Tag: CrisisPk
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Update @ 2230 via SMS: Police arrest Qazi Hussain
The leader of Jamaat e-Islami party, Qazi Hussain has been arrested by Police for stating that the state of emergency is just martial law.
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Update @ 2145: PPP (political) rally in Islamabad tomorrow
An update has come in that the PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) are planning to organize a rally to be staged tomorrow (Wednesday) which starts off at 4pm in front of the Parliament House in Islamabad. Benazir Bhutto who has now landed in Islamabad appeared earlier this evening on private media channels to encourage people to…
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Update @ 1800: Phone services restored in Islamabad
Cell phone services have been restored approx. an hour ago in Islamabad with confirmed reports coming in via our comments sections as well as via text messages from friends within the city. Although the landlines and cell phone coverage is back up, reception in certain parts of Islamabad is noisy with audible background interferences. As…
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Update @ 13:45: Phones cut in Islamabad
Reports are coming in, that cell phones have been disconnected in the capital city of Islamabad in an attempt to disrupt the speech of the sacked Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to a meeting of lawyers by telephone. Its been reported that after a few minutes into the speech the line that the judge was…
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Does Musharraf face risk of a coup?
Early today morning there were strong rumors throughout he country that the junior squadron of Army leadership had turned onto Musharraf and had him under house arrest, the rumor fizzled out to be smoke and Musharraf went on record to state that this was ‘a joke of the highest degree’ An interesting article by BBC…
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View Geo TV in Pakistan via satellite
Satellite: PAS 10 Position: 68.5 degrees east Downlink: band c Frequency 4124mhz Polarity V Symbol: 19850 Fec: 3/4 Some more links on Geo.tv Geo Tv Blackballed because of Imran Khan Govt Bans Kamran Khan’s GEO.tv Show Wukla Cola – a Geo.tv spin of ‘Brrr’ Coke commercial Geo News Blocked in Sindh Geo back on air…
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Update @ 2122: Images from Press Club protest in Karachi
The following images were taken by Dr. Awab, streamed in via Flickr, show protesters and the police presence that turned up for the demonstration at the Press Club in Karachi today where a journalist was assaulted by police and five protesters arrested for chanting slogans. More pictures of the protest have been clicked by another…
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Update @ 2045: Troops marching towards parliament buildings
Via Al-Jazeera news tickers, Pakistani troops are marching towards parliament buildings. There have been calls for the National Assembly to convene on Wednesday to discuss the present situation while the Pkistani interior minister has stated that there will be no general elections until the situation on the ground in Pakistan is back to normal which…
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Update @ 1640: Protesters arrested at Karachi Press Club
Via Blackberry from Dr. Awab who is at the protest in Karachi: “I’m at the protest taking pictures but not going through on email, one journalist severely beaten and about 5 arrested”
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Update @ 1555: Tips for protesters marching towards Karachi Press Club
Bloggers who are participating in the protest at the Press Club in Karach which started about a half hour ago, have sent in messages stating the visibibility of a heavy police (Nafri) prescence posted around the Karachi Press Club (KPC), and the numbers are continuing to increase. The roads around the KPC have been cordoned…
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Update @ 1445: Asma Jahangir e-mails her detention order
The following e-mail came in via Omer from Asma Jahangir who is the Secretary General of HRCP (Human Rights Commission Pakistan): The situation in the country is uncertain. There is a strong crackdown on the press and lawyers. Majority of the judges of the Supreme Court and four High Courts have not taken oath. The…
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Thank God, Benazir Lives
October 19th at around midnight two suicide bombers killed themselves right along side the motorcade escorting Benazir Bhutto on her arrival back home after an 8 year self exile. Benazir arrived in Karachi at around 2pm in the afternoon of the 17th and the procession slowly inched its way to her final destination at Bilawal…
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October 17 Court Decision – Don’t Expect Much
October 17th is being trumpeted by many as a critical day in the history of Pakistan, it is a day which can be earmarked as a day to make or break one too many political giants of the present era. Two highly important political cases will be discussed while the Pakistani community holds it breath…
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Inside the mind of a Supreme Court Judge
Supreme Court of Pakistan is about to give its verdict on Qazi Hussain Ahmed’s petition and it should be interesting to find out what possibly would be going through the mind of a supreme court Judge sitting not only at one of the most important and respected position in Pakistan but also at the brink…
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Assault on a Lawyer (Naeem Bukhari)
I share with you this letter written by Naeem Bukhari brought to my attention courtesy of an avid reader of this blog, Dr. Moeed Pirzada. I quote his message which I feel is self explanatory I am posting here a recent article from Naeem Bokhari, after his thrashing by a group of lawyers inside the…