Tag: Karachi

  • Elections can be Delayed by a Year – Shaukat Aziz

    Dawn News reported today a statement by Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz Parliament can delay elections for a year: PM Shaukat Aziz ISLAMABAD, Nov 4 (AFP): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said Sunday that parliament is entitled to delay elections for a year under a state of emergency, but added that the government had not yet made…

  • Update @ 0200: Protest at Press Club in Karachi today

    The following is a poster announcing a protest starting from 1600 (Pakistan time) today at the Press Club in Karachi which calls upon the people of Pakistan to demand for an end to the media blackout, the restoration of Supreme Court judges and lifting the state of emergency and martial law in Pakistan (sent via…

  • Update @ 0104: Arrested university professor calls for a united protest

    The following message by Osama Siddique who is a university professor at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) and arrested earlier alongside members of HRCP, was sent to us via the blackberry service within our comments section on a previous blog posting: Dear all, As I write to you many members of society are actively…

  • Update @ 0015 from HRCP Vice Chairperson in Karachi

    A couple of minutes ago, we posted that HRCP’s members had been released after a blogger on the ground tipped us off via e-mail, however, after a phone call to the vice chairperson of HRCP in Pakistan the blogger sent in the following: I just spoke to Zohra later (the HRCP Vice Chairperson in Karachi).…

  • Update @ 1600: Chairperson of Pak Human Rights Commission – under house arrest

    A few minutes ago, Al Jazeera TV broadcasted a roundup of happenings in the blogosphere which have been picked up via Global Voices, including reactions by Pakistani bloggers while airing Dr. Awab’s warning to bloggers in Pakistan urging them to play it safe while blogging considering that martial law is in effect. In a telephone…

  • Update @ 0244: Geo TV’s website back online

    Geo TV is now back online and have posted an announcement on their homepage stating that due to enormously heavy traffic on their website, they are presenting a light text-version with latest news updates while the full version of the website will be available in a few hours. A summary of the main points of…

  • Musharraf’s taped address to nation – Part 1

    (I’m still transcribing this via the translations from an Al Jazeera reporter on the ground, so please excuse typos and the like) My brothers and sisters all over pakistan, peace be upon you, i’m addressing at this moment. Pakistan, is running a crisis, home security is happening, because of domestic violence, this is very important…

  • Via Satellite TV: Images from the ground

    (Image above – AAJ TV downlink has been suspended in Pakistan, 20 minutes ago) (Image above: ARYOnline, footage of this TV channel in Pakistan and live feeds of others are being posted every couple of minutes to pkpolitics.com) (Check points and road blocks have sprouted up across the streets in Karachi and Lahore)

  • Update @ 2230

    PPP Workers welcome Benazir Bhutto at Karachi Airport Downlink of AAJ TV suspended in Pakistan US Department of State issues alert that the US government is deeply disturbed by imposition of emergency in Pakistan & the Secretary of State stressed that latest moves by Pakistan are regrettable. In less than 30 minutes, Musharraf is set…

  • Benazir Bhutto arrives in Pakistan

    Via AryOne TV: 1) Benazir Bhutto arrives in Karachi 2) Justice Amanullah takes oath under new PCO as Chief Justice of Balochistan 3) M. Afzhal Somoro takes oath under new PCO as Chief Justice of Sindh high court. 4) TV Stations across the globe including CNN and BBC are reporting that mobile phones and sms…

  • Benazir Scampers out of the Country, Bhaag BB Bhaag

    Barely two days before the arrival of Benazir Bhutto on Oct 18th, a very respected and trusted source had the opportunity to meet a high level bureaucrat from the Musharraf regime (I would like to protect the source and the contact) for a casual dinner, naturally at that time the hot issue under scrutiny was…

  • Citizens Campaign to Reclaim Karachi

    Yet again Karachi is in the midst of terror and violence. As citizens and stakeholders we have decided to raise hell and make a nuisance of ourselves. What we are aiming to do is to express our outrage and let our leaders know that we have had enough. Join us is our struggle to reclaim…

  • 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…