Tag: Lahore
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Update @ 1139: First hand account of leading lawyer jailed at Sabzazar Police station
The following is a first hand account of being jailed at the Sabzazar Police Station, via e-mail coming in from Dr. Parvez Hassan who is an eminent lawyer that was arrested by the Pakistani security forces on November 5: They herded lawyers in the police bus, about 35 of us. I knew nothing about where…
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Update @ 2013: Police raids, more arrests and websites blocked
Via an IPS journalist and one of our SMS reporters on the ground: – The central leader of the Communist Party of Pakistan — Jam Saqi, was away while police raided his house in Hyderababad – A heavy police contingent is visible outside the Karachi Press Club while PPP activists Saeed Boota, Anis Fatima and…
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Update @ 1215: Candlelight vigil at Lahore Press Club tonight
A large rally is being planned at the Lahore Press Club in Pakistan today. There have been peace rallies throughout the week and several activists, journalists, students, lawyers and academicians have been arrested and detained. It’s been a week since the Chief of Army Staff declared the state of emergency also known as martial law.…
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Update @ 1100: LUMS faculty have been released on bail
The following information was sent in to us from one of our sources, a student at LUMS (Lahore University for Management Sciences): Faculty who had earlier been arrest from the LUMS (Lahore University for Management Sciences) have now been released on bail while the two groups of people who were arrested on Sunday and Monday…
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Update @ 2113: Images from today’s Peace Rally at LUMS
The following images (via Flickr) were taken by the student body at LUMS (Lahore University for Management Sciences) where students marked Iqbal day in a peace rally on-campus while calling for the imposition of the state of emergency also known as martial law, to be lifted in Pakistan. People’s faces have been blurred in these…
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Update @ 1830: Police cordon off Imran Khan’s house
Received via SMS: Imran Khan’s house has been cordoned off by the police while Pakistani security forces have surrounded Shaukat Khanam Hospital in Lahore while in Rawalpindi, riot police have fired tear gas shells to disperse PPP (Pakistan People’s Party) political workers at the Committee Chowk.
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Update @ 0912: SAFMA call on Pakistan Government to release media personalities
The following statement from the SAFMA (South Asian Free Media Association) was forwarded in to us by the AHRC (Asian Human Rights Commission), calling on the Government of Pakistan to release all detained journalists and media personnel, including the SAFMA founding Secretary General — Imtiaz Alam: The South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA) is shocked…
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Update @ 13:40: Police Outside LUMS, Lahore
An email has just come in that the Inspector General Police has given orders to the Police, Rangers and Ant-Terrorist Force to arrest the students from LUMS where a protest rally was scheduled today at 13:00 Four Army trucks and a police convoy have been positioned outside LUMS. The protest is still to proceed only…
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Update @ 0515: Rally at university in Lahore today
The following information on the rally being organized by university students in Lahore today afternoon, came in via email from the Student Council at LUMS: The students at LUMS (Lahore University of Management Sciences) in Pakistan are holding a peaceful rally today at 1300 (Pakistan Standard Time) inside the gates. We are expecting hundreds of…
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Update @ 0040: On detentions and releases in Lahore & Karachi
The following update on those who had been detained and arrested previously and who have now been released or otherwise, comes via e-mail from a blogger on the ground (Be) in Pakistan: Lahore: 1) 155 out of the 865 advocates arrested in Lahore on Monday have been sent for a three-day remand in the judicial…
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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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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…
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Update @ 2345: Details of arrests at Human Rights Commission Pakistan
The following via a blogger in Lahore who passes information on the condition of anonnymity: Those detained were in a private meeting, inside HRCP’s offices this afternoon — not staging a protest or demonstration of any kind. Among the arrested are a motley bunch who had assembled due to a shared interest in the political…
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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…
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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…