Youtube blocked in Pakistan
Just in - Youtube seems to have been blocked in Pakistan
There are two theories one is that an Anti Islamic movie was being blocked while another theory is that a few videos did surface which showed poll rigging in Karachi
Sources say that this video could very well be the objectionable video that is [...]
Nawaz Sharif enters Judicial Colony in Islamabad
It is being reported by.the SAC team in Lahore that Nawaz Sharif has come to he judicial colony in Islamabad along with his brother and has just now entered inside the enclave there are hundreds of supporers along with him and the civil society
Pakistan Elections: Free, Fair and Transparent
Guest Blog by temporal who blogs at Baithak
The Pakistan elections are over and the people have spoken. But have they been heard?
It is after midnight Pakistan time and the results are trickling in. It appears from early results that PML (Q) the king’s party has received a massive defeat. And both opposition parties, the PML [...]
Election begins with rigging, violence and trouble
Not coming as much of a surprise, election starts off rather unpleasantly.
Two friends who registered to vote in Islamabad went early to the polling station to find out that their names were missing from the designated polling station.
Last night PML-N candidate Ch Asif Ashraf was assassinated in Lahore. In addition an MQM candidate was fired [...]
Media Restrictions Undermine Election: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch issues a statement on the restriction on the media, similarly Hamid Mir also shared his concerns just a day earlier in a letter to journalists of PFUJ.
Threats and censorship against the independent media, bias in state television, and a widespread ban on live broadcasting are limiting the public’s right to information as [...]
Jemima Inteview President Musharraf
Published in The Independent, it is definitely worth reading.
‘Since you were so kind as to greet us in London at Downing Street last month, the President would like to return the favour,” announces Major-General Rashid Qureshi, President Pervez Musharraf’s PR man over the phone. Only in Pakistan could the government’s head of spin be a [...]
Hamid Mir shares his concerns about the restricted media
Mr. Hamid Mir, a very prominent anchor of Geo TV who was banned from appearing on any TV show after the emergency shares his feelings in this letter submitted after the press conference he had on the invitation of Pakistan Federal Union Journalists . Its a must read specially if you want to understand [...]
Life of a Pakistani prisoner in Guantanamo is at risk
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The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information regarding the deteriorating health of a Pakistani prisoner detained in a U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The prisoner is suffering from a serious heart ailment and his health has worsened since [...]
Festival of the Oppressed
Guest post by Umer Chaudhry
Cross Posted from Red Diary
February 9th, 2008, was an important day for the lawyers movement and for the people of Pakistan. It was that day when the lawyers showed their resilience in the face of State repression on the streets of Islamabad. It was that day when the lawyers showed to [...]
Video of the Protest in Islamabad
Citizens of Pakistan take the brunt of Musharraf’s tyranny
Pro Musharraf Rally welcomed in Islamabad
Funny yet ironic how the bureaucracy chooses to sugar-coat its Pro-Musharraf supporters with police protection, security gates and then finally a treat of lunch boxes. While only a few days earlier the opposition was treated with tear gas, bricks and a hose down in the chilly Islamabad winter. Free and Fair elections definitely [...]
It’s just a rock! It’s just a bruise
By Sundas
Sundas is a student of LUMS who is an active member of the Student Action Committee, Lahore and this write up is her narration of the events that took place in Islamabad last Saturday when over 1500 strong force of unarmed citizens braved the water cannons and tear gas to try and reach the [...]
PR Call for protest in Karachi in solidarity with activists in Islamabad
Email received on the People’s Resistance network
I’m sure you are all aware of the cowardly and brutal measures taken by the police in Islamabad to stop the lawyers and activists for reaching the home of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry.
If lathi charge and arrests weren’t enough, this time the state used water canons and [...]
Transcript of Dr. Kaiser Bengali’s Lecture - Making sense of Pakistan and its Economy
Attached is the entire transcript of the lecture given by Dr. Kasier Bengali in Dec at the invitation of People’s Resistance & The Green Economics & Globalisation Initiative where he talked on Making sense of Pakistan and its Economy at Shirkat Gah Office, Karachi
Alternatively Download the Transcript of Kaiser Bengali’s Lecture on Pakistan’s Economy (PDF) [...]
Brave Citizens confront water cannons & tear gas in Islamabad
islamabad protest under water cannon blast
Islamabad Protestor being dragged away by polie
Macleans Canada Reports: Police using tear gas and water cannons clashed today with hundreds of lawyers to block them from reaching the barricaded house of Pakistan’s deposed chief justice. About 1,500 black-suited lawyers marched on the residence of Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, the detained [...]
