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Iftikhar Day Rally – Pictures
As usual a large set of images from the Youm-e-Iftikhar Rally at Karachi Press Club today morning
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Saint Benazir Bhutto…?
Guest Post by Salahuddin Farooq Its not a taunt, its reality which Im observing in all type of media and as well in general conversation of people. This scenario reflects the mentality of our nation. Our nation has only two images in their minds relating to their leaders, either they praise someone by ignoring negative…
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Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Chaudhry responds to the allegations
AN OPEN LETTER TO: (PDF Available for Download) The President of the European Parliament, Brussels. The President of France, Paris. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, London. Ms. Condaleeza Rice, Secretary of State, United States of America Professor Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum, Geneva. All through their respective Ambassodors, High Commissioners and representatives. Excellency,…
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Iftikhar Day on 31st January – protest at KPC
Sindh High Court Bar Association is planning to commemorate 31st January as Iftikhar Day to highlight the hardships faced by the legal community in Pakistan following the illegal imposition of emergency on Nov 3rd in Pakistan. The SHCBA will have a bar meeting and then take out a procession to finally stage a massive protest…
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Downing Street Protest – Videos
A wide collection of YouTube videos of the Anti-Musharraf protest on Downing Street, London. Credit for aggregating the entire collection Taimur Rehman of CMKP
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Independence of Judiciary: A Lost Cause?
Guest Post by Anam Jamali Pakistan enjoys a history of judicial slavery and subordination – excuse me for the blunt and unparliamentary use of words as I understand having such opinion is an offense nowadays. Symbolic of judicial politicization is Judge Roland Freisler, a Nazi German Judge, whose court provided protection and legal cover to…
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PAKISTAN PROTESTS – Edhi haggled by US Immigration & might be Deported
Its being reported that Pakistan’s renowned social worker Abdul Sattar Edhi (Edhi Foundation) was interrogated by US immigration officials at the JF Kennedy Airport in New York for over eight hours, and they also later seized his passport and other documents, Abdus Sattar Edhi told reporters “They asked me why I dont reside permanently in…
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How to Steal an Election Without Breaking a Sweat
This writeup was posted on the People’s Resistance network, this might be more of a general report but quite literally the upcoming elections in Pakistan have all the signs to be fully rigged. Pakistan fails on each and every condition mentioned here From Abuja to Islamabad, autocratic regimes have become adept at manipulating “free and…
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Talat Hussain on Frontline/World PBS
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Nizam-e-Sharia – Islamic Religious Laws in Pakistan
Senator (R) Iqbal Haider shares his opinion on the recently announced plans for Nizam-e-Sharia. It is without doubt worrisome and important to highlight this issue for everyone and also to open it up for debate. These days General (R) Pervez Musharaf is on a mission to convince and pacify the European Union that he is…
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Imran Khan speaks at the Asia Society
The entire hour long discussion can be heard here [audio:012508imran_khan.mp3]
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Downing Street Protest – Pictures
Pictures of the Anti-Musharraf protest on Downing Street, London – Credit PkPolitics & BBC Urdu Pictures
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Understanding the Petroleum Scam in Pakistan
I share with you a very interesting article published in The News yesterday discussing the controversial issue of the fluctuating price of oil, though it is an undeniable fact that we are intrinsically linked to the price of oil as prescribed by OPEC but somehow the varied fluctuations have never correlated with the international market,…
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Musharraf – hits out at Journalist for tough Questions
President of Pakistan General (Retd) Pervaiz Musharaf while addressing a gathering of 800 or so Pakistanis in Hilton Hotel, Park Lane in London on 25th of January, incited violence by asking the Pakistani community to hit such people (in Urdu ‘or mayray khayal mein us ko dou teen tikka b dain tou acha hai”). He…
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Judges under siege by Qazi Faez Isa
Published in the opinion section of Dawn on 28th January 2008 Carry a placard “Release Justice Rana Bhagwandas and you will be thrown into the slammer. FIR No.13/08 lodged at the Clifton Town police station confirms the highhandedness of Musharrafs despotic regime. Justice Rana Bhagwandas started his judicial career as a civil judge at the…
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