Recent Links » June 2008
- Deposed judges also present constitutional package
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The deposed judges have handed over their own constitutional package to the Government for restoration of judiciary to the November 2, 2007 position. The package proposes that the government should either pass a resolution for reinstatement of deposed judges or amend the constitution. It also proposes to validate President Musharraf’s steps taken on November 3, 2007 and also to protect PCO judges. #
- Pakistaniat: Samad Khurram: Harvard Student Refuses Award from U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
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What he is saying is what so many Pakistanis have been saying. That the U.S. will not be respected if its actions defy its own words. It will certainly not be respected if it continues to kill innocent Pakistanis through its indiscriminate drones. Maybe its time that the U.S. begins to listen to the Pakistani people rather than to a few “leaders” who have become so very adept at telling the U.S. exactly what it wants to hear. #
- The Economist: The nuclear network of A.Q. Khan, A hero at home, a villain abroad
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New revelations on the sort of weapons expertise that was on offer to all comers have deepened the world’s worries about nuclear proliferation. It seems the world has found a guinea pig to pin all its nuclear woes on the AQ Khan network, no one talks about the American Nuclear Hegemony #
- Pakistani Student Insulting American Ambassador Anne Patterson
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In a rare show of political maturity, Samad Khurram, a student of a private school in Islamabad refused to accept his an award of academic excellence from the American Ambassador Anne W. Patterson. The face of Anne W. Patterson turned red and for 5 long seconds she stood there motionless with shame and anger. When the student was called to receive the certificate on the stage from the US ambassador, he just passed her and went to dice and cited the reason #
- Live updates of the Long March from Karachi to Islamabad
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We need all participants of the Long March to become our on ground reporters by simply sending an instantaneous and live update to this blog via email at LM@help.pk.
You can contribute Live comments / Pictures / Mobile Videos on the progress of the Long March as it makes it way to Islamabad, for some who do not have GPRS facility can still update the blog by using the SMS-Email facility provided by all cellular services in Pakistan #
- Most PPP MNAs want to join long march
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Its good to hear that some MNA’s have pledged to join the Long March, how many will show up against the desires of the Co-Chair is yet to be seen, even if 30 appear with a huge PPP contingent will be great. Slogan for the Long March: HUM MULK BACHANEY NIKLAY HEIN, AO HUMAREY SAATH CHALO #
- Manufacturing dissent by Cyril Almeida
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Cy writes: WANT political paralysis? Then try a game of ‘will-he-or-won’t-he’. First, pick your option: sack the president; replace the army chief; amend the constitution; impeach the president; restore the judges; break the coalition; dissolve parliament; declare martial law; or spill state secrets. Then pair your choice with one of these men: Asif, Nawaz, Musharraf, Kayani, A.Q. Khan. Confused? Not sure who wants what? Don’t worry — that’s the paralysis part. #
- Blast outside Denmark Embassy in Islamabad
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A huge blast rocked the Diplomatic Enclave at the Denmark Embassy in Islamabad death toll at EIGHT - Blog Updates - Sajjad Zaidi’s Blog, Pakistani Spectator, PakMarkaz #
- Pakistan’s Economic Growth Slowest in 5 Years
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on Changing Up Pakistan - State Bank of Pakistan released its quarterly report, in which it announced that the country’s economy “will expand by less than 6 percent for the first time in five years amid double-digit inflation and ballooning budget and trade deficits.” - Other links realted to economy on Teeth Maestro’s Blog 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 #
- An unwanted year - by Ardeshir Cowasjee
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Sunday’s must read column is usually Dawn’s Ardeshir Cowasjee’s article, he writes ‘It is Zardari’s wife’s assassination, and only and simply that, which has shot Zardari into the position where he now finds himself — unelected, having no constitutional nexus, but almost the sole spokesperson in this flailing Republic, sought out by locals and foreigners for his words of wisdom and policy. If miracles do happen, then Zardari can certainly claim one in his case.‘ #
- The Lawyers’ Crusade - The New York Times
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A very extensive article on the lawyers movement in Pakistan it writes ‘Ahsan is almost recklessly outspoken about P.P.P. leaders, even though they are his own political patrons. He speaks admiringly of Benazir Bhutto’s courage and steadfastness but also points out with disdain that she viewed herself as the P.P.P.’s “life chairperson.” And he does not bother to conceal his dim view of Zardari. In the car, as we drove back through the night to Lahore, I asked him how many of the allegations of corruption he believed were justified. “Most of them,” Ahsan said, after a moment’s reflection. “The type of expenses that she had and he has are not from sources of income that can be lawfully explained and accounted for.” #
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