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SMS Update @ 1545: PML-Q ransack ten polling agents
SAC member Ahmed Iqbal reports from Narowal that PML-Q leagues armed gang members ransack ten poling stations, staff being harassed and PML-N agents thrown out
SMS Update @ 1530: SAC Member offered bribe
SAC Lahore member Asif Mulick reports that supporters of Abdul Aleem offered him a Rs 2000 in cash to vote at Queen Mary polling station.
SMS Update @ 1644: Benazir Bhutto killed in bomb blast
in shocking news Benazir Bhutto has been reportedly been killed after being injured in the bomb blast in Rawalpindi
Student Action Committee rally in Islamabad
Rally baton-charged and heavily tear-gassed. 40 people arrested including comrades Amna and Zehra. Trying to locate everyone now.
SMS Update @ 0024: Citizens arrested in Lahore from outside J Shahid’s House
Citizens outside Justice Siddiqui’s house have been arrested and taken to Racecourse Jail in Lahore
SMS Update @ 1406: Urgent from Lahore, state trying to evict Justice Shahid
I just got this update from a CMKP comrade in Lahore: “We are at the house of Justice Shahid Siddique. The State is trying to evict him by force.”
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SMS Update: Justice Shahid is feared to be evicted
Strong reports that Justice Shahid maybe evicted at 2 am by heavy force. Vigil is ON. A call is being issued country wide to urge the Law Minister - Afzal Haider to stop this brutality
SMS Update @ 1822: Islamabad student’s protest
The protest is over. It was uber-successful. Heads and arms are swollen, courtesy the dandas, and voices are hoarse, courtesy the naareybaazi, but our spirits are high. Arrests have been made, but the bottomline is that we defeated the State today. “Tulaba kia maangey — AZADI!!!”
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SMS Update @ 1618: Student protest in Islamabad
We were brutally lathi-charged [Baton Charged]. Got hit thrice on my head and then on my arms and hands when I tried to protect my head. Women were punched. Head hurts but we didn’t give in. They were forced to let us move forward. We’re outside the Islamabad Press Club now.
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SMS Update @ 1537: Student Action Committee protest in Islamabad
100-something people and growing. Stand off with police who’re not allowing us to march to the press club. Negotiations are on,
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Imran Khan Released
reports are just coming in that Imran Khan has been released
Update @ 2213: All journalists at Docks Police Station - released
Via blackberry from Dr. Awab who mentions that Urooj Zia - one of the journalists who were arrested and detained earlier this afternoon has been released. I have just spoked to Urooj who confirms the same and mentions that the earlier stand-off between the journalists and police over 4 journalists whose names were not on [...]
SMS Update @ 1801: In Docks Police Station’s Jail
195 journalists have been arrested in Karachi. 37 of us are at the Docks Police Station, including 6 women.. Having fun & driving police crazy
SMS Update @ 1646: DOCKS Police Station Finally?
They fianlly decide to take us to the DOCKS police station, moral is high and upbeat - we shall rule - God Bless Pakistan
SMS Update @ 1630: Which Police Station are they taking us to?
NOT JACKSON MAYBE TO THE DOCKS. THEY CANT DECIDE WHERE TO TAKE US :-D
