Category: Politics
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Dr Safdar Sarki – The ‘Disappeared’ have again Disappeared
Posted on the People’s Resistance network In all the fracas, the ‘disappeared’ have again disappeared. The detained activist (and US citizen) Dr Safdar Sarki, general secretary of Jeay Sindh Mahaz (JSQM) was finally granted bail only to have it revoked — on Nov 2, the day before the martial law. Instead of being released on…
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Free and Fair elections aka Pre-poll Rigging
Take your pick Free and Fair elections or State sponsored Pre-poll rigging
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CNBC Warned for ‘Objectionable Programing’
It is being reported that CNBC Pakistan, a local business channel broadcasting business news in Urdu has just recently been issued a warning from the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) on Wednesday over violation of the code of conduct and the PEMRA Ordinance by airing objectionable programme. Under the PEMRA Ordinance, no programme would…
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America’s Favorite Pakistani DemocRATS
Credit Funkor’s Flickr Stream
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International Public Opinion Polls – Pro-Musharraf Propaganda EXPOSED
International Public Opinion Polls (IPOP) has recently appeared onto the scene in the recent few months when they published the results of a survey conducted by this agency during the pre-Emergency period of August 15th to September 20th which showed General Pervaiz Musharraf leading the political pack with 42% while Begum Bhutto trailed at 32%…
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List of Protests in Pakistan for 13th December
Rawalpindi: Where: Rawalpindi Bar When: 11 am, To bring: banners and placards. Call by: LAWYERS, STUDENTS, Imran Khan and Qazi Hussain will be there in solidarity. Islamabad: Where: HOUSE NO. 10 , STREET NO 16, F-6/3 ISLAMABAD When: 3:30 pm To bring: Candles, flowers, banners and placards. Call by: LAWYERS, STUDENTS, DOCTORS, BANKERS, CIVIL SOCIETY,…
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Aitzaz Ahsan Boycotts Elections
Today the legal community is celebrating with the news that Aitzaz Ahsan has finally decided to boycott the elections, in effect culminating in a full and total boycott by the legal community in Pakistan, barring those lap-dogs hungry for power. Aitzaz Ahsan had initially written in a letter to the Bar Council outlining his strategy…
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Demockery Bus
Credit Funkor’s Flickr Stream
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The People – not just Civil Society – must Unite against the Common Enemies
An Interesting article posted on the Emergency Times Mailing list By Yousuf NazarState of Pakistan> There comes a time in a Nations history that the people must take charge of their own destiny. The issue now is not: boycott or participate in the elections. People want a just society, the Pakistani nation wants true democracy,…
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Election Plan in Jeopardy – A Discussion
I am copying an email from discussion on the Mailing List Proud-Pakistani. Though I must agree that it may all boil down to be pure speculation but it does contain some interesting points worth pondering over I’ve [the author of the email discussion] been trying to make head or tail out of the present election…
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People’s Resistance – Live with Talat
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Open letter to BB: Why I left PPP
A lengthy but interesting letter shared on the Emergency Time Mailing List, worth reading to understand the frustrations faced by a PPP supporter Dear Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, Assalam alaikum. After resigning from the basic membership of the Pakistan Peoples Party on 27 Nov, 2007, I am writing this letter to you elaborating my views, as…
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‘Live with Talat’ today at Karachi Press Club
The People’s Resistance in collaboration with the Karachi Union of Journalists and the Karachi Press Club is organizing ‘Live with Talat’, featuring the banned Aaj television hosts Talat Hussain along with Nusrat Javeed and Mushtaq Minhas of Bolta Pakistan. The programme will take place on Wednesday, Dec 12, outside the Karachi Press Club, from 6.00-8.00…
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This is the Time For Lawyers to Speak – Naomi Wolf
Appeared on The Huffington Post We have all seen over the past couple of months pictures of brave lawyers in Pakistan risking their careers and even their own health and safety to stand up for their nation’s constitution. At the same time, we are witnessing at home a similar – if not quite as acute…
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Charges dropped against GOR detainees & LUMS faculty
The government this morning withdrew the case against the `GOR 12 as well as the case against the LUMS faculty & students after the `general’s kind visit to Lahore,’ according to a friend. “Great Musharraf’s lenient view: hound them, arrest them, keep them in jail under the Anti Terrorist Act & Maintenance of Public Order,…