Live Blog - Updated @ 17:00: Judicial Bus moves from Karachi to Hyderabad
The progress of the Judicial bus courtesy Faris of People’s Resistance
At around 10:00 the judicial bus left the Sindh high court.bar on its way to Malir Bar reaching there at 10:30 where a big crowd of lawyers & activists were gathered. A press conference was held.
Finally at around 11:00 they have departed for [...]
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
Update 1800: Observations from another voter
Posted by Faris Kasim of the People’s Resistance network
I was lucky enough to visit two very different polling stations today, clearly showing the inherent classism and divisions in Karachi (Pakistani) society today.
I first went to my polling station in Bath Island, NA-250 with my family and was really impressed by the arrangements. Policemen politely guided [...]
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.
SAC Hold Mock Elections in Lahore
Members of the Student Action Committee had planned to hold mock elections in front of the Lahore High Court, reaching there early morning the police prevented them to setup camp but they instead continued the mock elections at another location. The turnout was massive with over 812 voters.
Votes Against Musharraf = 782
Votes For [...]
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 [...]
Attorney General Qayyum Aware of Massive Election-Rigging Plans as early as Nov
In an audio recording obtained by Human Rights Watch, Pakistan’s Attorney General [Mr. upsnoot] Malik Qayyum stated that upcoming parliamentary elections will be “massively rigged,â€Â
Human Rights Watch said that the recording was made during a phone interview with a member of the media on November 21, 2007. Qayyum, while still on the phone interview, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
They took Oath under the PCO before - Why Should we Support them Now
Article written by members of the People’s Resistance
Originally written on Dec 26 2007, The PCO Chief Justice of Lahore High Court, Iftikhar Hussain Chaudhry, has since retired
A Bit of History
Pakistan’s history is chequered with instances of military taking over the state. When Ayub took over, he introduced a constitution (1962) that gave sweeping powers to [...]
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) [...]
Update @ 2010: Initial reports from the Hum Logge Solidarity Rally in Islamabad
Sketchy details coming in from Islamabad:
If anyone wishes to show solidarity with those injured and affected by the police attack can reach Aitzaz Ahsan’s residence in Islamabad.
The rally was stopped by a very large posse of police (over 1000). Barbed wire was laid out on way leading to Aitzaz’s residence. As the group neared the [...]
People’s Resistance Activists Inteviewed in GT (Good Times) magazine
The latest publication of GoodTimes has around 36-pages of pictures and interviews with various civil society activists from Karachi and Lahore predominantly from the Karachi based People’s Resistance network.
For the sake of posterity I have scanned the relevant pages (in low quality) and is now available for download, but to really enjoy the [...]
AAJ TV Blackballed again because of Live with Talat
A day back around 11:30 at night on Feb 6th AAJ TV was suddenly taken off the air in the regions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad and according to AAJ it was blocked up to Chakwal 60 km away. Live with Talat was due to air a discussion with Nusrat Javeed while some sources say [...]
