Humor: Jat in London
Hit and run by Shakir Husain
Published in The News
Pakistan is lucky enough to have a visionary leader in the form of`Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain whose family has sacrificed so much for the people of Pakistan. So when this great leader’s younger brother Wajahat Hussain and three nephews were detained under the anti-terrorist law at Gatwick Airport [...]
With extreme prejudice?
A volunteer from the Student Action Committee writes on the SAC Lahore incident based on narratives by the SAC Lahore activist who were roughed up in Punjab College
On two consecutive days, 1st and 2nd February, the staff (security personnel as well as faculty members) of Punjab College, Muslim Town have tried to deny the rights [...]
SAC Lahore, exposes Punjab College & Caretaker Minister for Special Education
SAC Lahore held a press conference today at 1:00pm against the Punjab College and its administration for attacking their activists yesterday
The Students Action Committee (Lahore) held a short but vehement protest against the brutal assault by Punjab College’s establishment on four SAC representatives and a bystander driver.
Held outside the Press club today at 1 pm, [...]
Report From Lahore: SAC Members brutally attacked at Punjab College
A detailed report of the incident that occurred today at Punjab College which involved the roughing up of activists of Student Action Committee. Published in the Emergency Times Blog - [llink]
Today, the true nature of the establishment was unleashed in full colours. As a sequel to yesterday’s assault against a PU teacher and an [...]
SAC Lahore activists thrashed again at Punjab College
SAC Lahore is reporting that a few of its activists in Punjab College, Lahore were rounded up by about 10 college members and given a severe thrashing. The SAC volunteers were the same people who were served up a thrashing a day earlier as well, Defying the oppression he showed up once again at [...]
Downing Street Protest - Pictures
Pictures of the Anti-Musharraf protest on Downing Street, London - Credit PkPolitics & BBC Urdu Pictures
High Profile Deportation of Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain
Chaudhry Wajahat Hussain, elder brother of PML (Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, was deported by British authorities when he arrived at Heathrow Airport from Spain. Wajahat had gone to London to lead a pro-Musharraf rally in London basically to counter the anti-Musharraf protests planned for his visit a few days later
The prominent PML-Q leaders were [...]
Postal workers in Lahore buying Votes for Rs 1,500 ($25) only ?
Exposing election rigging is a tough job. as the onus of proof generally lies on the accuser, hence usually very tough to prove, at times opposing parties may even try to set each other up simply to humiliate them and pull a few extra votes in the process, everything seems to be fair in our [...]
Latest update on arrests in Dadu and Naushero Feroz, Sindh
A few activists of the People’s Resistance are actively working in the interior sindh for standing up against this wave of arrests taking place today’s update is as follows
Dadu: 235 FIRs registered and 50,400 people booked.
400 PPP workers nominated including both candidates for National Assembly Rafiq Jamali & Dr Talat Mahesar
All candidates for PS Pir [...]
About 200,000 people Arrested in Sindh
There are reports which are coming in for the past few days that a major crackdown is underway in Sindh specially targeting the workers of Pakistan People Party to an extent that there are official reports of around 0.2 million people that have been arrested for their involvement and activities in the rioting following the [...]
HRCP Statement “Civil society for change at the top, fairplay and citizens’ rights”
Just received this press statement from Human Rights Commission of Pakistan on discussion about the present political situation in Pakistan and condemned the wide spread arrests being made of all opposition leaders
HRCP Pakistan: Activists of civil society organizations and concerned citizens, including representatives of the four provinces, met at HRCP office in Lahore to [...]
Documentary on Emergency in Pakistan
Interactive Resource Center as a PACFREL member developed a documentary on Emergency in Pakistan. The documentary provides glimpses of the crisis and highlighted movement of
various segments of the society against emergency including lawyers, judiciary, media, political parities and civil society.
Link: IRC
Chaudhry’s selling their assets - in Preparations ….?
AAJ TV reports that the Chaudhry brothers, the movers and shakers of PML-Q since the past five years and a political ally of Pervaiz Musharraf are selling their assets in Pakistan and transferring their accumulated wealth to foreign lands. AAJ has received this privy information from sources very close to the Chaudhry Shujaat and [...]
From President Musharraf to President Zardari
For many the headline itself is a scary thought, but I assure you its not unimaginable…
Looking at the address by ‘Sir’ Musharraf to his humble servants today at 8pm was nothing even close to the ‘breaking news‘ we all expected but the more ’shocking news’ was immediately following, the Press Conference by ‘Sir’ Zardari this [...]
Daughters of Asma Jehangir Assaulted
A statement has just be issued by the Asian Human Rights Commission calling attention to the assault on the daughters of Asma Jehangir, the leading Human Rights Activist in Pakistan where she alleges that her daughters assaulted and illegally held for several hours along with their friends by armed persons of the Pakistan Muslim League [...]
