Category: Politics
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Aitzaz Ahsan Addresses the Legal Fraternity While Under House Arrest
Letter written by Aitzaz Ahsan from his sub-jail in Lahore to the legal fraternity while under house arrest My dear colleagues, Asalam o alaikum. As I write this from a sub-Jail, let me tell you how proud I am of each one of you and of myself to be part of the community that is…
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Update @ 1511: Justice Siddiqui suffers an episode of Angina & has been hospitalized
Update from the Emergency Times network Late last night/early this morning, the police did, in fact come to Justice Siddiqui’s house in Lahore and removed the barricades (i.e. chairs, bedding etc. placed by the protesters) in preparation of the eviction. Justice Siddiqui suffered an angina episode and was admitted at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology.…
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A letter from a Citizen to Muneer Malik
Mr. Muneer A. Malik Former President Supreme Court Bar Association Subject: A Small Note of Gratitude Sir, We take this opportunity to thank you from the bottom our hearts for being a real life hero for Pakistan. We had only read about people of your stature in history books; people who had the courage to…
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SMS Update @ 1406: Urgent from Lahore, state trying to evict Justice Shahid
I just got this update from a CMKP comrade in Lahore: “We are at the house of Justice Shahid Siddique. The State is trying to evict him by force.” SMS Blogger
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Musharraf’s Economic Deception – Part 1
Guest Post by Dr. Tariq Naeem General Musharraf took over the reigns of power in 1999 from Nawaz Sharif with the Pakistan economy on the verge of bankruptcy. So desperate was the situation Nawaz Sharif toured the world visiting Pakistanis with a begging bowl requesting them to invest in Pakistan due to the sanctions imposed…
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Eyewitness account of the Protest in Islamabad
This eyewitness account has been written by an activist from Islamabad going under the pseudonym of Caped Avenger his report was initially published at The Emergency Times while pictures of this Aabpara protest can be seen here. On the call of the Student Action Committee (Islamabad Chapter) over a 1000 protesters gathered at Aabpara Chowk…
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US Activists Arrested at Gunpoint, Forced to Leave the Country
U.S. human rights activists Medea Benjamin and Tighe Barry were arrested in Lahore, Pakistan at 8:30pm on Wednesday, December 4 after attending a student rally at the Lahore Press Club. Upon leaving the Club in the company of several journalists, the car they were driving in was pulled off the road. Armed policemen jumped out…
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SMS Update: Justice Shahid is feared to be evicted
Strong reports that Justice Shahid maybe evicted at 2 am by heavy force. Vigil is ON. A call is being issued country wide to urge the Law Minister – Afzal Haider to stop this brutality
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Protest in Pictures : Aabpara, Islamabad – 4th Dec
Kudos to Funkor’s Flickr Stream
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Update @ 0209: US Activists released on condition they leave Pakistan immediately
UPDATE from CODEPINK website: Medea Benjamin and Tighe Barry, US Human Rights activists have been released from ISI (Pakistani intelligence agencies) custody, they are safe though quite shaken up. The two have had their visas revoked and are being forcibly removed from the country on an early morning flight (in just a few hours Lahore…
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Update @ 0045: Suspected Brute Force Eviction of Justice Shahid at 2am
At around midnight the activists around the country went abuzz with a report that the authorities were planning to forcibly evict Justice Shahid Siddiqi from his house at 2am in the morning. Instantly the Lahore activist went into motion are suspected to hold a vigil throughout the night in hope of forming a human barrier…
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Update @ 2149: CodePink Activists arrested in Lahore
It is just being reported that Medea and Tighe, two US Human Rights activists who had come to Pakistan to stand up against these blatant human rights violation in Pakistan under the Martial Law have been arrested by the Punjab Police and are reportedly being held at Civil Lines. They’ve apparently also confiscated Khurram Khosa’s…
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US Human Rights Activists Harassed by Pakistani Government
U.S. human rights activists Medea Benjamin and Tighe Barry were on their way to a student rally at the Lahore Press Club at 3pm on Tuesday, December 4, when they were stopped outside the Club gates by six plainclothes government agents. They were told they had to leave the country because their visas had expired.…
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Notification issued for Retirement of 24 Judges
HRCP has informed us via email that The Federal ministry of Law has issued the notification for the retirement 24 High Court judges who did not take oath under the PCO. Those judges who stand retired as per the notification included 12 judges of Sindh High Court (SHC), 10 judges of the Lahore High Court…
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SMS Update @ 1822: Islamabad student’s protest
The protest is over. It was uber-successful. Heads and arms are swollen, courtesy the dandas, and voices are hoarse, courtesy the naareybaazi, but our spirits are high. Arrests have been made, but the bottomline is that we defeated the State today. “Tulaba kia maangey — AZADI!!!” SMS Blogger from Islamabad