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Tag: Islamabad

  • Guantanamo Bay Prison in the Long March to Islamabad

    A special truck customized to represent the illegal prison run by the US Army at Guantanamo Bay is seen to be en route to Islamabad along with the Long March. Some student volunteers were rallied across various student networks to join on the float as mock prisoners. Catch the Live updates of the Long March…

  • Nationwide protest for the immediate restoration of the deposed judges

    There will be protests in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on Thursday, May 8th 2008 for the immediate restoration of the deposed judges and for purging the judiciary free from the PCO inductees and conspirators of the Nov 3rd coup. Please come to the protest in whichever city you are based in and also inform all…

  • Bear Witness With Me Dear Motherland

    I share with you a very heart touching article written by Anwar Mansuri and Munawer Azeem for DAWN’s Crime Diary. I suggest everyone to take the time to read this summarized reproduction of Umar Deen‘s suicide note. I fear this is just the tip of the ice-berg unless immediate drastic measures are not taken to…

  • Ansar Burney (Singh): The Human Rights Minister for Indians

    Ansar Burney completed his tenure as the first ever caretaker minister of human rights. During his four months stint in the Ministry of Law, Burney worked hard tirelessly for providing a safe passage for suspected and convicted enemies of Pakistan while completely disregarding Pakistanis. He even went a step further by actively trying to dissuade…

  • Proposed Resolution for the Restoration of Judges by the National Assembly

    The text of the draft prepared for Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari by Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim for the restoration of the pre-Nov 3rd Judges (DRAFT RESOLUTION) THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN WHEREAS, We the elected representatives of the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acknowledge and honor the long and arduous struggle for…

  • CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry to be freed on Tuesday after 5 months and 13 days of House Arrest

    It is being reported in The News that once the new Prime Minister takes office i.e on Tuesday 25th March the first order of business would most likely be to free the Deposed Chief Justice Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry after Musharraf kept in under house arrest for over five months and 13 days. The security…

  • Silent Revolution – 2

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik (blog) Previous Article of the series : Silent Revolution – 1 My brief visit to Pakistan in March was welcomed by suicidal blast in Lahore FIA building and farewell attack in Islamabad restaurant resulting several deaths and injuries which pose a serious question of law an order situation in Pakistan…

  • March 10th: Black Flag Week Events

    Karachi Complete BOYCOTT OF ALL THE COURTS. 3:00 pm >> Flag Hoisting: Hotel Jabees, Saddar Islamic Lawyers Movement (ILM) People’s Resistance and all other friends are invited to join 5:00 pm >> Flag Hoisting: Iqbal Haider’s House D-25, Block 4, KDA 5, Clifton Just after Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s Mazar, off 26th Street Behind Designers. Lahore…

  • Black Flag Week activities in UK

    Reported by Rabia Zia On March 9 2008 in front of the High Commission of Pakistan, London, the Pakistani community in the UK responded to the call of the Supreme Court Bar Association to show solidarity with the lawyers movement in Pakistan to restore judiciary and to ask Musharraf to step down immediately with Go…

  • Islamabad Rally Tear Gassed and Lathi-charged

    Reports are coming in that the Black Flag Week Rally in Islamabad was lathi charged and heavily tear gassed As reported on Dawn Police fired teargas at supporters of the country’s sacked chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, protesting outside his official residence in Islamabad on Sunday, witnesses said. The protestors, including lawyers, political party workers…

  • International Women’s Day; A Pakistani Perspective

    March 8th marks the celebration of the International Womens Day worldwide, in Pakistan women have done some hard work to be considered at par with the men of society, probably their most notable event remains the protest of Feb 12th 1982 where women were brutally attacked by the state machinery (aka Zia-ul-Haq), that day is…

  • Hunger Strike in Islamabad for CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry’s Children

    Received from AH Nayyar on the People’s Resistance network The hunger strike by two leaders of Awami Jamhoori Ittehad in Islamabad has now entered the third day. Iqbal Bali and Jahangir Akhter have been on hunger strike to protest the illegal incarceration of the children of Chief Justice Iftikhar. They are sitting in a camp…

  • Qazi Faiz Isa Talks on ‘You and the Constitution’

    This session with Barrister Qazi Faez Isa was recorded a few weeks back on January 25th when he came to Shirkat Gah, Karachi on the invitation of Peoples Resistance & The Green Economics & Globalization Initiative to talk about the political issues related to the constitution of Pakistan. Its been over a month but even…

  • Educated Punjab’s Uneducated Chief Minister

    Guest Blog by Amjad Malik What goes around, comes around was a phrase I heard in my childhood and the fate of our outgoing political machinery is pitiful as they are still conspiring, aspiring and dreaming of forming government by hook or crook despite the fact that air is against them, and they do not…

  • Pakistan Has Spoken, Will Democracy Follow? Avaaz.org Petition and AD

    Avaaz.org, a very active global online movement with a simple democratic mission has recently petitioned online users to support its campaign to promote democracy in Pakistan. You can participate in either signing the petition which stands at ~84,000 signatures (goal of 150,000) or even contribute to the publication of this full page ad in The…