Tag: civil society
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The News reports on PR Seminar with Hamid Mir
Most militants fighting to avenge military actions’ Published in The News: Monday, September 29, 2008 When Corps Commander Ali Jan Orakzai had deployed troops for the first time in Mohmand Agency in 2003, he gave an impression that the military intended to build schools, hospitals and roads there but he rather launched an operation against…
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Peoples Resistance: Seminar on Military Action in FATA
The Peoples Resistance, a civil society group advocating for an independent judiciary and the Supremacy of Law is organizing a Seminar in Karachi on Sunday titled Military Action in FATA; Reality, Myths and Implications. Basically Pakistan is at war and the US is attacking our borders while the Pakistan military is endlessly engaged in a…
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The Lawyers Movement – Achievements and Challenges
By Faisal Siddiqi Advocate Is it time to write the obituary of the lawyer’s movement? Or will this lawyer’s movement never be defeated because history and truth (and some say, God) is on our side?. The aforementioned responses are the two opposite responses given to the current impasse in the lawyer’s movement. The former response…
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Immediately Stop: ‘Logistic Support’ to Fascist NATO in Afghanistan
Guest Blog by Silence from Islamabad Observer Dear Pakistani’s, United States of America, the principal leader of fascist movement NATO has launched several unprovoked attacks inside Pakistan, killing innocent women and children. They launch their attacks, killing just about anybody including innocent women and children to vent their anger and frustration, as they are facing…
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When will the Heavens Fall
Guest Post by Naeem Sadiq “It only pertained to five women. The media gave the matter such a colour as if heavens have fallen.” ~ Jan Mohammad Jamali, Acting Chairman of the Senate of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. How does Jan Mohammad Jamali know if the heavens chose to fall or not. Surely the…