Category: PTI

  • Massive protest in London against Musharraf

    Join Asma Jehangir, Imran Khan, Jemima Khan, PTI, PML-N, PPP and others at Demo outside Downing Street, London A massive protest is being planned against Musharraf in UK. All concerned, students, lawyers, civil societies, political party workers, etc. are invited to come to this protest. If you are in or around London on the 28th,…

  • Pakistans Nuclear Integrity under International threat

    Dr Arif Alvi shares his genuine thoughts and concerns of how he percives the buildup of an American threat to our nuclear arsenal. The recent comments and indicators seriously show that it is not too far to imagine that very soon the US will in all likelihood may engage the United Nations (like their false…

  • Issue of Nuclear Deterrance for Pakistan

    Guest Comment by Dr Arif Alvi The issue of Nuclear Deterrence in unsafe hands is increasing in proportion and is becoming dangerous enough for me to believe that it will get worse until actual force is used to neutralize our nuclear assets. I feel uncomfortable in stating that I pointed these matters out since the…

  • From President Musharraf to President Zardari

    For many the headline itself is a scary thought, but I assure you its not unimaginable… Looking at the address by ‘Sir’ Musharraf to his humble servants today at 8pm was nothing even close to the ‘breaking news‘ we all expected but the more ‘shocking news’ was immediately following, the Press Conference by ‘Sir’ Zardari…

  • A Possible Solution to the Mess in Pakistan

    It comes as no surprise that there is tremendous pressure on the Election Commission to hold the elections on time but the ruling elite know such a decision is doomsday for each one of them. Today yet again the spokesman for the Election Commission of Pakistan said that holding parliamentary elections as scheduled on January…

  • Review of the Political Situation at the Dawn of a New Year

    With Sunday’s decision by the Pakistan People’s Party to contest the elections, it instantly threw the PML-Q and the ruling elite into a frenzy, the PML-Q had predicted this move and a day before had announced a complete stoppage of their election camping taking the excuse of deteriorating unrest in the country following the assassination…

  • 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%…

  • 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,…

  • Why Boycott is not an Option?

    Guest post by Ali Malik In the outrage post emergency, I was confused about whether the opposition should boycott the elections or not? For instance, soon after emergency, when a Lahore based journalist (and one for whom I have high regard for), currently in Karachi, was emotionally advocating oppositions’ boycott of the polls, my only…

  • This, that and the other – Ardeshir Cowasjee

    A very interesting article written by Ardeshir Cowasjee printed in Dawn 9th Dec Having written a column for this week, but having no desire to be carted off to jail or to suffer any physical inconvenience not being a street fighter and, besides, not having too much time left to me I consulted my lawyer…

  • Imran Khan refuses to contest elections under Martial Law

    Coming through a number of sources, the PTI leadership is said to have refused to file election papers for the upcoming elections on the grounds that it is a farce and far from being fair and independent being orchestrated by a Martial Law administrator simply to enable him to get a life extension from the…

  • 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…

  • Update @ 1648: APDM Boycotts Elections – sans JUI

    APDM in full unity has resolved to boycott this sham elections. On a number of grounds of which was the restoration of judiciary to the pre Nov 3rd status was very much highlighted. The insistence of boycotting the elections was strongly tabled by Imran Khan as he felt that the opposition should boycott to expose…

  • Update @ 1653: Imran Khan requested to Break Hunger Strike

    I have just been informed that the Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a meeting today in Islamabad has insisted with Imran Khan despite his commitment to the cause of restoration of Judiciary in Pakistan to break his five day long hunger strike in which he had also stopped taking in water. They…

  • Imran Khan’s Pictures after his release from DG Khan Jail

    Credit Yahoo News & (AP Photo/Saleem Raza)