Tag: Politics

  • Arbab Ghulam Rahim gets Slapped with a Shoe

    Today at the Sindh Assembly Arbab Ghulam Rahim gets a royal treatment with a shoe slapped across his forehead. It may seem funny for many, sweet revenge for others but all said as members of a democratic and sane society we must condemn this act as this is no way to treat an elected parliamentary…

  • Court orders Police to Register FIR & Two Rangers posted out

    In an order issued by the Sessions Court the Honorable Judge Abdul Rehman Bhatti has order the Mubina Police Station SHO to register an FIR as furnished by Dr. Riaz Ahmed. It is anticipated that Dr. Riaz will seek bail before arrest tomorrow on the false FIR lodged by the Rangers and then in turn…

  • Dharna at Karachi University on Tuesday 8th April

    Posted on the People’s Resistance network In a meeting of the People’s Resistance today (6th April) at Aurat Foundation it was decided that the members of the civil society seriously condemn the recent incident where the Pakistan Rangers posted at the Karachi University brutality beat up a University Professor on 31st March, leaving him battered…

  • April 06 Update: Attack on Dr Riaz

    Dr. Riaz’s lawyer filed a petition in the session’s court requesting that his client should be allowed to file an FIR against his attackers. The matter is pending before the court and a decision is expected on Monday the 7th of April when the bail hearing of Dr. Riaz will also be conducted. In this…

  • PML-N & PPP sort out Punjab & but Judiciary is still ‘up in the air’

    PPP and PML-N have finally sorted out the power sharing in Punjab with a total of 35 ministries, PML-N would obtain 22 while PPP will settle with the remaining 13. While Chief Minister, Speaker and Deputy Speaker would be retained by PML-N. Ideally this is the best deal for PML-N as it retains their control…

  • Geert Wilders to edit ‘Fitna’ for Copyright Infringement & Dutch businesses threaten to sue

    Geert Wilders the creator of the anti-Quran film which drew worldwide condemnations will edit out a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad after complaints of copyright infringement. He had used the cartoon by Danish artist Kurt Westergaard twice in the film “Fitna.” The drawing, which depicts Islam’s prophet wearing a bomb-shaped turban with a lit fuse,…

  • Pressure on Police Station to arrest Dr. Riaz

    Sources close to Dr. Riaz report that there is tremendous pressure being applied on Mubina Police Station to arrest Professor Dr. Riaz today on the FIR # 73/08 [Riaz Ahmed vs Anwar ul Haq] the charges are Pakistan Penal Code 337-4F, 2B-R, 353, 186. The DG Rangers is reported to have said that his jawan…

  • [Pictures] Update on Rangers assault on Karachi University Professor

    It is just being reported that today late at night the rangers have finally been able to registered an FIR against Dr. Riaz for allegedly assaulting a Rangers officer (FIR # 73-08 Riaz Ahmed vs Anwar ul Haq at Mubina Town Police Station). The source is also reporting that just a few hours earlier (11:00pm)…

  • People’s Resistance demands immediate inquiry into Rangers’ maltreatment of Professor

    The People’s Resistance, a coalition of pro-democracy individuals and organisations, strongly condemns and demands immediate inquiry into the manhandling and beating up of Dr Riaz Ahmed, Assistant Professor of Applied Chemistry at Karachi University by Pakistan Rangers. On Monday, March 31, Dr Riaz attempted to drive out of the campus from the Silver Jubilee gate.…

  • Update on the condition of Dr. Riaz – KU Teacher beaten by Rangers

    I have just received an email from the family of Dr. Riaz Prof of Applied Chemistry who was beaten up by Rangers at Karachi University yesterday evening He is better now and we just got back home. He has bruises on his back where the dandas hit him hard. He cant move his left arm…

  • Karachi University teacher severly beaten by Rangers on Campus

    Dr Riaz — a member of International Socialists Pakistan (ISPak) and a professor at the University of Karachi (KU) — was severely beaten up an hour ago by Rangers personnel at KU. There was tension throughout the day at Karachi University and all the gates were locked. The Rangers were seen to be in hiding…