Category: Musharraf
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Asia Society update : Ali Ahsan makes a point while Conversation remained pro-Musharraf
As per my rant barely a day back on the upcoming discussion at Asia Society on Pakistan where three (pro-government) panelists were invited to present the case for the Government of Pakistan. It started off with Nasim Ashraf who may have been the only one to have argued well at the forum, it soon followed…
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Candle light vigil outside Karachi Press Club
A candle light vigil was organized in support of restoration of democracy back in Pakistan, participants held candles for about one hour, while a number of passerby’s signed the posters on the wall with their comments. It was a touching moment when we encounter an illiterate person who could not write and yet wanted to…
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Musharraf’s Supporters out in full force
Credit = KB
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Open letter from Salman Ahmed to Bilal Musharraf
I share with you an open letter sent by Salman Ahmed of Junoon to Bilal Musharraf, son of General Pervaiz Muhsarraf, I had received the email directly from Salman but had resisted the urge to post it since I thought he may have not meant it to go public, but when I read that this…
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Eye witness account of Lahore Protest
A report of the Students Action Committee protest on 30th November as posted by The Neem Revolution on The Emergency Times Students from 21 universities, under the banner of Student Action Committee Lahore, gathered today at Liberty Chowk to publicly voice their dissent. The streets were lined with hundreds of Police Elite forces which warned…
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Musharraf, transformation from a human to a dictator
Found these images at Al-Qamar which I thought were interesting to see how a regular army officers could transform himself from a simple young military officer barely making Rs.30,000 a month into a ruthless cold-hearted multi-million dollar dictator. Probably one of the biggest hazards of stying in power for too long, one tends to loose…
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Asia Society Discussion : Musharraf Government Makes Its Case
On Nov 8 the Asia Society held a Town Hall meeting where discussed the Martial Law in Pakistan, it had a number of panelist from Asma Jahangir, Ayaz Amir to Najam Sethi, for a real thought provoking and interesting discussion, anyone who missed the show can listen to the entire recording online on Asia Society’s…
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Musharraf sheds his Uniform for the Sherwani
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APDM Boycotts Elections
Reports are coming in that APDM has resolved to boycott the elections – this is a good move on behalf of the opposition and must be hailed widely. The pressure will now be on Musharraf to somehow try to salvage the his notion of Free and Fair elections. It must be remembered that a proper…
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Boycott Elections Campaign – PML-N & PPP leadership contacts
On a number of mailing lists there is a extensive list being circulated which has the contact numbers of a number of top PML-N Leadership and their contact details. It can be found at Thought Stream, the best way to get their attention is to send an SMS to their cell phone numbers or better…
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The Real News: Musharaff loses uniform, stays in power
The Real News network talks to Beena Sarwar about the recent move by Musharraf to shed his unifrom, and simply said Musharaff’s actions are symbolic, it’s a martial law in disguise [link]
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Petition for travel restrictions on Musharraf regime
Just Denied and Pakistani doctors in the UK has created a petition which asks the British government and the European Commission to enforce a travel ban on Musharraf, his cabinet ministers, official advisers and army generals supporting him, until they withdraw the emergency rules and restore the constitution and civil rights. The petition reads We,…
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Flowers for Muneer A. Malik
Concerned Citizens in Islamabad took the initiative to visit Muneer Malik while he has been admitted in a critical medical condition at PIMS Islamabad, his ailing condition was solely created by shear neglect on the part of the government of Pakistan aka Pervaiz Musharraf. These pictures were passed to us in an email to the…
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The Path of a Patriot
Guest post by mhb Opposing General Pervez Musharraf is not a cause worth endorsing solely by itself. General Pervez Musharraf is not the man he was when he first usurped the seat of Pakistan’s government. Over time as his political age has advanced, he has undergone a staged metamorphosis: from an amateur idealist, to a…
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Nawaz Sharif’s Return and the Boycott Dilemma
Its all over the media that Nawaz Shairf has finally landed in Lahore after some serious arm bending negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Musharraf (mind you I use Musharraf as Pakistan does not figure anywhere in this equation). It was basically orchestrated to level the playing field as Benazir was apparently acting too erratic in…