Articles with tag: emergency
One Hour From Midnight
Parakkad Varma Dec 12, 2008 interacts: 4If the people clamour for more stringent laws, the government is bound to heed. After all, no political party can be trusted to resist a demand for a police state.
Long March
kashkin dabruski Jun 11, 2008 interacts: 43In thousands, we will march, for change
Hear you will my friends, not far away
The days of change and nights of comfort
Walk with me, as each step gathers its storm
Fight Against The Emergeny Continues
Faris Kasim Feb 7, 2008 interacts: 51If we are stressed, if we are constantly worried, then I believe it is a sign of great optimism. The struggle for a better Pakistan has just begun.
To Boycott or not to Boycott !
sheikh tajammul Dec 14, 2007 interacts: 61Whether its Imran Khan or Nawaz Sharif or Benazir or someone else ... whoever promises to reinstate judiciary should be voted for to stop Pro Musharraf getting 2/3rd majority.
Pakistan’s Emergency and the International Media
Mehroz Sadruddin Dec 9, 2007 interacts: 4The international media’s principled stand against the imposition of emergency must be taken with a pinch of salt.
Media: The more things change...
Beena Sarwar Nov 30, 2007 interacts: 77Where only one Najam Sethi was picked up under the Sharif regime, over the past eight years, dozens have been picked up and tortured by Pakistan’s secret agencies.
Vi Veri Universum Vivus Vici
Naveed Ejaz Nov 29, 2007 interacts: 6Feigning infant-like naivety, we assume that like a chess board, war remains restricted to an 8x8 playing field and will never reach our doors.
The Plan To Topple Pakistan Military
Ahmed Quraishi Nov 29, 2007 interacts: 158Its not about Musharraf anymore. This is about clipping the wings of a strong Pakistani military, denying space for China in Pakistan, squashing the ISI, stirring ethnic unrest...
A Scene
Mutaal Mooquin Nov 21, 2007 interacts: 5The horse without the rider
Baby without the mother
Not one chasing the other
Sitting silently - over the ruins
Resist, resist, resist: ‘The gift of a crisis’
Beena Sarwar Nov 24, 2007 interacts: 197General Musharraf’s announcement of an ‘emergency’ on Nov 3 stunned many among this otherwise complacent generation -- enough to finally act upon their convictions.
Muffled Voices on Campuses
Ahsan Raza Nov 23, 2007 interacts: 2As private universities are abuzz with anti-emergency chants, students of Government College and FC College, Lahore have also adopted ways to express themselves politically.
Dispensation of Justice is the Main Pillar of Democracy
Ikramul Haq Nov 23, 2007 interacts: 15The three constitutions, framed in Pakistan, proved to be just pieces of paper; their sanctity frequently violated by the men with guns, and by those who authored and approved these documents.
Pakistan: Media Under Siege
Beena Sarwar Nov 23, 2007 interacts: 138Police have attacked and arrested journalists demonstrating all over the country. Over a hundred journalists offered themselves for mass arrest in Karachi on Nov 20.
Pakistani Media Crippled
Moeed Pirzada Nov 23, 2007 interacts: 6The Musharraf government wants to financially cripple this most popular of the media community to set an example - just like the judiciary.
From Immy to Irony
Nadeem F Paracha Nov 22, 2007 interacts: 31Lag gai na emergency! Whack! Shut up, Dimoo. So, Jimran, are you still at an undisclosed location at the Punjabi University?
Pakistani Judges - Read This Lawyer’s Oath
Aisha Sarwari Nov 18, 2007 interacts: 95One fails to understand how the growing need to associate with Mr. Jinnah leaves Musharraf little association with the ideals that the man stood for.
The Press Ordinance and Its Repercussions
Malik Aamir Nov 17, 2007 interacts: 46Did the dictator really shut down GEO News for the better 'interests' of Pakistan?
The Battle for Pakistan
Imran Khan Nov 15, 2007 interacts: 121Imran Khan was arrested in Pakistan on 11/14/2007, this article appeared in the Pakistani newspaper The News on 11/9/2007.
The Pakistan Tragedy: Imran Khan Arrested
Maryam Asif Nov 15, 2007 interacts: 20Imran Khan, beaten and locked up by the Jamiat Students on the Punjab University Campus on 14 November. He was yelling at the cameras, ‘its not about me, it’s your future’.
Pressures Mount on Pervez Musharraf
Beena Sarwar Nov 15, 2007 interacts: 11"The judges by not taking oath, the lawyers and civil society by resisting have shown the way. The media is standing by them. This is one battle the General is sure to lose"
Its Time To Follow The 'Pied Piper'
Nikhat Rasool Nov 15, 2007 interacts: 4Yesterday I learnt that our own Pakistani police have taken away ‘Imran Khan’, our hero the pride of nation, to put him behind bars.
I Await ...
Mateen Mahmood Mohajir Nov 6, 2007 interacts: 2Of what avail the melodies and glitter,
That an evening muse brings;
Life is false:
The past is faded, 'today' is a brittle 'now';
Whither Emergency
Rezwan Bajwa Nov 12, 2007 interacts: 19General Musharraf’s self perception of being indispensable to Pakistan is now compounded further as the US affirms him as the most valuable partner in the ‘war on terror’.
No Dice Without Reinstatement of Judiciary
Ahmer Muzammil Nov 12, 2007 interacts: 12The fight is not between democracy and martial-law or Q league or X league, it’s always between the have’s and have not’s.
Overcoming Learned Helplessness and Apathy
Ikramul Haq Nov 10, 2007 interacts: 59The shackles of “learned helplessness� can only be broken if all the political parties and intelligentsia join hands to restore rule of democracy and the independence of judiciary.
Is Patriotism at Times The Last Refuge
Amer Nazir Nov 10, 2007 interacts: 8We, the third largest ex-pat community in the world after China and India have learnt to keep our fronts, haven’t we?
Political Quandary in Pakistan
Mohammad Gill Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 85You can install a political government by popular vote but there are no effective checks and balances to keep it on the straight, narrow and workable path.
Cholesterol Say Paak
Nadeem F Paracha Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 129I usually get my news by driving around the city. I see a look of uncertainty on the faces of the people, but no great movement.
Musharraf and Alternative
Khalid Bhatti Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 21General Musharraf, return the power to people, restore the judiciary and reinstate the constitution of Pakistan. We have had enough of you and its not working anymore.
Johnny On The Street
Irfan Pakistani Nov 8, 2007 interacts: 3Should the lawyers be able to recapture the imagination of the nation and catalyze meaningful national resistance, the calculus shall change.
The Empire Strikes Again in Pakistan
Karamatullah K Ghori Nov 5, 2007 interacts: 158Throttling democracy and shackling human rights of 160 million Pakistanis, Musharraf still has the gall to liken his ignoble daylight robbery to Lincoln’s historic nobility.
Imran Khan at LUMS
Ammar Rashid Nov 4, 2007 interacts: 145Amidst speculation of the imposition of emergency in the country by the state, Imran was here to speak about the role of the youth in the country’s political future.
Do You Have a Substitute?
Salman Aneel Nov 4, 2007 interacts: 139Emergency in Pakistan was the need of time as we had no other options. Do we have any substitute for General Musharraf? Is there any other person who can run the country?
Martial Law Not Emergency
Khalid Bhatti Nov 3, 2007 interacts: 16I have never heard any speech that is more incoherent and insult to the faculties of logic and intellect than this one delivered by Pervez Musharraf.
Emergency:What Lies Ahead For Pakistan?
ijaz gul Nov 3, 2007 interacts: 9The politic body, already decimated, raped and largely turned into a mob of opportunist has yet again been put on the dissecting table for surgical procedure by butchers.
The Roving Stones
Haroon Malik Nov 3, 2007 interacts: 5My lords have announced they will cause revolutionary changes, changes that will cause a grass root level change. But how could they?
Pervez Musharraf Declares Emergency in Pakistan
Chowk Nov 3, 2007 interacts: 190As of 6PM on Saturday President General Musharraf has suspended the constitution and declared State of Emergency in Pakistan.
