Tag: BB

  • 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…

  • Kaiser Bengali explains the Economic performance of Shaukat Aziz

    Kaiser Bengali is currently working for Collective for Social Science Research, a research company based in Karachi, economist Bengali has also served as the managing director Social Policy Development Centre between 2001-2004. Here he talks with TNS about a range of issues and gives his own economic blueprint which is closely tied up with politics.…

  • Imran Khan Brings Anti-Musharraf Effort to US – NPR

    A short audio report on The Morning Edition of NPR talks about Imran Khan’s visit to the United States. He continues to argue for the independence of Judiciary and the need to pressure the American lobby to stop patronizing one man as the sole savior for all problems in Pakistan. Hear the discussion here [audio:https://teeth.com.pk/blog/wp-content/audio/nprimrankhan.mp3]…

  • I cannot be impeached: Musharraf

    I don’t know if I should laugh or cry specially when Musharraf makes statements like these, he sounds more like a deranged maniac who suddenly feel rejuvenated to defend the very same constitution which he ruthlessly raped not once but many times over – geez!!! Published in Times of India – LONDON: President Pervez Musharraf…

  • Open Letter to President of Pakistan General (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf

    An open letter to President General (Retd) Pervaiz Musharraf from Masood Sharif Khan Khattak Dear Mr President, The destructive events of 2007 cannot be wished away. The naked assault of your government on the judiciary, led by yourself from the front, on 09 March, 2007, triggered off a chain of events that need not be…

  • Canadian, Dutch and Hong Kong lawyers conclude that Emergency Measures are illegitimate

    Canadian, Dutch and Hong Kong lawyers conclude that Emergency Measures are illegitimate and call on Pakistan to restore the law and redress violations Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC), the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) and the Dutch Lawyers for Lawyers Foundation (L4L) call for: The immediate unconditional release of all jurists arrested under preventative detention…

  • 15 Questions For Mr. Asif Ali Zardari

    A list of questions poised by Mr. Akram Sheikh for Mr. Asif Zardari where he has raised some good and valid questions for everyone to ponder over With the NRO still around, striking down all corruption cases, and having become president of PPP and also having sole control over all of Benazir’s property and assets,…

  • Pakistan’s Nuclear Threat – A State of Denial by Pervaiz Hoodbhoy

    By Pervez Hoodbhoy Published in International Herald Tribune: January 16, 2008 A cacophony of protests in Pakistan greeted a recent statement by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammad ElBaradei. “I fear that chaos, or an extremist regime, could take root in that country, which has 30 to 40 warheads,” he said. He…

  • A New World Order

    Guest Blog by Faisal K – Deadpan Thoughts In the last 10 years or so we have all watched in horror as disaster after disaster has struck the world. The events I am referring to are mostly man made ones which have left an indelible mark on our history and our conscience, they have also…

  • Update @ 2120: Police NOT Letting any Reporters or Human Rights Activists to meet the arrested

    In an apparent attempt to coverup something the Darakshan Police station are not allowing any press inside the premises and neither are they permitting any human right activists to witness the process being conducted inside the police station where over 10 people of the civil society were arrested outside Justice Bhagwandas residence Spread the word…

  • Letter by US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to President Bush on Pakistan

    The following letter was just received. The Senate Majority leader Sen. Harry Reid has written to Bush and has insisted that the Judiciary should be restored, as well as political prisoners freed and the media restrictions removed. More action from the Senate and Congress in this regard will be seen in the near future. Dear…

  • Issue of Nuclear Deterrance for Pakistan

    Guest Comment by Dr Arif Alvi The issue of Nuclear Deterrence in unsafe hands is increasing in proportion and is becoming dangerous enough for me to believe that it will get worse until actual force is used to neutralize our nuclear assets. I feel uncomfortable in stating that I pointed these matters out since the…

  • Sindh is angry and Punjab is not helping – Shaheen Shehbai

    Call me paranoid, call me crazy, but the way things have been unfolding for the past few months indicate that the top leadership aka General Pervaiz Musharraf and his party of thugs will do anything and everything to hold onto that seat of power. In the recent past there seems to be a deliberate attempt…

  • 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…

  • About 200,000 people Arrested in Sindh

    There are reports which are coming in for the past few days that a major crackdown is underway in Sindh specially targeting the workers of Pakistan People Party to an extent that there are official reports of around 0.2 million people that have been arrested for their involvement and activities in the rioting following the…