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Tag: Musharraf

  • Update @ 1453: Imran Khan Beaten up and arrested

    A number of reports continue to pour in stating that Imran Khan did show up at Punjab University to present himself in the rally scheduled there for today. A group of students belonging to a another political party (Islami jamiat Talaba, student wing of Jamaat-e-Islami) colluded with the administration and huddled Imran Khan into their…

  • Its time for street protests : Imran Khan

    Published in DAWN on November 13th By Shehar Bano Khan Looking defiant and all set to mobilise students on the streets on Wednesday (tomorrow) against Gen Musharrafs emergency rule, Pakistan Tereek-i-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan lashes out at the Washington plan of installing its dream team of moderates. Dismissing the election formula for being devised and…

  • Update @ 0503: Free and Fair Election Network on Elections Under Emergency – An Oxymoron

    Via e-mail from the Thematic Group Coordinator — Afreina Noor, at the FAFEN’s (Free and Fair Election Network) Secretariat in Islamabad, who sent in the text of their position paper on Elections Under Emergency – An Oxymoron. FAFEN is a coalition of thirty leading Pakistani civil society organizations and was established in 2006 to observe…

  • Update @ 0319: Peace rally at Pakistan Consulate in New York – Nov 14

    Via an e-mail from the South Asian Law Student Association, comprising of students from the CUNY (City University of New York) School of Law, Columbia University, Hunter College and students from New Jersey schools who are holding a student-organized peace rally this week, on November 14th (Wednesday) outside the Consulate General of Pakistan in New…

  • Update @ 0320: People’s Resistence issues a Statement to Support Judiciary

    A group of concerned citizens from the People’s Resistance (umbrella group formed to resist the ’emergency’) have been meeting the non-PCO judges over the last few days to extend solidarity and appreciate their stand. Below please see a summary of the key points that emerged from these meetings Civil society coalition, People’s Resistance, is appalled…

  • Update @ 0115: Petition to stop procedings on President’s Election case

    A Petition was field today in the Supreme Court by Mr. Wajihuddin Ahmed asking the sitting judges to halt the constitutional petition challenging the validity of the election of the President General Pervaiz Mushrraf for the second term in office. The seven point petition goes to explain a number of unconstitutional steps taken to halt…

  • Update @ 0106: DC rally – Hey hey Ho ho, Musharraf has to go!

    ..is the chant sounding all around the Pakistani embassy today at the peace rally in Washington DC  where a lot of lawyers are also seen in the crowd.

  • Update @ 2337: Protest underway in Washington DC right now

    DC protest has started successfully. Speeches are being delivered. About 100 people are here. Chants of Musharraf Must Go are all around

  • Update @ 2103: Joint Indo-Pak Peace Network call for removal of martial law

    The joint Indian-Pakistan Peace Network have issued a statement expressing deep concern about the imposition of emergency in Pakistan: “The Diaspora of India and Pakistan, in particular the citizens of Pakistan living in Canada, are deeply saddened and gravely concerned on the imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan by General Pervez Musharraf. We…

  • Martial Law MythBuster

    Myth: Supreme Court was interfering in anti-terror activities and releasing terrorists Myth-Buster: The two Supreme Court Judges who ordered the release of Lal Masjid militants were Justice Khokar and Justice Abbasi – both of whom were administered the PCO and now sit in Musharraf’s PCO Supreme Court Courtesy: Azam & Rai Associates

  • Update @ 1340: UPenn presents panel on Pakistan’s political & civil crisis – Nov 14

    Received via e-mail from a student with the South Asia Center at the University of Pennsylvania in the US: South Asia Center presents a Panel Discussion on “Pakistan: Political and Civil Crisis” and co-sponsored by the Department of South Asia Studies at the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, November 14th 2007, starting at 5pm, located…

  • Update @ 0210: Peace rallies in London & San Francisco tomorrow

    Received via e-mail from student bodies at universites in the UK and US: A peace rally being held in London, UK tomorrow starts at 1400 BST in front of Downing Street and it is expected that there will be a huge turnout while at 1400 in San Francisco , USA a rally is being staged…

  • Update @ 0130: Geo News DDoS’d

    On Friday at around 2030 the Geo.tv started to received a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Serice) attack and they were able to recover from this surge of artificial traffic after two hours of down time by around 2235. Geo.tv reports that this is the second time such an attack occurred on its servers resulting in…

  • Update @ 2030: Peace Rally outside MacDonald’s in Karachi today

    The following came into us via e-mail from a representative with the Peoples’ Resistance which is a coalition of various organizations, left-wing political parties, NGOs and human rights organizations, labor and trade-union federations, academics, students, and citizens, demonstrated today (Friday) evening outside MacDonald’s at Sea View in Clifton in a flash peace rally: The public…

  • Update @ 1745: Imran Khan sends message on the battle for Pakistan

    We received the following e-mail from Imran Khan who highlights the massive crackdown on genuine opposition, police brutality being used as a tool to induce fear for those attending peace rallies, and the need to restore an independent judiciary among other valuable insights: The imposition of martial law under the garb of emergency should make…