Tag: Karachi
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Pictures: Black Flag Week event at Karachi Press Club
Credit: Sahar Shafqat
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Black Flag Week Rally in Karachi a huge success
Today the rally at the Karachi Press Club organized by number of organizations for the Black Flag Week was a tremendous success, estimates across the spectrum were around 10-15,000 people in attendance. It was attended by a number of political parties, NGO’s, lawyers, traders, reform groups and civil society groups of which namely the People’s…
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Black Flag Week – 9th March events
The Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA), Karachi Bar Association (KBA), Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) and Peoples Resistance are organizing a joint rally with civil society, students, political parties, activist groups, and trade unions to demand the restoration of the Judiciary. The rally will take place inside the premises of Karachi Press Club at…
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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…
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Zardari & MQM slowly washing away their Sins
The old saying in Pakistan goes – come into power and all your previous sins are forgotten, Wednesday March 5th marked another gloomy day in the history of Pakistan, Five corruption cases against Asif Ali Zardari, were quashed by an accountability court in Rawalpindi. The move comes in response to a ruling by a Sindh…
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Aitzaz Ahsan Welcomed to Karachi
Karachi gave a rousing welcome to Aitzaz Ahsan on his arrival to Karachi late Tuesday night. A large group of lawyers, civil society activists and political parties had gathered to welcome the hero of the judicial movement in Pakistan to Karachi. It was perhaps the first time since he step foot on Karachi soil since…
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OffroadPakistan: Goran Gatti Trip 2008
A few weeks back in the middle of January I went on an off-road adventure trip to Goran Gatti one of the highest mountain deep within the Hingol National Park. It was a four day trip filled with adventure fun and excitement. The group had over 13 tough off road vehicles with over 35 people…
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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…
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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…
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People’s Resistance welcomes Election Results, Condemns Blatant Rigging in Karachi
While welcoming the results of the general elections of February 18, the Peoples Resistance noted that the overall results came about despite massive pre-poll manipulation in the form of compromising the independence of judiciary and media, illegal transfers and postings, and an incomplete and flawed electoral role. PR also strongly condemned the widespread rigging itself…
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Judicial Bus Karachi to Hyderabad – Pictures
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Judicial Bus Karachi to Hyderabad – Video
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TWA Internet backbone blocks only Blasphemous video URL
Yesterday all Internet users in Pakistan were up in arms protesting the sudden censorship of the entire Youtube.com domain. A number of theories circulated which ranged from vote rigging videos to the cartoon video containing the blasphemous images disgracing our Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Pakistan Telecommunication Authority the appointed monitoring agency had issued a notification blocking…
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Live Blog – Updated @ 17:00: Judicial Bus moves from Karachi to Hyderabad
The progress of the Judicial bus courtesy Faris of People’s Resistance At around 10:00 the judicial bus left the Sindh high court.bar on its way to Malir Bar reaching there at 10:30 where a big crowd of lawyers & activists were gathered. A press conference was held. Finally at around 11:00 they have departed for…
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‘Bolta Pakistan’ censored in certain areas of Pakistan
“Bolta Pakistan” an AAJ.tv show featuring Mushtaq Minhas and Nusrat Javed came ‘on air’ today and barely five minutes later certain parts of the country namely Islamabad and Karachi were taken off the air. A viewer reported that the comparers had started discussing the negotiations taking place between the PPP hierarchy and the US diplomatic…