Teeth Maestro
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Benazir’s cursed Apartment in Manhattan
The tragic assassination of Benazir Bhutto has quite a number of conspiracy theorists lining up to offer their analysis, was it fate or destiny we may never know but some have gone to speculate it may have been the Bhutto curse where all members of the Bhutto dynasty are slowly eradicated, and in the recent…
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Musharraf vs Restoration of Judges: Showdown
An article written by Abbas Kassar in The Pakistan Weekly caught my eye which was titled Musharraf Threatens To Dissolve Assemblies If Judges Restored, it raises some serious concerns about the looming threat wielded by Musharraf and his right to exercise article 58-2(B) of the 1973 Constitution of Pakistan. Quite simply utilizing this threat to…
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Husain Haqqani: A Tumultous Career
Guest Post by Masoor Hallaj As per the news of The News International dated [December 17, 2007] Nahid Khan, the political secretary to Benazir Bhutto, has withdrawn her nomination papers in protest over the awarding of a PPP ticket to Farahnaz Ispahani. According to party sources, Nahid Khan was not happy with the award of…
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Indian Railway Minister Lalu Prasad enjoys a joke
The lighter side of Parliamentary politics in India
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Husain Haqqani: A Follow up Post
Guest Blog post by Phil A recent post run by Teeth Maestro on his blog that features another renowned web-activist that goes by the pseudonym of Temporal and writes at Baithak and discusses how a few old faces are reappearing and how they are making sure that their government service’s maligned past is buried and…
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Peoples Resistance meets CM Sindh for Dr. Riaz
Today afternoon a delegation of the Peoples Resistance visited the Chief Minister house and met the CM Mr. Qaim Ali Shah in a one-on-one meeting to discuss at length the issue of Dr. Riaz Ahmed and his maltreatment at the hand of Rangers on March 31st. This meeting was hurriedly arranged by the members of…
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Zardarigate: Who’s Afraid of Judiciary?
Guest Post by Temporal at Baithak I read this passage in a column by Anjum Niaz in the Daily Dawn of April 13, 2007. Interestingly, the link I had saved for her column in Dawn does not work. I googled and again I got the same link to her column – ISLAMABAD DATELINE: Amar Prem…
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Dr. Riaz Update: Judgement reserved till Monday
Posted on the People’s Resistance network There was a hearing of Riaz’s bail application in High Court on Friday. Typically, such hearings can take upto several months to complete. However, on Friday, the judge (current CJ SHC, Soomro) said he had to “issue an order today”. The lawyer for rangers too insisted that the case…
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Treason
Guest Post by Amer Nazir Living in exile, in my loneliness, I often wonder. I wonder about my homeland. I wonder about patriotism. What exactly is my country, to whom shall I give my loyalty – the land, the people or the regime? It is difficult to decide when all three are in conflict with…
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Muneer Malik awarded the 2008 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights
The May 18 Memorial Foundation in Gwangju, Korea proclaimed Mr. Muneer A. Malik as the winner for the 2008 Gwangju Prize for Human Rights. Mr. Muneer A. Malik was the former President of the Supreme Court Bar Association who has played an enormous role in the struggle of the lawyers, judges and the rest of…
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RSF: Open letter to Prime Minister Gillani urging 10 steps for Press Freedom
Reporters Without Borders sent an open letter yesterday to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani hailing a bill introduced by his government in the national assembly to repeal repressive amendments to a 2002 broadcast media law that were decreed by President Pervez Musharraf on 3 November 2007. “This is a victory for the editorial freedom of…
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Exporting Rights Violations
Exporting Rights Violations America should be cautious lest it reaps what it sows By SAMAD KHURRAM The Bill of Rights—the essence of American civil liberties—contains crucial provisions for protecting free speech, due process, and a fair and speedy trial among other things. The U.S. Constitution, in turn, was arguably a precedent for Universal Declaration of…
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Sher Afgan’s counsel denies FIR against lawyers
It seems a very deliberate plan is under way to implicate lawyers and tarnish their image in the eyes of the public. The embarrassing way Sher Afghan was thrashed in Lahore a few days back could not only be the mastermind of a conspirator trying to make use of the strategic location. Just recently Sher…
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Protest Against Altaf Hussain and MQM in London
A number of human rights activists gathered outside the MQM offices in London UK (Elizabeth House, Edgware, Middlesex) to protest against the atrocities committed in Karachi on April 9th 2008, in which a number of lawyers & innocent citizens were burnt alive and transport drivers were killed by bullet injury. These people were innocent victims…
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Pakistani Finalists on the Time 100 Most Inflential
TIME magazine has published a list of 200 people who it thinks are the most influential people in the world today, this list will soon be narrowed down in half and we all get a chance to share our rankings. There are four Pakistanis on the list Musharraf, Kiyani, Prime Minister Gilani and Bilawal Bhutto…
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