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  • Dharna at Karachi University

    6035|300px The report from the Karachi University Dharna was great, despite a total University holiday we were able to get a large group of supporters for Dr Riaz. The protest started at 12:30pm sharp at the Silver Jubilee gate and by around 1:00pm we were able to stage a 15 minute Dharna blocking the main…

  • Karachi University Professor granted ‘Bail before Arrest’

    Dr. Riaz Ahmed, the Karachi University professor who was brutally manhandled by the Rangers and then accused of assaulting the armed personnel has just been given Bail before arrest. The issue will now come to a showdown as it is expected that he will formally submit his application for registering an FIR at the Mubina…

  • Geo News blocked in Karachi – MQM election rigging allegations

    It is being reported throughout the city of Karachi that Geo News was suddenly taken off-air during the Capital Talk show where Ansar Abbasi stated that MQM won the election due to massive rigging. This statement apparently aggravated the leadership in Karachi forcing the channel off-air in Karachi. More updates to follow First updated on…

  • Dharna at Karachi University on Tuesday 8th April

    Posted on the People’s Resistance network In a meeting of the People’s Resistance today (6th April) at Aurat Foundation it was decided that the members of the civil society seriously condemn the recent incident where the Pakistan Rangers posted at the Karachi University brutality beat up a University Professor on 31st March, leaving him battered…

  • April 06 Update: Attack on Dr Riaz

    Dr. Riaz’s lawyer filed a petition in the session’s court requesting that his client should be allowed to file an FIR against his attackers. The matter is pending before the court and a decision is expected on Monday the 7th of April when the bail hearing of Dr. Riaz will also be conducted. In this…

  • [Pictures] Update on Rangers assault on Karachi University Professor

    It is just being reported that today late at night the rangers have finally been able to registered an FIR against Dr. Riaz for allegedly assaulting a Rangers officer (FIR # 73-08 Riaz Ahmed vs Anwar ul Haq at Mubina Town Police Station). The source is also reporting that just a few hours earlier (11:00pm)…

  • People’s Resistance demands immediate inquiry into Rangers’ maltreatment of Professor

    The People’s Resistance, a coalition of pro-democracy individuals and organisations, strongly condemns and demands immediate inquiry into the manhandling and beating up of Dr Riaz Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Applied Chemistry at Karachi University by Pakistan Rangers. On Monday, March 31, Dr Riaz attempted to drive out of the campus from the Silver Jubilee gate.…

  • Karachi Metroblogs pulls an April Fools prank

    The cat is finally out of the bag, and the entire Karachi Metroblog team has come clean accepting the April fools joke being played on its readers. The plan was hatched barely two days ago on our internal mailing list, a number of ideas were floated to finally settle with two options one was for…

  • RIP – KMB Going Down

    Well its not news to anyone who regularly follows Karachi Metroblog but at this moment all of our current batch of authors are effectively sidelined and trashed. Sean the co-founder from Metrblogging wrote a post after he disabled all authors from the system where he states that the ongoing bickering and fighting amongst the authors…

  • Update on the condition of Dr. Riaz – KU Teacher beaten by Rangers

    I have just received an email from the family of Dr. Riaz Prof of Applied Chemistry who was beaten up by Rangers at Karachi University yesterday evening He is better now and we just got back home. He has bruises on his back where the dandas hit him hard. He cant move his left arm…

  • Karachi University teacher severly beaten by Rangers on Campus

    Dr Riaz — a member of International Socialists Pakistan (ISPak) and a professor at the University of Karachi (KU) — was severely beaten up an hour ago by Rangers personnel at KU. There was tension throughout the day at Karachi University and all the gates were locked. The Rangers were seen to be in hiding…

  • Civil Society delegation pays tribute to Benazir Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Bux

    Report posted on the People’s Resistance network by Lala Hussain 70 members civil society activists delegation visited Garhi Khuda Bux on 29th March, 2008 to pay tribute to Mohtarma BB. The brief report is below just for sharing our emotions. When Prime Minister Yousuf Raza was getting historical vote of confidence in capital city, the…

  • Delegation visiting Benazir’s home town (Larkana) tomorrow

    Posted on the People’s Resistance network by Lala Hussain 50 members delegation of civil society activists from different districts of Sindh will pay tribute to Ms Benazir Bhutto on the day when the new Prime Minister M will be getting a vote of confidence from national assembly on 29th March 2008, Saturday. The main objective…

  • Black Flag Week Seminar – Adlia ki Azadi: Awam ki Azadi

    People’s Resistance in the efforts to promote the Black Flag Week cordially invite you to a seminar on “Adlia ki Azadi: Awam ki Azadi” 4:30 pm, Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at PMA House, Garden Road, Karachi The issue of justice affects all of us directly. This seminar explores why all Pakistanis should care about the…

  • 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…