Tag: SAC
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Protests in Karachi & Lahore against the Flogging incident
A number of protests are being organized across the country to condemn the flogging incident in SWAT where a young woman was flogged in public for being seen with another man on the street KARACHI Labor Party Pakistan & Peoples Resistance LOCATION: Press Conference and protest at Karachi Press Club TIME: 4:00pm on Saturday 4th…
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Two GC College students sent to Jail for protesting
Two Government College Lahore students were sent to jail on Wednesday after an Anti-Terrosism Court Judge Shabbir Husain Chattha sent both Ravians — Usman Lateef and Haroon Mahmood — behind bars on judicial remand for 14 days. The students were arrested them from their homes on Tuesday midnight for protesting the Government College University (GCU)…
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The movement is here to stay
Shorter version of this appeared in The News on October 30th, 2008. Victory of Ali Ahmed Kurd as President of Supreme Court Bar Association is a historic milestone in the history of Pakistan and the history of the Lawyers’ movement for rule of law and accountability of the country. This is not just a victory…
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Standing up for your Country
Guest Blog by Samad Khurram Published in The News on 11th July 2008 Continuous air strikes on Pakistani territory and repeated intrusions of Pakistani airspace by US-led coalition forces in stark violation of international norms and customs have troubled Pakistanis across the country. These are very similar to US interventions in the political sphere of…