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Tag: Musharraf

  • Comedian of the Year

    The article titled ‘Comedian of the Year’ was written by Ahmad Faruqui for the pages of Daily Times but the editorial board found this ‘unsuitable for publication’. In an effort to get the word out Ahmad Faruqui has shared his article via emails and briefly introduces the writeup ‘I have been writing for Daily Times…

  • Final Testimony to the US House Committee on Pakistani elections

    Testimony by Mark L. Schneider, Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on “Pakistani elections: Will they be fair and free or fundamentally flawed? 20 December 2007 Washington, DC I want to express once again the appreciation of the International Crisis Group for the continuing attention of…

  • Clarification by Aitzaz Ahsan on reversal of Musharraf’s Illegal Constitutional Amendments

    Submitted on the People’s resistance network, a clarification by Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan for publication in the newspapers tomorrow (25th Dec 2007) which shed light on how it is only possible to reverse Musharraf’s Constitutional Amendments – which according to him are beyond the scope of a simple 2/3rd parliamentary vote December 24, 2007. Press Note:…

  • Pakistans Tyranny Continues – NY Times Op-Ed by Aitzaz Ahsan

    An Op-Ed article written by Aitzaz Ahsan which appeared on the Sunday morning New York Times website can be read here The chief justice of Pakistans Supreme Court, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, and his family have been detained in their house, barricaded in with barbed wire and surrounded by police officers in riot gear since Nov.…

  • The NAB Diaries – Part Two

    Guest Post by Amer Nazir Part One of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part Three of the ‘The NAB Diaries’ can be read here Part One has already been published by Teeth Maestro last week and which was subsequent to a letter written by me to the Chairman NAB requesting for either…

  • Iftikhar, Aitzaz to sue Musharraf for Rs 2 Billion

    Posted on the Proud-Pakistan mailing list, reference to a news report which appeared in The Nation on 21st December 2007 Deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and Supreme Court Bar Association President Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan are suing President Pervez Musharraf to claim damages worth two billion rupees through a defamation suit. Talking to The Nation…

  • Weakening Pakistan – NYTimes Editorial

    An editorial published on the New York Times website about Pakistan – [link] Pakistans president, Pervez Musharraf, insists his outrageous power grabs are aimed at stabilizing and protecting his country. His authoritarian maneuvers only weaken the countrys already feeble political institutions and fuel more political turmoil. Turmoil is not what anyone needs in a country…

  • 12 Human Rights NGO’s write to Condoleezza Rice

    Twelve Human Rights Organizations write a detailed letter to US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on the grave situation in Pakistan. The 12 NGO’s signing the letter are Amnesty International USA, The Carter Center, Freedom House, Global Rights, Human Rights First, Human Rights Watch, International Justice Mission, International League for Human Rights, Jacob Blaustein Institute…

  • A Demented Musharraf talks to Newsweek

    Newsweek Online has published excerpts of an interview with General (retired) Pervaiz Musharraf taken a few days before the Martial Law was lifted. I share it with you since reading the entire interview one does get an eerie bone chilling sensation that Musharraf has completely lost his sanity and seems to be raging maniac out…

  • A Macro-Analysis of Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsans Open Letter

    Guest post by Hassan Baig Hassan analyzes the realistic implication of the open letter written by Aitzaz Ahsan to the Pakistan Bar Council on Dec 5 Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a leader in his own right. A populist leader even. Moreover, his read of the political spectrum and all developing eventualities is sensible and…

  • A Very Happy Eid Mubarak & My Sincere Prayers for Pakistan

    For all my regular readers, it will not be too hard to figure out my Dua for this Eid-ul-Adha. I sincerely wish each and every Muslim in the world a very happy and joyous Eid, while at the same time I urge them to take a moment to pray for Pakistan asking Allah, God Almighty…

  • Ticket to Heavens – at the tax payers’ expense

    Posted on the People’s Resistance network by Naeem Sadiq Is there a relationship between the corruption and mismanagement of rulers and the number of times they perform umrahs and hajj. While a formal research on this subject may yet not be available, the performance of our contemporary leaders provides some very useful insight. Mr. Jinnah,…

  • Musharraf continues his rant ‘Former CJ was corrupt’

    An article written by Javed Siddique in The Nation titled ‘Former CJ was corrupt‘ gives an interesting insight into how Musharraf believed that an elaborate conspiracy was being hatched to unseat him from the throne of the President of Pakistan. At first I wanted to leave the full contents of the article intact without any…

  • Miss Constitution of Pakistan

    Thrashed, battered and raped, Miss Constitution is now expected to resume working albeit with only a few ‘unnoticeable’ changes. General (retarted) Pervaiz Musharraf claims to his gawds (sic) that he has ‘apparently’ restored it completely, and hopes [keeping his fingers crossed] that the world embraces his call [circus] for a free and fair Selection on…

  • Jadoogar of Jeddah [aka Sharifuddin Pirzada], Dirty Business all Over Again

    The New York Times just recently published an article titled ‘On Retainer in Pakistan, to Ease Military Rulers Path’ which looks into depth at the involvement of Mr. Sharifuddin Pirzada in helping General (retired) Prevaiz Musharraf in blatantly uprooting the constitution and enforcing a state of Emergency on November 3rd. This aged lawyer at 84…