Archive for December, 2007
Channel 4 Releases the Assassination Video
Its great to know that the assassination video finally got released and landed straight into the hands of the international media, in all honesty had if it reached some of our local Post-PCO-Controlled Media outlets in Pakistan it would have disappeared into history similar to the controversy surrounding the JFK Video. All day yesterday [...]
HRCP doubts polls can ensure democracy
Human Right Commission of Pakistan has just sent a press release where they share doubt that these election polls can ensure democracy read the entire press release here
The process leading to the January elections holds no promise of any transition to democracy. On the contrary, the elections are being used to sideline critical issues [...]
I am being Haunted by what I said in October
Back in October immediately after things had started to settle down after the fateful day in Karachi when hundreds of Janesaran-e-Bhutto were killed in the bomb blast attack on Benazir’s reception rally, I wrote a blog post titled Thank God, Benazir Lives where I summed up my view to say.
“I suspect that if Benazir had [...]
Video of Benazir’s Last Seven Seconds Released
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkZltYbIkyM
May the criminals be brought to justice and may the government’s propaganda team stop spitting out their backwas and correct their story
It must be noted that this video perfectly matches with the images that this blog can take the credit for first releasing to the public at large
The only Good Thing said in the Press Conference
Since the Press Conference in Larkana this blog has been a witness to my discontent on watching Asif Ali Zardari assuming control of Pakistan Peoples Party, not that he did not have control but simply watching him at the helm scares the shit out of me. The thought of one day Pakistan will be [...]
STOP, This Nonsense Please
Credit for this version of Graffiti Karachi goes out to Asim Butt of the SOS (Subversive Operations Services) team, to venture out in these tense three days where we saw street battles and riots in Karachi to send out a strong message to everyone. All this must STOP
English Transcript of the PPP press conference
Some brilliant work done by Dr. Farrukh Malik on his blog Silence where he has meticulously transcribed the entire PPP press conference held at Naudero, Larkana for us in English. A few sections I choose to quote here, while the entire version can be found on his blog.
Makhdoom Ameen Fahim
After the rituals of Soyem [...]
Sunroof injury couldn’t kill Bhutto: Toyota official - ?
It is being reported in Daily News & Analysis that an official of the Toyota company that manufactures the vehicle states that “We are convinced that it can’t be a lever (that caused the fatal head injury) but we are still looking into more details,” According to the official, the lever could not have caused [...]
Mr. 10% to run the Party till Bilawal reaches 22
Pakistans most corrupt leader Asif Ali Zardari also known as Mr 10% will head the Pakistan Peoples Party till Bilawal Bhutto Zardari completes his education and reaches the age of 22. MAY GOD REALLY HELP US.
BOYCOTT THESE SHAM ELECTIONS
PPP to contest election & Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Chair of PPP
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has just now addresses a press conference while Makhdoom Amin Faheem and Asif Ali Zardari flanked him on the side. Bilawal spoke in English but emotions got the better of him. Asif Zardari when addressing the press conference announced that PPP will contest the elections on time and confirmed the [...]
BB’s letter names Pervaiz Elahi, Arbab, Ijaz Shah, & Hameed Gul
It is being revealed that Benazir Bhutto has named former Punjab chief minister Pervaiz Elahi, former Sindh chief minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim, Intelligence Bureau chief Ijaz Shah and ex-ISI chief Hameed Gul as possible suspects in her assassination in a letter written before her death.
This letter was written before her arrival in Karachi on October [...]
BB ‘wills’ Bilawal as Chair & Zardari as Co-Chair
With all due respect for the slain leader of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto, today’s revelation that Bilawal Zardari was proposed by BB as being nominated as Chairman of PPP while his father Asif Ali Zardari would be his Co-Chairman just goes to prove that Pakistan People’s Party runs on non-egalitarian democratic nominations. It is no [...]
… even the Young Pakistanis say it
Cute and Funny but very true… Go Cards
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xVTI448Wiw
Bhutto’s Assassination Evidence Hosed Down
This video captured from a cell phone shows a shocking detail of how ruthlessly the Rawalpindi firefighters destroyed the crime scene. Some may argue that they might have scraped the scene completely before authorizing it to be cleansed. But with all the confusion surrounding the assassination and that too of an Ex-Prime Minister [...]
Sherry Rehman saw Bullet Wounds, But why the Twist?
To continue adding a twist to the entire controversy surrounding the assassination of PPP Chairperson and Ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan. Sherry Rehman vehemently refutes the claims made by the Government that Benazir had knocked her head on a lever on the side of the vehicle. Sherry Rehman insists that she saw a bullet [...]
They don’t blame Al-Qa’ida. They blame Musharraf: Robert Fisk
By Robert Fisk Published in The Independent UK.
This is an article worth reading where Robert Fisk places the right questions, we genuinely believe its not the work of Al-Qa’ida but instead an outcome of Musharraf’s eight year rule, few recent links here and here while this blog is full of statements condemning Musharraf [...]
Investigative Pictures released by Gov of Pakistan
This photo released by the Pakistani Government shows the sunroof of the vehicle that former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto stood through when she was killed.
Bilawal Zardari, the new PPP Chairman
It is just being announced that Bilawal Zardari, the 19 year old eldest son of Benazir Bhutto, will be the new Chairman of PPP. Personally I feel this might in effect be a good decision for the Bhutto dynasty but a major rift within the party would definitely be seen in short order, as [...]
UPDATED: Mobile pictures - Benazir was defintely shot dead before the Blast
New Images updated below: Considering all the commotion and fuss created by the government of Pakistan saying the called that Benazir Bhutto was not hit by the three bullets but instead she hit her head on some ‘lever’ of the sunroof. Last night I was contacted by a person via Orkut who had uploaded [...]
Bhutto blames Musharraf if killed, email two months earlier
Two months before her death, former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sent an e-mail to her U.S. adviser and longtime friend, saying that if she were killed, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf would bear some of the blame. “Nothing will, God willing happen,” she wrote to Mark Siegel, her U.S. spokesman, lobbyist and friend.
“Just wanted [...]
Cause of death, Gun Shots or Sunroof? Govt foul play suspected
The first reports arriving the day Benazir died was three gun shots to the head resulting in her death, after she was buried today the Govt of Pakistan Interior Ministry spokesman Brig. Javed Iqbal Cheema offers a complete new explanation for the cause of death, he said that she was NOT killed because of the [...]
Was yesterday’s carnage in Karachi all PPP’s doing or did MQM have a hand in it? - An Eyewitness Report
I would like to share with you an email sent to me just now narrating the experience of a person who tried to get home yesterday amidst the rioting and the chaos. The government and the media continues to point fingers at emotionally charged PPP supporters but instead we kind of forget that this [...]
A tragedy of Military Despotism and Anarcy
by Tariq Ali
Published in The Guardian Unlimited, its worth reading as it shares some genuine issues about Pakistan
Even those of us sharply critical of Benazir Bhutto’s behaviour and policies - both while she was in office and more recently - are stunned and angered by her death. Indignation and fear stalk the country once again.
An [...]
PPP contemplating on Contesting the Elections
Its been buzzing around the country that PPP might actually proceed to contest the elections on Jan 8th. A very high level meeting of the PPP is scheduled to be held today where this issue will be hotly debated after they come to a decsion of who will be the new party chairperson, in [...]
Benazir Bhutto Finally Laid to Rest
At around 4:30pm the body of the assassinated leader Benzair Bhutto has finally been lai to rest next to the grave of her father Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Please take a moment to offer prayers fro the departed soul - May Her Soul Rest in Peace
Please submit your condolences here
What choices do we have?
Guest Blog by Naeem Sadiq
posted on the People’s Resistance Network
One hopes that we have finally realised on a day as sad as this one, that the violence of the state and of fundamentalists can only take us to darker destinations. Never before have I witnessed such intense pain and sorrow, [...]
Condoleezza Rice calls Zardari to request for Elections on 8th !!!
It was just reported on ARY One World that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had called up Asif Ali Zardari, the husband of Benazir Bhutto requesting him permission to let the January 8th elections to go on as planned.
I am not sure whats the agenda in all this but I suspect some serious [...]
Shoot to Kill Orders issued in Sindh
It is jsut being reported that Shoot to Kill Orders have been issued to Sindh Rangers to control any unwarranted situation in Karachi - as it is expected to get worse as the time of Benazir Bhutto’s burial nears its final destination
Elections still ON Jan 8 - Caretaker PM Soomro
Reported on Dawn News: Pakistan’s plan to hold a Jan. 8 general election still stands as announced by caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro , a day after opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was assassinated. “Elections stand as they were announced,â€Â? caretaker Prime Minister Mohammadmian Soomro told reporters when asked if a decision had been made [...]
Benazir Bhutto’s funeral to start at 2:30p.m.
The funeral and burial of slain Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto will be held in Garhi Khuda Baksh, Naudero after Friday prayers, at about 2:30p.m. Pakistan Standard Time. A senior party leader said, Bhutto, 54, is to be buried in the family’s ancestral graveyard in Garhi Khuda Bakhsh near the town of Larkana. [...]
Nawaz Sharif pulls out of the Elections, while PML-Q, MQM & JUI - Silent
After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto the nation plunged into a confusing shock. Many loved this leader, while quite a few despised her since she was ruthlessly famous for her underhanded tricks which she used to manipulate her way around the political hurdles for the sake another chance on the throne of power. [...]
