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Dear All,
Aitzaz Ahsan has given a call to observe Black Flag Week in Pakistan. Everyone is requested to show their solidarity for the restoration of the independent Judiciary in Pakistan. You can watch the message (with English subtitles) at:
The Emergency Times or Teeth Maestro
Here are a couple of things you can do:
1) Record a small video of yourself wearing a black flag, black clothing or even just a black cap and post it on youtube in response to the Aitzaz’s video message. In the video you should talk about why you support the restoration of the judiciary.
To respond to the video: [CLICK HERE]
If you have trouble uploading the video on youtube please email the clip to blackflagweek@gmail.com
2) Take a picture of yourself, your friends and/or your family holding a black flag or wearing black clothes and send it to blackflagweek@gmail.com. If you are uncomfortable revealing your identity you can have the picture taken from your backside or cover your face before taking the picture. You can also help us by taking pictures of your friends, family members, relatives and others who may not be able to take pictures
3) Take part in the events that observe the Black Flag Day in your cities. You can get information about the major events at: http://blackflagweek.blogspot.com/
If your event is not shown on this blog please email blackflagweek@gmail.com with details of the event and it will be updated shortly.
4) Attached is a picture that you should use as your facebook, orkut and myspace picture for till Sunday, March 16, 2008.
5) You can use many variations of a black flag. Suggestions include black armbands, headbands, stickers, caps, headscarfs, etc.
6) Please encourage your friends, family, teachers and everyone else you know to participate in the Black Flag Week. The biggest strength to the campaign would be pictures and videos.
7) Please forward this email to as many people as you know to make this campaign a success. You can also inform them of this campaign through facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22589890270
In solidarity,
Samad
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PRESS RELEASE: Thursday, 28th March, 2008.
Aitzaz Gives Call for LAWYERS’ Black Flag Week:
Lahore:
In a statement issued here from his residence, where he is detained, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, President Supreme Court Bar Association, said that a Long March scheduled for March 09 has been postponed to give Parliament time to restore the deposed judges. It has not been cancelled. The lawyers, he said, appreciated the concern of the Parliamentarians and the leadership of the political parties to permit Parliament to meet and take steps for the restoration of the judges in the first instance.
Aitzaz, however, said that two of the most unfortunate days in our history fell in the year 2007. On March 9, none other than the Chief Justice of Pakistan was arrested. On December 27 a much greater and far more enormous tragedy struck. The most important leader of the country Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was martyred. The nation continues to mourn her. Lawyers have decided to commemorate both days with sorrow.
Aitzaz said that presently March 9th to 16th would be commemorated as the BLACK FLAG WEEK in and outside Pakistan. Those opposing Musharraf and seeking the restoration of the deposed judges will fly “Black Flags” through out the week as per the following recommended programme:
- On Sunday 9th March Provincial Bar Councils to hold conventions of Representative Lawyers presided over by a deposed judge at the Provincial Headquarters and hoist black flags.
- On the Monday 10th and Thursday 13th all Bar Associations will hoist Black Flags at 10.00 a.m. and after speeches by the President and other members will take out rallies. There will also be a Complete Strike on these two days. Arrangements are being made to relay the address of the SCBA President and the CJP on these two days at one and the same time to all the Bar Associations of Pakistan.
- Rallying lawyers will only carry black flags and black banners. Photographs of the CJP, CJs of Sindh and NWFP and lawyers who were detained may also be carried.
- On other days of the week, the flag hoisting ceremony will take place every day and the General Body will meet. Speakers will address the House.
- Special resolutions will be passed, every day, to appreciate the courage of the three school-going children of the Chief Justice of Pakistan who have been in complete detention since November 3 and have not complained.
- Lawyers will distribute black flags, arm bands, and head bands during the rallies and at other times among the public. Although it will remain a lawyers’ protest, students, civil society and party cadres may join with party as well as black flags.
- All students, particularly of law, may volunteer to help the Bar Associations.
- From March 3 onwards, Press briefings will be given daily by all office bearers of all Bar Associations stating the progress of the preparations for the lawyers’ BLACK FLAG WEEK in their district and area.
- In this regard Bar Office-bearers will contact students, businessmen, traders, professional and women organizations, chambers, trade unions for logistical assistance and support.
Aitzaz said that the Lawyers’ Long March has been postponed but not cancelled. A date for it would be announced, if necessary, after the Parliament has convened. The Black Flag Week will be a soft preparatory step to the Long March and will re-energize lawyers and the Lawyers’ Movement.
Aitzaz Ahsan
President, Supreme Court Bar Association
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Samad Khurram
Harvard College
394 Winthrop House Mail Center
Cambridge, MA 02138
E-Mail: skhurram@fas.harvard.edu
Cell(US): +1-(617)960-7289
Cell(PK): +92-300-5599085
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16 responses so far ↓
1 Neha // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:40 pm
This is just an attempt to create more nuisance. We are getting sick of it. Don’t want to spend another second on the road stuck in jam just because some people want to get all the corrupt judges back. It is very easy to sit in Cambridge and ask Pakistanis to get involved in the black flag whatever. Down with dictators and down with self-proclaimed saviours of the nation. I want these judges and lawyers (including Aitzaz) and Musharaf all deported to some other place- Cambridge won’t be a bad idea!
2 Neha // Mar 8, 2008 at 10:44 pm
And by the way, I am all for “Restoring my judiciary”, the only problem is that the one sent packing on Nov 3 is not ‘my’ judiciary, nor is the one sitting right now. My judiciary is the one that truly stands for principles (no PCO ever) and not personal gains. You can’t be principled and unprincipled on your own convenience.
3 Sufi // Mar 10, 2008 at 4:38 pm
IBLEES Musharraf,read the writings on the wall. Your hands are painted with boold. The hottest place of hell,where your predecessor IBLEES-1,the fanatic ZIA is residing with his merciless generals and Zionist agents is anxiously waiting for you.
Go to hell Musharraf go.
Inshallah the brave Chief Justice of Pakistan would come back with full vigour and spirit. IBLEES Musharraf you are fighting a war,you have already lost.
Hell is your destiny. By God willing you would meet the same fate as Your predecessor IBLEES Zia met.
4 mani // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Musharraf is a great leader of pakistan.and Ibless ex Chief Justice and his sipporters are corrupt ans enemy of pakistan.
Geo Musharraf
Pakistan paindabad
5 mani // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Musharraf is a great leader of pakistan and Ibless ex Chief Justice and his supporters are corrupt and enemy of pakistan.
Geo Musharraf
Pakistan paindabad
6 mani // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Geo Musharraf
7 mani // Mar 10, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Go Down iftikhar go down lawyers movment
8 Fraaz // Mar 10, 2008 at 7:37 pm
down with musharraf, a nation is not a nation without law and judiciary. i have holstered my black flag on my car :-) have u??!!
9 mani // Mar 11, 2008 at 12:54 pm
judiciary ??? 1999 ’s PCO judiciary ha ha ha
10 mani // Mar 11, 2008 at 12:58 pm
political judiciary !
Nawaz sharif x Iftikhar chaudhry = Iftikhar sharif ha ha ha
11 Sufi // Mar 11, 2008 at 3:48 pm
Yazid would remain villian and would be remembered Qatil. Histrory has already entitled Musharraf IBLEES,YAZID,Qatil,butcher,Zionist agent,CIA puppet,State Department’s servent,the enemy of Pakistan and above all paracite,who has been assiged by Zionists to destroy this country.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan,Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry is the symbol of hope to this nation,plundered by the merciless generals for the last 60 years. The great Chief Justice of Paksitan does not need any certificate of loyality.
The whole world knows his personality. He is a member of Qafla Hussain.Musharraf would remain YAZID and IBLEES of 21st century.
12 mani // Mar 11, 2008 at 5:32 pm
I think you(sufi) are a supporter of sucide bombares and extremist who are the black spot on the name of our beloved country and Musharraf wants to clean our country like these peoples shame on you stupid.
13 Sufi // Mar 12, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Rememer suicide bomming is a by product of Qatil generals rule. These suicide bombers were trained by the CIA and ISI to counter communism.
IBLEES Musharraf has no religion nor he is CIA and Zionist agent who has been assigned by the State Department to destablise Pakistan. The United States does not want this country to have harmoney and ecoomic prosperity.One man rule suits the Americans to puruse their vested interest.
IBLEES Musharraf like his predecessor IBLEES Zia are Zionist agents. They trained Muhallahs,religious gangs and notorious groups to weaken the institutions. IBLEES Musharraf would never wish a democratic Pakistan nor he wants free judiciary. He would never wish to halt suicide bombing-it suits him.He would use every mean to stay in power.
Histroy will write the true record. Inshallah this IBLEES of the 21st century meet his merciless YAZID and IBLEES Zia in the hell soon.
14 Abdul Basit Khawaja // Mar 12, 2008 at 11:08 pm
Chaudary Ifthikar and the other deposed judges were deemed as loyalists of the military regime because they agreed to take oath at the time when prominent judges refused to take oath on an ‘unconstitutional’ Constitution. Like Obama, he wanted ‘change’, he vowed to purify the courts which used to tilt towards powerful personalitites and government while making judgments previously.
The only similarity between Ifthikar Ahmad, Aitzaz Ahsan, Pervaiz Elahi and Shujaat Hussain is the surname Chaudary, and the rest is as different as a tiger and a mouse. Lawyers like Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Allama Iqbal and Liaqat Ali Khan crafted the independence of our nation and after six decades Chaudary Ifthikar and Chaudary Aitzaz are all set to make the judiciary independant and transmit the message to the people what independence means. They are ‘Different Chaudarys’ indeed. Thus, the deposed judges should be given another chance for their dare-devil attitude towards military anarchy. This act of bravery is creating a history and we can move foward to a better judicial system which states from here on, that no military ruler would be given a cover for his unconstitutional measures.
What Musharaf and Zia have done is broken their oaths and maligned the constitution. The punishment for this treason should life imprisonment or death. Most importantly, this punishment should be applicable also. To do that, we have to restore judiciary and give strength to our main institutions.
15 mani // Mar 13, 2008 at 10:06 am
jasmine
ye sirf kisi pe kechar uchalna ha warna Musharraf ne apni pori zindagi pak fauj me reh ker mulk ka difa kia ha mulk ke dushmano se jang lari ha kia is liye ke aj ham sab us ke khilaf ho jaen warna kon nahi janta k pakistan k har leader america supported ha included imran khan
16 sanjana // Jun 21, 2008 at 11:50 am
i regard musharraf abetter leader than bilawal. dont worry musharraf some people are still with u
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