Tag: CrisisPk
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Update @ 0210: Peace rallies in London & San Francisco tomorrow
Received via e-mail from student bodies at universites in the UK and US: A peace rally being held in London, UK tomorrow starts at 1400 BST in front of Downing Street and it is expected that there will be a huge turnout while at 1400 in San Francisco , USA a rally is being staged…
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Update @ 0130: Geo News DDoS’d
On Friday at around 2030 the Geo.tv started to received a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Serice) attack and they were able to recover from this surge of artificial traffic after two hours of down time by around 2235. Geo.tv reports that this is the second time such an attack occurred on its servers resulting in…
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Update @ 2113: Images from today’s Peace Rally at LUMS
The following images (via Flickr) were taken by the student body at LUMS (Lahore University for Management Sciences) where students marked Iqbal day in a peace rally on-campus while calling for the imposition of the state of emergency also known as martial law, to be lifted in Pakistan. People’s faces have been blurred in these…
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Update @ 2030: Peace Rally outside MacDonald’s in Karachi today
The following came into us via e-mail from a representative with the Peoples’ Resistance which is a coalition of various organizations, left-wing political parties, NGOs and human rights organizations, labor and trade-union federations, academics, students, and citizens, demonstrated today (Friday) evening outside MacDonald’s at Sea View in Clifton in a flash peace rally: The public…
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Update @ 2012: Police surround Geo News Bureau in Islamabad
Via news tickers: Geo News bureau in Islamabad have been surrounded by police in an apparent bid to shut down the transmission and editorial work. The city’s district Magistrate has given security forces an order to cordon off the Geo News offices.
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Update @ 1830: Police cordon off Imran Khan’s house
Received via SMS: Imran Khan’s house has been cordoned off by the police while Pakistani security forces have surrounded Shaukat Khanam Hospital in Lahore while in Rawalpindi, riot police have fired tear gas shells to disperse PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) political workers at the Committee Chowk.
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Update @ 1745: Imran Khan sends message on the battle for Pakistan
We received the following e-mail from Imran Khan who highlights the massive crackdown on genuine opposition, police brutality being used as a tool to induce fear for those attending peace rallies, and the need to restore an independent judiciary among other valuable insights: The imposition of martial law under the garb of emergency should make…
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Update @ 1614: Bhutto prevented from attending rally in Rwalpindi
Bhutto tried to leave her compound in Islamabad 35 minutes ago to Rawalpindi but the police didn’t allow her to, she then made her way into her white SUV with a loudspeaker, her supporters surrounded her land cruiser and have broken through lines of police cordons. She was supposed to deliver her speech to the…
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Update 1600: Bomb goes off in Peshawar
News tickers via Geo TV: A loud explosion was heard in Peshawar a few minutes ago and initial reports via SMS indicate that 4 people have been in killed in the bomb blast. Geo TV journalist (stated that a MPA peer), Mohammad Khan, is among those who have been injured. Federal Minister, Ameer Muqam is…
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Update @ 1520: Rubber bullets fired at demonstrators in Rawalpindi
Just received the following via SMS (although cell phone voice reception has been disrupted by the jammers, the text messaging service is functional): Benazir Bhutto is trying to reach Liaquat Bagh while Pakistani security forces have fired rubber bullets at demonstrators in Rawalpindi where a peace rally is being held today by the PPP (Pakistan…
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Update @ 1400: Benazir Bhutto comes out of her house
Via SMS, just hours before Benazir Bhutto was set to start off her party’s peace rally, she was detained and placed under house arrest at the Zardari house in Islamabad: Despite Pakistani security forces surrounding her house, Bhutto has just stepped out of the house and police have led her to a nearby waiting car.…
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Update @ 1330: Peace rallies for Pakistan in Montreal & Chicago today
Via the comments’ section of this blog from a student at McGill University in Canada and Malik at PakAlert in the US on details of the peace rallies being staged today at Pakistan Consulates in Chicago and Montreal: People in Montreal are invited to demonstrate this Friday, November 9th in front of the Pakistan General…
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Update @ 1240: Benazir Bhutto detained, HRCP website blocked
I’ve just received a SMS from Doc that Benazir Bhutto has been detained at her residence in Islamabad while one of the activists on the ground in Pakistan sent in a message via Skype, stating that the HRCP (Human Rights Commission Pakistan) website has been blocked in Pakistan by the PTA (Pakistan Telecommunications Authority). For…
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Update @ 1018: Sindh Democratic Forum encourages united peace rallies
The following signed statement was received from the SDF (Sindh Democratic Forum) via the HRCP and calls on everyone to unite when rallying for a democratic Pakistan peacefully: The members of Sindh Democratic Forum (SDF) have expressed their deep shock and strong condemnation at the imposition of Martial Law in the country. It is a…
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Update @ 0944: CEO of Geo TV sends message on extent of media clampdown
The following comes in, via a Facebook e-mail exchange, from Mir Ibrahim Rahman who is the CEO of Geo TV in Pakistan, a channel which has been blocked by the Pakistani government who has also begun talks with foreign governments to have the channel’s transmission blocked overseas. In his message, Mir, states that he is…