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Articles with tag: resistance movement

Democracy, Pakistan Style

Chad Haines   Mar 17, 2009   interacts: 13

Unlike 1990s, when demonstrations were carried out by PPP or PML hired thugs, today’s rallies are full of people, Pakistani citizens demanding accountability and full restoration of democracy.

Long March Poem

kashkin dabruski   Mar 13, 2009   interacts: 1

In all these years in our memory
In all these moments in our sight
Never that rapture or passion
Never there was a moment
To unite for purpose and oppression
To break this silence, to protest
For our rights, until now

Aitzaz’s Monumental Blunder

saeed qureshi   Jun 15, 2008   interacts: 351

There is all quiet in Pakistan after the lawyers’ long march. The struggle of more than one year was wasted away in matter of hours.

Long March

kashkin dabruski   Jun 11, 2008   interacts: 43

In 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

Muffled Voices on Campuses

Ahsan Raza   Nov 23, 2007   interacts: 2

As private universities are abuzz with anti-emergency chants, students of Government College and FC College, Lahore have also adopted ways to express themselves politically.

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