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Tag: Activism

  • Update @ 1826: An eye witness account of arrests & baton charge on journalists

    Via e-mail from Anis Haroon who relates who journalists and his friends from Public Relations at various news agencies were first baton charged by the police and then arrested when they attended a peace rally outside the Karachi Press Club, earlier today at 1500: The print and electronic media had given a call for procession…

  • Update @ 1610: A large number of Journalists arrested

    In a rally organized by KUJ which was supposed to take out a protest rally from Karachi Press Club to the Governors House came under some police action which resulted in lathi Charge which ended up having over 150 journalists behind bars. A few fellow activists are also in jail at the moment which includes…

  • Update 0506: People’s Resistance Flash Protest, PIDC, Karachi

    Yesterday November 16th at 5:30 pm the People’s Resistance organized a Flash Protest at PIDC Karachi which according to its basic rules does not last more then 10 minutes, a number of people showed up at very short notice to voice their opinion against the Martial Law, a few images have been displayed with the…

  • Update @ 1113: Assault on Protesting Students in Islamabad

    A report received via the People’s resistance mailing list from an activist in Islamabad On 12th November, 9 days after an unconstitutional act of emergency was declared, the regime crossed a new threshold by shamelessly attacking, arresting and detaining schoolchildren in Islamabad. A group of students, most of them between 14 and 18 years of…

  • Update @ 0539: Images from Nov 10th peace rally at Downing Street in London

    The following images were sent in to us by the People’s Resistance in London where over 1,000 people rallied last Saturday outside the UK Prime Minister’s residence on Downing Street to demand that Britain uses their influence in Islamabad to pressurize Musharaff to lift his martial law, hold elections, remove media curbs and release all…

  • Update @ 0230: People’s Resistance Action Update 12th Nov

    A number of concerned citizens of Karachi have joined together to form a loosely connected people who have started calling themselves the People’s Resistance, it remains peaceful initiative by civil society to peacefully rally against the recently imposed martial law The flash demonstrations were held at two venues. The first one at the Schoen Circle…

  • Update @ 0320: People’s Resistence issues a Statement to Support Judiciary

    A group of concerned citizens from the People’s Resistance (umbrella group formed to resist the ’emergency’) have been meeting the non-PCO judges over the last few days to extend solidarity and appreciate their stand. Below please see a summary of the key points that emerged from these meetings Civil society coalition, People’s Resistance, is appalled…

  • Update @ 0942: National Party’s General Secretary is targeted by Pakistani Government

    Via e-mail from Umar Farooq with the People’s Resistance which is a coalition of various organizations, left-wing political parties, NGOs and human rights organizations, labor and trade-union federations, academics, students, and citizens: Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo, General Secretary National Party, was sent on judicial remand to Landhi District Jail on November 8, 2007. Since hen…

  • Update @ 2030: Peace Rally outside MacDonald’s in Karachi today

    The following came into us via e-mail from a representative with the Peoples’ Resistance which is a coalition of various organizations, left-wing political parties, NGOs and human rights organizations, labor and trade-union federations, academics, students, and citizens, demonstrated today (Friday) evening outside MacDonald’s at Sea View in Clifton in a flash peace rally: The public…

  • Does Musharraf face risk of a coup?

    Early today morning there were strong rumors throughout he country that the junior squadron of Army leadership had turned onto Musharraf and had him under house arrest, the rumor fizzled out to be smoke and Musharraf went on record to state that this was ‘a joke of the highest degree’ An interesting article by BBC…

  • Pakistan is the World’s Most Dangerous Nation : Newsweek

    Newsweek has dedicated this weeks cover page to Pakistan with a bold title “The Most Dangerous Nation in the World Isn’t Iraq – Its Pakistan” (read the entire 6 page cover story here). To be honest Pakistanis are not at all surprised, as it was on the cards all along and we have been watching…

  • Busharraf meets Bhutto

    Its interesting to see how circumstances change one persons destiny, a few months back Musharraf could has easily sat on top of his throne snap his fingers and practically anyone in the country would rock to his attention, including the tranche of self exiled leaders Benazir and Nawaz. Its now a question of, who has…

  • The 15 Jail Days under Musharaf military dictatorship

    By: Farooq Tariq (I received this article written by Farooq Tariq, a leader of Labor Party Pakistan, its important to share this first-hand narration of the events which took place while he was detained by Musharrafs dictatorship in an attempt to control the rising voice of descent slowly developing against him in Pakistan) It was…

  • Muhammads (PBUH) Christian Covenant and Benedicts Indictment

    By: Dr Arif Alvi Article published in Dawn Tuesday 24th October 2006 & a digital newspaper version of the printed article can be found here, while the original full version with all relevant images is being reproduced below In his lecture on Faith, Reason and the University Memories and Reflections Pope Benedict the XVI, stirred…