Teeth Maestro
-
The NAB Diaries – Part Two
Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part One has already been published by Teeth Maestro last week and which was subsequent to a letter written by me to the Chairman NAB requesting for either…
-
Iftikhar, Aitzaz to sue Musharraf for Rs 2 Billion
Posted on the Proud-Pakistan mailing list, reference to a news report which appeared in The Nation on 21st December 2007 Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Supreme Court Bar Association President Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan are suing President Pervez Musharraf to claim damages worth two billion rupees through a defamation suit. Talking to The Nation…
-
Weakening Pakistan – NYTimes Editorial
An editorial published on the New York Times website about Pakistan – [link] Pakistans president, Pervez Musharraf, insists his outrageous power grabs are aimed at stabilizing and protecting his country. His authoritarian maneuvers only weaken the countrys already feeble political institutions and fuel more political turmoil. Turmoil is not what anyone needs in a country…
-
Spectators of Emergency in Pakistan
This animation was published on the Al-Jazeera English website – watch the Spectators of Emergency
-
12 Human Rights NGO’s write to Condoleezza Rice
Twelve Human Rights Organizations write a detailed letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the grave situation in Pakistan. The 12 NGO’s signing the letter are Amnesty International USA, The Carter Center, Freedom House, Global Rights, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, International Justice Mission, International League for Human Rights, Jacob Blaustein Institute…
-
Karachi Press Club Eid Day Vigil for Aitzaz – Pictures
Read the report here Credit for all the pictures Abro’s Flickr Stream
-
Report of KPC Vigil on Eid Day for Aitzaz Ahsan
Report of the Eid Day vigil outside Karachi Press Club to protest against the way authorities manhandled Aitizaz Ahsan after he was suddenly ‘temporarily’ released then then abruptly arrested again. Report by Urooj posted on the People’s Resistance network The CMKP Karachi DC organised a candlelight vigil at 06:00 p.m. yesterday (December 21) outside the…
-
A Demented Musharraf talks to Newsweek
Newsweek Online has published excerpts of an interview with General (retired) Pervaiz Musharraf taken a few days before the Martial Law was lifted. I share it with you since reading the entire interview one does get an eerie bone chilling sensation that Musharraf has completely lost his sanity and seems to be raging maniac out…
-
Woh Eid e Nazzara
Guest Blog by Sophia Ali Fellow Pakistanis, I am outraged like many of you by the sheer brutality of the treatment meted out to Aitzaz Ahsan, and that too on Eid! My salutations to you Aitzaz and to all the heroes of the resistance. May Allah bring our struggle to fruition! Woh Eid e Nazzara…
-
A Macro-Analysis of Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsans Open Letter
Guest post by Hassan Baig Hassan analyzes the realistic implication of the open letter written by Aitzaz Ahsan to the Pakistan Bar Council on Dec 5 Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a leader in his own right. A populist leader even. Moreover, his read of the political spectrum and all developing eventualities is sensible and…
-
Aitzaz Ahsan Beaten & Detained – Vigils held in Karachi & Lahore
Posted on the Emergency Times mailing list and also on the People’s Resistance Aitzaz Ahsan was picked up on the motorway enroute to Islamabad, beaten up, glasses broken and brought back to Lahore in a police bus. Is now suffering from bruises and fever.When he asked for a detention order, they shoved a gun in…
-
Eid morning Police Action in Islamabad
Posted on the People’s Resistance network Activists, mainly lawyers, gathered at the entrance to the judges colony at 7:30 this morning. The police had completely blocked the way to the Chief Justice’s residence with concrete blocks and barbed wires. The protesters gathered at the police barrier which happened to be at the entrance to the…
-
A Very Happy Eid Mubarak & My Sincere Prayers for Pakistan
For all my regular readers, it will not be too hard to figure out my Dua for this Eid-ul-Adha. I sincerely wish each and every Muslim in the world a very happy and joyous Eid, while at the same time I urge them to take a moment to pray for Pakistan asking Allah, God Almighty…
-
Ticket to Heavens – at the tax payers’ expense
Posted on the People’s Resistance network by Naeem Sadiq Is there a relationship between the corruption and mismanagement of rulers and the number of times they perform umrahs and hajj. While a formal research on this subject may yet not be available, the performance of our contemporary leaders provides some very useful insight. Mr. Jinnah,…
-
Chief Justice, Aitezaz & other Judges to offer Eid prayers at Faisal Mosque
Posted on the Emergency Times website The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, will offer Eid prayers at the Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, for which he has been granted ‘temporary’ release from his illegal imprisonment. The other Honorable Judges will accompany him as well. Fellow Pakistanis are urged to gather at 7.30am tomorrow at…
Got any book recommendations?