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  • Update @ 0912: SAFMA call on Pakistan Government to release media personalities

    The following statement from the SAFMA (South Asian Free Media Association) was forwarded in to us by the AHRC (Asian Human Rights Commission), calling on the Government of Pakistan to release all detained journalists and media personnel, including the SAFMA founding Secretary General — Imtiaz Alam: The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) is shocked…

  • Update @ 0020: New ammendment to Pakistani Army act

    According to sources within the Pakistani security forces, amendments have been made to the Army act of 1952 and any civilian can be arrested under the act and tried in military courts while hoarders and profiteers are to be tried in special courts. The revised act also states that attacks on armed forces is now…

  • Update @ 2314: Peace rally at Pakistan Consulate in Toronto tomorrow

    Barrister Hamid Bashani Khan who is a member of the convening committee of the SAPF (South Asia Peoples Forum in Toronto and a Solicitor & Notary public at the Superior Court of justice, Supreme Court and Federal Court of Canada e-mailed us the following details:   The SAPF has announced that it will organize a…

  • Update @ 1905: Asma Jahngir appeals for support to lawyers and judges in Pakistan

    The following e-mail was just sent in to us from Asma Jahngir (Chairperson of HRCP), appealing for support to members of the judiciary in Pakistan who have been attacked and arrested alongside scores of lawyers who have been disappearing after being detained and arrested at peace rallies over the last few days: I am fortunate…

  • Update @ 1845: Musharaff gives press statement on elections

    Musharaff just gave out a press statement on elections, his removal of uniform and the selection of an election date, which is being streamed in by ARYOne TV: We must understand why it’s like this, because there are provincial assemblies, one of them completing on the 24th of November, another on the 28th of November…

  • Update @ 1600: PTI Information Secretary sends activism message for students

    As Pakistani security forces prepare to clampdown on new rallies today, I spoke to the PTI (Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf — Imran Khan’s political party) Information Secretary — Akhbar Barbar, via phone, who sends out the following message to students organizing and attending peace rallies, while also echoing Shabhaz Sharif’s call last night, for students to rally…

  • Asia Society Town Hall Meeting: Crisis in Pakistan

    Asia Society is arranging a special Emergency Town Hall Meeting on the Crisis in Pakistan to take place at the Society’s New York Headquarters, Thursday 11/8 at 8:30 am eastern. The speakers include Robert Templer of the International Crisis Group, Saeed Shafqat of the Centre for Public policy and Governance, and Daniel Markey of the…

  • SC Order dt 3rd Nov, before Bench Thrown Out

    I have just obtained a copy of the Original supreme court order which was issued by the Honorable Supremer Court Judges before they were unlawfully overthrown by the Pharaoh (!). On the fateful day on 3rd November when General Pervaiz Musharraf proclaimed Martial Law on Pakistan the then sitting bench of the Supreme Court was…

  • Update @ 0015: Shahbaz Sharif urges students – rally peacefully

    I have just got off the phone with Nawaz Sharif’s younger brother in the UK — Shahbaz Sharif, who gave out important advice for students and asked for the following message to be sent out to all students in Pakistan and overseas who are attending rallies, that they must remain peaceful and keep rallies non-violent:…

  • Imran Khan gives message of Resistance

    A video message by Imran Khan recorded from an undisclosed location while he is defying arrest. Imran Khan, the leader of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Justice Party) urges the youth to stand up for the country, while he asks the west to understand the fact that Musharraf is not fighting a war of terrorism but using this…

  • Update @ 13:40: Police Outside LUMS, Lahore

    An email has just come in that the Inspector General Police has given orders to the Police, Rangers and Ant-Terrorist Force to arrest the students from LUMS where a protest rally was scheduled today at 13:00 Four Army trucks and a police convoy have been positioned outside LUMS. The protest is still to proceed only…

  • Avvaz.org Petition: End the Emergency in Pakistan

    If you sincerely believe in calling for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan the please sign up for the petition at avvaz.org Pakistan is on the brink. Unpopular president General Musharraf has imposed martial law, sacked the Supreme Court and shut down the media and basic freedoms. Now he is abusing the threat of terrorism…

  • Update @ 0515: Rally at university in Lahore today

    The following information on the rally being organized by university students in Lahore today afternoon, came in via email from the Student Council at LUMS: The students at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) in Pakistan are holding a peaceful rally today at 1300 (Pakistan Standard Time) inside the gates. We are expecting hundreds of…

  • Update @ 0040: On detentions and releases in Lahore & Karachi

    The following update on those who had been detained and arrested previously and who have now been released or otherwise, comes via e-mail from a blogger on the ground (Be) in Pakistan: Lahore: 1) 155 out of the 865 advocates arrested in Lahore on Monday have been sent for a three-day remand in the judicial…

  • Update @ 2223: Rawalpindi’s state administation bans PPP meetings

    Via SMS from a representative with the PPP (Pakistan People’s Party): Pakistan’s provincial administrative government in Rawalpindi has issued an alert to police and military forces in a statement, banning all public meetings organized by the PPP including rallies, with immediate effect. Follow-up Update The PPP have indicated that their meetings on November 9th, including…