Today marks the third anniversary of disastrous earthquake that hit northern Pakistan, especially Kashmir and parts of India and Afghanistan. More than a hundred thousand people lost their lives. Since then, even with millions and millions of rupees coming into the country for reconstruction and development in those parts of Kashmir affected by the tragedy, […]

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When the GEO TV flashed the breaking news of a terrorist attack at a hospital in D.I.Khan on 21st August 2008, I was having fun with friends. The mention of D.I.Khan made me pause, have my fingers crossed and set my eyes at the TV. In line with my fear, it was a targeted attack […]

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A couple of weeks back, DAWN News TV channel broke out the story of massive corruption and abuse of power by the Naval Chief Admiral, Afzal Tahir. The people of the locality spoke out against him telling he has been harassing the residents using violent methods. Armed men blocked public roads and passages leading to […]

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Source: http://blog.ale.com.pk

I can recall I got my first cell phone back in 2002. It was a Nokia 3310 :D with a UFone connection for which I had to pay 2500 PKR :P After a few months of use, I shifted to Mobilink for poor network quality of UFone and used it for a couple of […]

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FASTRising and YPL activists distributed flour bags to the workers of a brick clan in the outskirts of Lahore yesterday. They purchased fifty 20KG flour bags from Metro and took them right over to a brick clan for distribution in the afternoon. One of the accountants there helped […]

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The directionless PPP government seems to be dropping in darkness. The 100 days treated as a litmus test for a nascent government to prove its willingness and capacity to perform have been wasted. The regime seems to be treading the same path of preserving the status quo. The president is as dummy as was Shaukat […]

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ہم ملک بچانے نکلے ہیں
آؤ ہمارے ساتھ چلو
Long March Live Coverage is Available at :  http://pklongmarch.blogspot.com/

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Lawyer’s Coordination Committee and Lahore Bar Association announced the schedule of the long march for the restoration of Judiciary.
June 5 : Joint rally from Aiwan-e-Adal, Lahore to Faisal Chowk
June 6: Joint protest rally by doctors, professionals, teachers/professors, students, civil society, lawyers, scholars and the political parties to start at Data Darbar after the Jumma […]

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With sheer anger, I report that this blog is blocked for access in Pakistan since 3 PM, Saturday, May 31st, 2008. A few minutes later, I noticed FASTRising blog blocked as well while other blogs seemed to work. It was late in the night that I was informed about the blockage of the complete blogspot […]

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The government of Pakistan shelved the controversial Kalabagh dam project on May 27, 2008. Three provinces of Pakistan, other than Punjab, had strong reservations over the project. Musharraf, during his times announced to build the dam despite those reservations but could not. This was probably the first good move by […]

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Now, that the news of Musharraf’s resignation are popping up, arrangements are being made to provide him the safe passage. This leaves me with nothing to be happy about. What difference will it make if he now leaves with a safe passage ? He might move to his heaven, Turkey […]

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Almost an year back, following the links on the Google search results for ‘Baluchistan Geography’ I happened to visit a blog titled Gedrosia. The content at the blog came as a surprise to me and I dropped an email to the blog-owner. Today, I feel myself in a better position to understand his feelings, being […]

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28 May, 1998: Pakistan successfully tested its nuclear weapons at Chaghi hills in Baluchistan. The government promised the necessary follow-up measures for the people of the area to avoid any after-effects but did not fulfill the promise and hundreds, if not thousands, are known to be suffering for the effects of the nukes.

Was having nuclear […]

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Uninhabited deserts, barren land and an under-developed region going through insurgency for long – this is what I knew about Baluchistan before setting my foot there. There has been a curiosity somewhere inside me to know the details but it never grew strong enough to make a trip to the province. A few of us […]

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Iftikhar Chaudhry took oath on PCO in 2002 and now rejected the PCO in 2007?
The PCO which Musharraf presented in 2002 was not declared null and void by the Supreme Court of that time. The PCO of 2007 declared martial law in the country and abrogated the constitution. It was anti-constitutional, anti-state and clearly against […]

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Source: FASTRising
SAC and YPL joined hands with the CCP in the demonstration in front of Governor House, Lahore on the Mall road , on Sunday, May 11th, 2008, protesting for the restoration of Judiciary.
It was good to see people showing up in good numbers. Heavy deployments of police were observed who formed a human-hand-chain around […]

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All the channels and newspapers in the country have received a notice from the authorities saying they should not show the snapshot or news of any deposed judge before prior permission. Any talk shows or discussions on the Judicial crisis or the deposed judges have been banned.The empire strikes back again on media attacking with […]

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The placards at the protest for restoration of Judiciary organized by FASTRising after the deadline as per Murree declaration had passed.

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Axe – A heavy chopping implement with a symmetric working edge that is hafted in a handle, used to usually chop wood. [Dictionary definition]

PPP promised the nation to restore the judges deposed by Musharraf on November 3,2007 within 30 days of the formation of federal Government as per Murree declaration. The nation applauded this documented […]

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Murree Declaration – Clause 2: This has been decided in today’s summit between the PPP and the PML (N) that the deposed judges would be restored, on the position as they were on November 2, 2007, within 30 days of the formation of the federal government through a parliamentary resolution.
A documented, signed promise of the […]

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By Syed Ale Natiq (ale-xpressed.blogspot.com
Now we can see through the fog - the artificially created duplicitous fog to misguide the people of Pakistan by the two-faced stance of PPP. Ever since the Musharraf’s ruling coalition started losing its credibility and the PPP started to get an increased level of attention in the media, it has […]

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