Tag: CJP

  • Update @ 1648: APDM Boycotts Elections – sans JUI

    APDM in full unity has resolved to boycott this sham elections. On a number of grounds of which was the restoration of judiciary to the pre Nov 3rd status was very much highlighted. The insistence of boycotting the elections was strongly tabled by Imran Khan as he felt that the opposition should boycott to expose…

  • Update @ 1502: Muneer Malik dangerously ill, moved to Islamabad

    I just received this email from Barrister Salahuddin Ahmed narrating the seriousness of Muneer Malik’s medical condition while we was jailed up in Attock Jail. It seems to be inhuman that such a respectable person to be treated in such a way, our prayers are with him for a quick and steady recovery. Additionally we…

  • An updated account of the Arrest of Adovcate Athar Minallah

    By Ghazala Minallah w/o Athar Minallah Athar Minallah was arrested on the 21st of Nov. 2007 at approx. 1.30pm .He had been accompanying Retd. Justice Wajiuddin Ahmad the whole of that morning. After the arrival of the judge from Karachi Athar took him to the District courts of Islamabad in the F-8 sector where the…

  • Update @ 1619: Teachers charged with sedition

    In continuation of the attacks on all civil institutions, the illegal and unconstitutional government of Gen. Musharraf has instituted sedition charges against 14 members of the academic staff of Punjab University: Dr. Mumtaz Salik, President, Punjab University Academic Staff Association (PUASA) Dr. Asmatullah, Secretary General, PUASA Dr. Haris Rashid, Director, Centre for High Energy Physics…

  • Update @ 1653: Imran Khan requested to Break Hunger Strike

    I have just been informed that the Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in a meeting today in Islamabad has insisted with Imran Khan despite his commitment to the cause of restoration of Judiciary in Pakistan to break his five day long hunger strike in which he had also stopped taking in water. They…

  • Update @ 0216: Imran Khan Update

    As it was reported on this blog around 8PM Imran Khan was released from DG Khan jail, eye witnesses and close family friends say that he was visibly weak and has been on a hunger and water strike for over four days, he had commenced the strike well before it became public which is approximately…

  • Update @ 1330: Justice Wajeehuddin supports Imran’s hunger strike for Judiciary

    Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Wajeehuddin Ahmed has strongly supported the hunger strike of Mr Imran Khan for the restoration of the judiciary. In a discussion with Dr Arif Alvi the Vice President of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf he said that the hunger strike is a most significant part of the noble struggle being waged by the nation.…

  • Imran Khan’s Hunger Strike

    Mr Imran Khan the Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has gone on hunger strike for the restoration of the judiciary in Pakistan. He is in under arrest in D G Khan prison and has been charged with treason and terrorism, an offence which can be tried under a military court and he can be sentenced to…

  • Update @ 0402: People’s Resistance condemns Lathi Charge & Arrest of Journalists

    Civil Society Condemns Lathi Charge and Arrest of Journalists KARACHI, NOV 20: The civil society coalition People’s Resistance condemns in the strongest terms the brutal police lathi charge on unarmed journalists outside the Karachi Press Club and the arrests of Karachi Union of Journalists’ President Shamimur Rehman, Karachi Press Club President Sabihuddin Ghausi, Secretary General…

  • Update @ 1730: Imran Khan has started a Hunger Strike until Judiciary is restored

    Through very reliable sources with in the Pakistan Tehrek-e-Insaf, it has come to point that Imran Khan while being imprisoned under Anti-Terrorism charges in Dera Ghazi Khan jail has gone on a hunger strike until the restoration of the Judiciary of Pakistan to its pre-martial law November 3rd status. UPDATE 1740: ISLAMABAD (AFP) – Pakistani…

  • Update @ 1410: Supreme Court dismisses five petitions against Musharraf’s eligibility

    The newly appointed bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan resumed the hearing of petitions which were challenging General Pervaiz Musharraf’s eligibility as the President of Pakistan. Within a few hours the bench had been able to dismiss five out of the six petitions against the self appointed dictator. The sixth and the last petition…

  • How to Save Pakistan By Imran Khan

    By Imran Khan Make no mistake; Pakistan faces a grave threat from the creeping chaos, a by-product of the most shameful demonstration of power politics. There are many threats confronting our society. The threat of extremism is just one which is essentially a consequence of policies that serve foreign interests at the cost of the…

  • Update @ 0412: Three Judges refuse to hear Emergency Case

    A 10-member bench of the Supreme Court deliberated on the fact if there was any valid reason or justification for clamping emergency rule in the country. But what was really suprising during the proceedings was that Justice Faqir Mohammad Khokhar expressed his unwillingness to sit in the bench. “I think I should not sit in…

  • Update @ 0351: Students speak out against IJT

    A number of students in Punjab University have spoken out against Islami Jamiat Talaba, as reported by Lahore Metroblog where they have captured an ARY Interview and have translated it in English for our International audience

  • Update @ 1602: LUMS Students Movement express Poltical Autonomy

    Press Release, issued by the Student Movement at Lahore University of Management Sciences As our movement gains in strength, support, momentum and therefore, media attention, the students of the protest movement at the Lahore University of Management Sciences would like to clarify our position on a number of points. Our movement is fundamentally a non-partisan,…