Archive for March, 2008
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 as [...]
YouTube Blocked again in Pakistan
It is being reported on the mailing list for the Society Against Internet Censorship in Pakistan that YouTube is yet again being blocked here in Pakistan. Though no notification has yet surfaced from the the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority but most users are reporting a total blackout showing error pages while accessing youtube.com
A little investigation [...]
Civil Society delegation pays tribute to Benazir Bhutto at Garhi Khuda Bux
Report posted on the People’s Resistance network by Lala Hussain
70 members civil society activists delegation visited Garhi Khuda Bux on 29th March, 2008 to pay tribute to Mohtarma BB. The brief report is below just for sharing our emotions.
When Prime Minister Yousuf Raza was getting historical vote of confidence in capital city, the 70 members [...]
Justice Ramday being evicted from his house
It is being reported by various news agencies that Justice Ramdey is being evicted from his residence to be replaced by another Supreme Court Judge Mr. Musa Laghari on the explicit orders of the present siting Chief Justice Mr Dogar.
It must be recalled that Justice Ramday was released from his 4-month house arrest barely a [...]
Geert Wilders uploads Fitna, but host forced to delete video a day later
The Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders has posted his controversial film critical of Islam’s holy book, the Koran, on the Internet. I personally have not seen this video and do not plan to watch it simply in protest of his deliberate attempt to spark hatred along religious lines. Generally when reading the description [...]
Delegation visiting Benazir’s home town (Larkana) tomorrow
Posted on the People’s Resistance network by Lala Hussain
50 members delegation of civil society activists from different districts of Sindh will pay tribute to Ms Benazir Bhutto on the day when the new Prime Minister M will be getting a vote of confidence from national assembly on 29th March 2008, Saturday. The main objective to [...]
Blog on the Move >> UPDATE: We have successfully Moved
UPDATE: We have finally moved over to the new host, I hope things are a ‘bit’ faster
Since the past few days I have been having nightmares with my host (dreamhost) either due to a fault in my system or their lackluster response to attending my frantic cries for help. Yesterday I finally pulled [...]
Proposed Resolution for the Restoration of Judges by the National Assembly
The text of the draft prepared for Nawaz Sharif and Asif Ali Zardari by Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim for the restoration of the pre-Nov 3rd Judges
(DRAFT RESOLUTION)
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF PAKISTAN
WHEREAS, We the elected representatives of the people of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acknowledge and honor the long and arduous struggle for the return to [...]
Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Release as covered LIVE
Courtesy: Noman
PPP proposing “Minus-One-Formula”
The top PPP leadership has recently approached the legal community proposing a “Minus-One-Formula” which opens the door for a full restoration of the judiciary without the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. It is in some way living up to the Murree Declaration albeit with a few political compromises but basically a face saving package [...]
Aitzaz Ahsan vs Malik Qayyum debate
This debate between Aitzaz Ahsan and Malik Qayyum was featured on Hamid Mir’s show Capital Talk on 19th March. Its an hour long discussion divided into nine parts but a definite must watch
Server issues - Downtime expected
Since Saturday I have been experiencing intermittent (frequent) server overload issues. I have been hosted on Dreamhost for over two years and have generally enjoyed the experience. In the past few months the traffic coming into two of my website specifically (teeth.com.pk and bloggers.pk) had gone overboard of normal shared hosting plans and [...]
Internet Service Provider shuts down Anti-Islamic Dutch Film website
Network Solutions, the host of Geert Wilders website for hosting his Anti-Islamic Video has shut down the website after receiving numerous complaints against it. The following text appeared on the offending website
This site has been suspended while Network Solutions is investigating whether the site’s content is in violation of the Network Solutions Acceptable Use [...]
CJP Iftikhar Chaudhry to be freed on Tuesday after 5 months and 13 days of House Arrest
It is being reported in The News that once the new Prime Minister takes office i.e on Tuesday 25th March the first order of business would most likely be to free the Deposed Chief Justice Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry after Musharraf kept in under house arrest for over five months and 13 days.
The security forces [...]
Syed ‘BoobPress’ Raza Gilani - Pakistans next Prime Minister
Pakistan Peoples Party may have selected their interim Prime Minister, but his closet is full of some scary skeletons. A few may have laid eyes on this YouTube video posted a year back showing this ‘to-be’ prime minister innocently doodling Sherry Rehman. For a few it may be an ‘accidental’ grope but I [...]
PPP names Yousuf Raza Gilani as interim PM
The Pakistan Peoples Party Saturday named ex-parliamentary speaker Yousuf Raza Gilani as its candidate to be the country’s new prime minister. “I have great pleasure in calling upon Yousuf Raza Gilani in the name of Shaheed (martyr) Benazir Bhutto to accept the heavy responsibility to lead the coalition government and the nation”,” said a statement [...]
Seminar: Do Countries sell their own people?
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A seminar is being held in Lahore on Human Rights titled,
Do countries sell their own people? Civil liberties in the age of the War on Terror.
Time: 3:00 PM
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008
Venue: HRCP Auditorium (107 Tipu Block, Garden Town, Near Barkat Market) - Google Map or Download the JPEG Image
The speakers are Mrs. Amna [...]
Silent Revolution - 2
Guest Blog by Amjad Malik (blog)
Previous Article of the series : Silent Revolution - 1
My brief visit to Pakistan in March was welcomed by suicidal blast in Lahore FIA building and farewell attack in Islamabad restaurant resulting several deaths and injuries which pose a serious question of law an order situation in Pakistan where some [...]
Journalists roughed up while covering the NA Speaker election
Yesterday during the National Assembly session where the elections were underway to elect the new speaker of the house, outside it seems that the media was being roughed up for God knows what reason, under specific orders of the SP & DSP. One can only speculate as to why these media outlets were being [...]
Bilawal (Zardari) Bhutto in Pakistan to announce the name of PM
It is surprising that with all the reeling and dealing orchestrated by Asif Ali Zardari alone he now feels its important to recall his son Bilawal Zardari back to Pakistan to simply make the official announcement for the new Prime Minister. Farhatullah Babar is quoted to have said that the “The name of the [...]
Fehmida Mirza, elected as Speaker with 2/3 marjority
Dr Fehmida Mirza the first woman speaker for the National Assembly in Pakistan was elected as speaker of the National Assembly by around a 2/3rd majority. Dr Mirza got 249 votes out of 319 votes cast. Her opponent Sardar Mohammad Israr Tarin polled 70 votes.
Hence we can start assuming that ‘IF’ the newly elected [...]
Let the original judges return
By Naeem Sadiq, Published in Dawn on 17th March
Just imagine for a moment that an ordinary government servant, say a Lower Division Clerk of the Revenue Department appears on a local TV Channel and announces that the constitution of Pakistan is no more valid and the country would hence forth be run by a new [...]
Black Flag Week Protest at Harvard University
Cambridge, MA: Student Action Committee USA Chapter (SAC-USA) staged a successful protest in Harvard Yard today demanding immediate restoration of the pre-Nov 3 independent judiciary in Pakistan. The protestors condemned - in no uncertain terms- the unconstitutional acts of General (r) Musharraf which include the sacking of an independent judiciary, gagging of media and free [...]
Bilal Musharraf Cashing in…
Bilal Musharraf
For what its worth, Bilal Musharraf the Vice President of ePlanet Ventures and the son of General (r) Pervaiz Musharraf, is seen negotiating a deal with Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal, Chairman of Kingdom Holding Companies. It is just a normal business deal but the question that remains is What does the Pakistani Ambassador [...]
US still playing ‘Dumb’ on the issue of Judiciary in Pakistan
In a press briefing given by the US State Department on 10th March a few questions were raised on Pakistan and its ongoing judicial & political crisis. It seems that the US Government is still not willing to come clean and talk about the restoration or independence of judiciary, despite one reporters direct question [...]
More Fissures To Come in PPP and PPPP
Guest Blog by Temporal who blogs at Baithak
Today, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, a man of well chosen words said, “My heart is full of secrets, which, if I reveal to media they could bring storm in the national politics.”
I have written on this subject earlier. This is the third blog on the subject of fissures [...]
Black Flag Week Seminar - Adlia ki Azadi: Awam ki Azadi
People’s Resistance in the efforts to promote the Black Flag Week cordially invite you to a seminar on
“Adlia ki Azadi: Awam ki Azadi”
4:30 pm, Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at PMA House, Garden Road, Karachi
The issue of justice affects all of us directly. This seminar explores why all Pakistanis should care about the restoration of [...]
March 10th: Black Flag Week Events
Karachi
Complete BOYCOTT OF ALL THE COURTS.
3:00 pm >> Flag Hoisting: Hotel Jabees, Saddar
Islamic Lawyers Movement (ILM)
People’s Resistance and all other friends are invited to join
5:00 pm >> Flag Hoisting: Iqbal Haider’s House
D-25, Block 4, KDA 5, Clifton
Just after Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s Mazar, off 26th Street
Behind Designers.
Lahore
Black Flag will be hoisted 10:30 A.M.
Complete BOYCOTT OF ALL [...]
Black Flag Week activities in UK
Reported by Rabia Zia
On March 9 2008 in front of the High Commission of Pakistan, London, the Pakistani community in the UK responded to the call of the Supreme Court Bar Association to show solidarity with the lawyers movement in Pakistan to restore judiciary and to ask Musharraf to step down immediately with Go Musharraf [...]
Pictures: Black Flag Week event at Karachi Press Club
Credit: Sahar Shafqat
Black Flag Week Rally in Karachi a huge success
Today the rally at the Karachi Press Club organized by number of organizations for the Black Flag Week was a tremendous success, estimates across the spectrum were around 10-15,000 people in attendance. It was attended by a number of political parties, NGO’s, lawyers, traders, reform groups and civil society groups of which namely the [...]
