At around 5 pm all the TV news channels were taken off the air. This meant 'emergency declared' - soon confirmed. We were at the close of a meeting in Karachi...
There is widespread outrage at the emergency, and a feeling of deja vu for those of us who remember the Zia years. 'He's done this to keep himself in power' is...
Police rangers surrounded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) office this afternoon, where a meeting to discuss the current political situation was...
Update re: the arrests this afternoon, when police rangers in Lahore arrested some 70 human rights activists, including lawyers, artists, women's rights...
Current updates: 1. This morning, there was massive police deployment outside Lahore High Court -- for the first time also inside, while the Lahore High Court...
1. PROTESTS, DEMOS, ARRESTS... 2. PFUJ RE: JOURNALISTS DETAINED, HARASSED, ATTACKED 3. STATEMENT BY CJ IFTIKHAR CHAUDHRY 4. MORE UPDATES from a journalist...
1. Some detention updates incl. Lahore human rights activists 2. Counter the news blackout: Wiki page & CNN link 3. Revenue losses to channels 4. Worldwide...
As the police and law enforcing agencies are busy rounding up civil rights activists and lawyers in the rest of the country, the Taliban are taking over the...
MEDIA - Two channels are come back on air, CNBC-Pakistan (stock market tickers) & Business Plus. All the other news channels are still off air via cable,...
The papers are full of news of protests all over the country -- and police brutality. The tempo is picking up as the PPP weighs in. Today's News carried a...
apologies for cross posting SUPPORT FOR THE NON-PCO JUDGES: Justice (r.) Wajihuddin told some visitors at his Karachi residence on Sunday that the judges are...
Some news flashes from today: - Jam Saqi's house in Hyderababad raided (he was away) - Heavy police contingent outside Karachi Press Club, PPP activists Saeed ...
KARACHI, NOV 11: A group of concerned citizens from the Peoples' Resistance (umbrella group formed to resist emgency) have been meeting the non-PCO judges over...
Just heard that several CEOs of private companies are planning to come out for a public protest – if they do, it will be a first! – And good for them. ...
Lahore is once again the centre of excitement. Yesterday, some 3,500 police officers deployed around the city arrested hundreds of PPP workers. Riot police...
My latest IPS report summarizing the current pressures on Musharraf - POLITICS-PAKISTAN: Civil Society Mounts Pressure on Musharraf (includes interviews of...
Nov 15 update - besides the issues in the subject line, scroll down for upcoming events in NY (Nov 20), Academics for Freedom, and most TV news channels back...
November 17, 2007 Two important updates re: lawyers/judges & ARY/Geo 1. LAWYERS/JUDGES: There is much appreciation among the legal community for the work...
This was very tragic news that Bob Dietz of the CPJ sent over today - Hayatullah's brother Ehsanullah is still in Miran Shah. Another younger brother was...
Thanks to all those who made it to the vigil in front of Geo Karachi yesterday - sorry I could not make it, I was waiting for a friend to turn up from Nepal,...
Here's a press release about what happened today at Karachi Press Club, followed by a personal account of the situation. THE PEOPLE'S RESISTANCE PRESS...
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40184 PAKISTAN: Media Under Siege By Beena Sarwar KARACHI, Nov 23 (IPS) - From being the liberal President under whom ...
FM 103 and Geo are still off air. To hear the Geo audio broadcast, go to www.jang.com.pk and click on 'Live Geo Audio News'. I'm listening to Hamid Mir 'live...
Nov 26 update - With Nawaz Sharif back, and Musharraf about to become a civilian president, the political atmosphere is heating up. The restored TV channels...
Nov 27 update As Musharraf plans to take off his uniform (err... will this be televised?), the 'civil society' agitation continues. Below, three updates re:...
The Judiciary and the Media are Interlinked - is what speakers like Justice (r) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim stressed at the solidarity event organised by People's...
Updates: 1. Elections – the boycott debate 2. Geo TV 3. Muneer A. Malik 1. Boycott polls debate The APDM has announced it will boycott the elections, the PPP...
Dec 2 -07 – some updates Eqbal Ahmad Distinguished Lecture Series presents David Barsamian, "What we say goes - America & the World", Tue, 04 Dec 2007, 4pm,...
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