstration against the large scale arrest, severe lathi charge, tear gas…

  • Questions for Musharraf and Bush – By Aitzaz Ahsan

    Article published in The Washington Post By John F. Tierney and Aitzaz Ahsan One of us chairs a House of Representatives subcommittee tasked with oversight of U.S. foreign policy, and one of us languishes under house arrest after transfer from a Pakistani jail for the “heinous” and “seditious” crime of representing, in legal proceedings, the…

  • Karachi Press Club protest today at 3:00PM

    Posted on the people’s Resistance mailing list A joint demonstration has been organised for 03:00 p.m. tomorrow (December 18) outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC), to protest the State’s brutalities against the Students Action Committee (SAC) rally in Islamabad today. While the protest has been called by the CMKP and the Labour Party of Pakistan…

  • Islamabad Protestors Thrashed by Police – Report

    Report on yesterdays Islamabad protest posted on the Emergency mailing list I apologize for not being able to write more details or in better language. Have 2 fractured fingers and back got real bad thrashing. I am still amongst the luckier ones. We still don’t have details on the number but many got beaten up…

  • Student Action Committee rally in Islamabad

    Rally baton-charged and heavily tear-gassed. 40 people arrested including comrades Amna and Zehra. Trying to locate everyone now.

  • Karachi Welcomes the Non-PCO Judges – Pictures

    Another large set of images (75+) for people to enjoy, recording the colorful activites that took place when the People’s Resistance welcomed Justice Bhagwandas and Justice Rabbani to Karachi. A detailed report can be read here

  • Karachi Welcomes the non-PCO Judges – Report

    A report sent into the People’s Resistance network by UZi giving a detailed and funny narration of the welcome by members of the civil society, judges, lawyers, PR activists, students, laborers and journalists on the arrival of Justice Rana Bhagwandas and Justice Ghulam Rabbani to Karachi from Islamabad Karachi gave a rousing welcome today to…

  • The Emergency Times: Issue # 31

    The 31th edition of The Emergency Times has just been published it is an effort by a few dedicated activists from Lahore managing the PakistanMartialLaw.blogspot.com website, a round up of the news regarding the imposition of Emergency in Pakistan Download it here in PDF Format

  • Reception for the arrival of Justice Bhagwandas and Justice Rabbani to Karachi

    Reports are coming in that Justice Bhangwandas and Justice Rabbani are boarding a flight at 3:00pm from Lahore to insha-allah arrive at 4:45 to Karachi Airport for their first maiden voyage to this city after the upheaval of the November 3rd. People’s Resistance along with lawyers, trade unions and a number of NGO’s have planned…