Tag: CrisisPk
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Nawaz Sharif enters Judicial Colony in Islamabad
It is being reported by.the SAC team in Lahore that Nawaz Sharif has come to he judicial colony in Islamabad along with his brother and has just now entered inside the enclave there are hundreds of supporers along with him and the civil society
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9 lawyers arrested in Karachi
Clashes between lawyers & police at city court and M.A. Jinnah Road. 9 arrested, including KBA Secretary. 3 lawyers seriously injured, taken to Civil Hospital.
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Lawyers fired upon in Karachi
News just received. Lawyers are being fired upon by people in civilian clothes and police is also being very aggressive. A lady lawyer has recived gunshot tear gas canister wound.
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Lawyers rally tear gassed in Karachi
Breaking News : Lawyers protesting at the City Courts Karachi are being beaten, tear gassed and several have been arrested More updates can be posted as comments here
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Aitzaz Ahsan Finally Released
Breaking News: Aitzaz Ahsan has just been allowed to exit his house arrest confinement and is at the moment addressing journalists outside his house. He has resolved to continue his struggle for the restoration of the Judiciary and has planned for a grand rally on March 9th the day one year ago the CJP Iftikhar…
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RUMOR MILL: Zardari and Musharraf (rep) inside US Embassy
It is being reported (1500 PST Geo News) that a high level meeting is underway inside the US Embassy with Asif Ali Zardari and representatives of Pervaiz Musharraf. The meeting is supposed to be with the US Ambassador and his staff trying to negotiate a peace / alliance between PML-Q and PPP. The report has…
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Government thinking of releasing CJP
Breaking News on Geo tv saying that the: Government is actually thinking of ending C.J Iftikhar Chaudhry’s house arrest This is an important development worth keeping an eye on as Nawaz Sharif has taken oath from all its candidates that they will work towards the restoration of the Nov 3 judiciary
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Pakistan Elections: Free, Fair and Transparent
Guest Blog by temporal who blogs at Baithak The Pakistan elections are over and the people have spoken. But have they been heard? It is after midnight Pakistan time and the results are trickling in. It appears from early results that PML (Q) the king’s party has received a massive defeat. And both opposition parties,…
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Missing Vote / Disenfranchisement
These elections have been confusing, many claim it to be free and fair, while others have a different point of view, though my blog is brim full of stories of the other side I care to only share now my own personal experience at having gone out to vote. Did I want to vote? Plain…
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Update @ 0101: Very Low Turnout & Ikhtiar Baig
Posted by a voter from the NA-250 constituency on the People’s Resistance Network I went to vote at NA 250 (DHA College, next to Defence Imambargh). My name and my parents’ names were not on the list. We ran into Mirza Ikhtiar Baig [PPP candidate of that area] (along with his 8 body guards who…
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Election irregularities being reported on other Blogs
There are some interesting reports emerging on other blogs in Pakistan. Follow the links here KO: My voting experience in the 2008 elections, where he shares his voting experience KO’s own family where out of 10 people, only two were on the list, so 8 couldn’t vote. His friends: Went to vote, his vote had…
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Report from NA-250
Received from Noman on the People’s Resistance network Voting was very smooth at Jennings School (near Cantt station) and no complaints were seen or reported. MQM and PPP were both largely peaceful throughout the day. Just after polling ended at 5, we heard the sound of gunfire coming from a distance. Police arrived immediately (quite…
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Update @ 1902: Reports of Voting Irregulatires across Karachi
Shared from the People’s Resistance network who talked to various people in the NA-253 constituency Account 1: Voter was not registered but still went to polling station. she was told that she could still vote, and a ballot for someone who hadn’t shown up was given to her. For her spouse, who was not present,…
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Update 1800: Observations from another voter
Posted by Faris Kasim of the People’s Resistance network I was lucky enough to visit two very different polling stations today, clearly showing the inherent classism and divisions in Karachi (Pakistani) society today. I first went to my polling station in Bath Island, NA-250 with my family and was really impressed by the arrangements. Policemen…
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Rigging in Gulistan-e-Jauhar
Report from NA-256 Report appearing on the People’s Resistance network I live in Gulistan-e-Johar. We went to the polling station to cast our vote at around 3 pm. and we were surprised to see the transparent rigging….. There was only the MQM agents that were present there and none of the PPP or any other…