Hello all - four items below. 1. From Bob Dietz of CPJ: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists has a strong statement on press conditions in Pakistan and...
"Americans know from their own history of institutional discrimination the tactics that have been used against civil rights leaders. These include telephone...
hello people: Must see: powerful video using images from Baghdad set to Tina Arena's moving song about the destroyed city: Je m'appelle Bagdad (My name is ...
The suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Chowdhry landed in Karachi earlier today but has been stuck at the airport because of armed clashes in the city between...
Four items here; my note below. beena 1. PAKISTAN: UPHEAVAL: Jinnah's Children - A man of law is again the architect of a new politics. The parties piggyback...
A chilling testimony below by doctor in Karachi - the police had 'orders' from above to allow the armed goons who rule Karachi to do what they wanted till 4...
HIMAL SOUTHASIAN - www.himalmag.com - MAY 2007 issue is out. COVER PACKAGE: Balochistan, between tribe and state. Other commentary includes Bangladesh - that...
Excellent piece below by Chris Cork in The News on the Karachi situation, and links to the TV coverage that people have uploaded to YouTube (thanks AR):...
Ok everyone, there are tons of blogs and other information floating about re: the carnage in Karachi recently. Here's an attempt to pull it all together and...
The carnage in Karachi on Saturday was followed by a cold-blooded murder in Islamabad: in what appears to be a chilling development regarding the Chief Justice...
Mush interview-Talat Hussain-May 18, 2007- click on the following link to retrieve file. The link will expire in 7 days and will be available for 100 number of...
Feedback from friend Mohsin Sayeed re: the website name - 512Karachi: "hideously American". Perhaps, but it was set up in a hurry. Better suggestions anyone?...
Here's an article by Mohsin Sayeed, in Dawn May 20, 2007. I love his passion and his anger, and I love his love for Karachi. Mohsin writes: "I tried to channel...
Whether it is by labeling journalists as 'chauvinist' (an indirect threat with much menace given the party's history) or trying to prevent peasants from giving...
http://jang.com.pk/thenews/may2007-weekly/nos-27-05-2007/pol1.htm#9 The News on Sunday, Political Economy, May 27, 2007 Eyewitness: Karachi, May 12 A narrative...
Last week brought news of another American-Iranian scholar detained by the Iranian government ahead of the first direct dialogue between US and Irani envoys,...
Salman Ahmed of Junoon goes public against the MQM - see email below: "this is a moment of truth (yet again)". Also, Shahid Iqbal makes a couple of important...
I'm posting below a letter that a concerned citizen, Mumtaz, faxed to Musharraf recently re: May 12, which a friend emailed to a few people. Interestingly,...
The Sindh High Court's suo moto notice of the May 12 violence in Karachi, later converted into a constitutional petition on the matter, is an interesting...
Abira Ashfaq is a lawyer and an activist who practised immigration detention law in the U.S.. Currently living in Karachi, she recently shared her perceptions...
here is a press release just sent out to several media outlets (with a couple of additional names that just came in). Please do pass it on to your contacts in...
As many of you know, the Pakistan authorities on Sunday blocked Geo TV transmission 'for reasons best known to them' according to the geo.tv website. General...
Dear friends Mian Ijazul Hasan, member of the PPP’s federal council and former secretary general of the PPP Punjab (and chairman policy planning Punjab and...
It is amazing that an ordinary citizen has dared do this in Karachi... Thanks to Naeem Sadiq for highlighting this case through his letter below. Incidentally,...
Hundreds of political workers have been arrested in Pakistan and cases lodged against many others. Friend Farooq Tariq of the Labour Party Pakistan was...
Good piece by Lisa Curtis posted by Shaheryar Azhar to the group he moderates, The Forum. As he says, this is a clear vision of the big picture. Excerpt: "The...
A sign of the times that friend Murtaza Solangi at VOA is having trouble finding people to defend the Govt of Pakistan & Musharraf...(Murtaza hosts an hour...
Hundreds of political workers have been detained since June 5, including Farooq Tariq, Secretary General of the Labour Party of Pakistan was was sent to...
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