Tag: Aitzaz Ahsan

  • Vigil in Lahore for Judiciary

    From activists in Lahore: Can we let apathy and general fatigue have the best of us while the government continues its draconian orders? How long will Aitzaz Ahsan, Muneer Malik and Ali Kurd remain in arbitrary house arrest? Just Yesterday the Honorable CHIEF JUSTICE Iftikhar Chaudry was given illegal orders to VACATE his residence in…

  • Justice Bhagwandas placed under House Arrest

    It is being reported that the deposed non-PCO judge Justice Baghwandas has been placed under house arrest. Justice Bhagwandas was one of the judges who was forcibly thrown into retirement since he along with over 60 Supreme Court and High Court judges who refused to sign an illegal consitutionsl order as prescribed by General Pervaiz…

  • SAC Protest Call in Lahore at Minar-e-Pakistan at 2pm today

    The Student Action Committee (Lahore) has called for a protest on the 8th of January 2008 at 2 pm at Minar-e-Pakistan. In full collaboration with civil society groups, lawyers and activists; this protest is to be registered against the removal of the Pre Nov 3rd judiciary that stood for a just rule of law and…

  • If a Bhutto must run Pakistan, why not Fatima? – Jemima Khan

    This article appeared in the Telegraph today where Jemima Khan discusses Fatima Bhutto as the most logical heir to the Bhutto dynasty, I might also agree that the 25 year old has the brains and maybe the brawns to take over the reigns of such a big party, but will she? is still an open…

  • Family Rivalries Surface to tear at Benazir’s Legacy

    As predicated by this scribe in a post on Jan 1st the only way ruling elite can ensure a weakened PPP is to slowly chip away and exploit the jealousies and rivalries of the Bhutto clan, this could be the start of such propaganda, I personally see three potential breakaway’s from this post-Benazir era, Mumtaz…

  • Aitzaz Ahsan still a threat to the Government

    I share with you a statement sent to us by Mrs. Ahsan who shares her frustration that her husband has yet again been placed under house arrest for another month starting this New Year. My hat goes off in salute to all those judges and lawyers who made this great sacrifice for the sake of…

  • Clarification by Aitzaz Ahsan on reversal of Musharraf’s Illegal Constitutional Amendments

    Submitted on the People’s resistance network, a clarification by Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan for publication in the newspapers tomorrow (25th Dec 2007) which shed light on how it is only possible to reverse Musharraf’s Constitutional Amendments – which according to him are beyond the scope of a simple 2/3rd parliamentary vote December 24, 2007. Press Note:…

  • Pakistans Tyranny Continues – NY Times Op-Ed by Aitzaz Ahsan

    An Op-Ed article written by Aitzaz Ahsan which appeared on the Sunday morning New York Times website can be read here The chief justice of Pakistans Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and his family have been detained in their house, barricaded in with barbed wire and surrounded by police officers in riot gear since Nov.…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Musharraf continues his rant ‘Former CJ was corrupt’

    An article written by Javed Siddique in The Nation titled ‘Former CJ was corrupt‘ gives an interesting insight into how Musharraf believed that an elaborate conspiracy was being hatched to unseat him from the throne of the President of Pakistan. At first I wanted to leave the full contents of the article intact without any…