Source: International Herald Tribune
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s party will join lawyers in street protests next month to press for the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, a spokesman said Sunday, a move that could further strain the unraveling coalition government.
Leaders of the Pakistan lawyers’ movement said Saturday they will organize a “long […]

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I have some questions for those who say that they want the governement to take actions against wheat shortages and electricity problems at the cost of the judiciary issue. These questions are againstlso targeted towards the supporters of Musharaf. Plus I would also request the group of people who are against Musharaf to answer these […]

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Source: The Associated Press
MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A crowd protesting power cuts rioted Monday in the home city of Pakistan’s new prime minister, ransacking the office of the state electricity company, torching a bank and leaving at least 13 people injured.
Several hundred men marched on the office of the Water and Power Development Authority in […]

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TO WHOM IT SHOULD CONCERN !
No Aid to Musharraf’s Dictatorship in Pakistan! No Arming and Training of Tribal Militias! We need funds for working families at home, not for reckless intervention. The United States is bringing Iraq to Pakistan. Modeled on the costly and dangerous experiment of training and arming Sunni militias in Iraq’s Anbar […]

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Source: The Wall Street Journal
International politics typically falls way outside the Law Blog’s long-arm statute. But in the last six months we’ve been keeping a close eye on Pakistan, partly because an unbelievable drama is unfolding as the U.S.-backed president, Pervez Musharraf, faces mounting political opposition. But mostly because, among the country’s many rifts is […]

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Source: AFP
ISLAMABAD  — Angry Muslims rallied in Pakistani cities and torched effigies of the Danish premier and his country’s flag Friday to protest against the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed.
Emotional protesters marched through the streets after Friday congregations, demanding the government snap diplomatic relations with Denmark.
Witnesses said hundreds of university and college […]

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by Jasmine Rafique
Newspapers across Europe Wednesday reprinted the controversial cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed that sparked worldwide protests two years ago.
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Source: NDTV
Normal life in violence-hit major Pakistani cities remained crippled today with shops, businesses and educational institutions being virtually shut to mourn the assassination of former Premier Benazir Bhutto.

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Source: Rise of Pakistan
Lahore University students thrashed an intelligence official who was found capturing films of female protestors outside the district jail.
A female student, requesting anonymity, told the Daily Times that the man had made their movie two days ago when they were protesting in front of the Lahore Press Club.
She said they had seen […]

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Source: CNN.com
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan’s President Gen. Pervez Musharraf headed for a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as elections for Pakistan’s national assembly and its four provincial assemblies were scheduled for January 8.
Opposition parties, including those of former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, have indicated they would boycott elections so […]

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Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:45am EST
KARACHI (Reuters) - Two Pakistani boys were killed on Thursday when police and gunmen exchanged fire in Karachi during protests by supporters of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, police said.
“Two children have been killed in firing by unidentified men in the Lyari area,” said senior city police official Fayyaz Khan, referring […]

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LAHORE/LONDON (Reuters) - Pakistani police put opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest for a week on Tuesday as the Commonwealth threatened suspension unless President Pervez Musharraf repealed a state […]

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Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto has resumed her campaign against emergency rule, following the lifting of a detention order against her. She joined a rally by journalists against a partial news blackout, and called for a fresh wave of protests.
But the former PM was stopped from meeting the dismissed chief justice, who remains under virtual […]

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Friday November 9, 2007
Benazir Bhutto spoke to reporters today outside her house in Islamabad, Pakistan.

 
Photo: Tomas Munita for The New York Times

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Friday, November 9, 2007

On the 5th Day of protests at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, students organized a peaceful gathering, characterised by  motivational speeches by students and a faculty member, as well as rousing poetry to mark Iqbal Day, Allama Iqbal being widely known as the Poet of the East, who was a moving […]

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Source: Global Voices Online
by Neha Viswanathan
Students in Pakistan have joined activists in protesting the state of emergency imposed in the country. On 3rd November, the Lahore School of Management Sciences (LUMS) released a draft resolution on behalf of the faculty, students and staff condemning “gross political injustices that the nation has experienced in the past […]

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RAWALPINDI, Nov 7 (APP): The police detained five of the lawyers who were holding a demonstration on Murree road on Wednesday against the…More

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Peshawar, Pakistan, Nov 7 (PPI) - Continuing their protest for the third consecutive day the lawyers established hunger strike camp at the premises…More

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto threatened on Wednesday to lead a mass protest heading to the capital unless President Pervez Musharraf quits as army chief, holds elections and restores the constitution. Bhutto, leader of the largest opposition party and the politician most capable of mobilizing street power, gave Musharraf […]

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IG police has given orders to police, rangers and anti-terrorist force to arrest students from LUMS. Four army trucks and a police convoy have been positioned outside of LUMS. LPS will still proceed to with today’s planned protest (venue changed to sports complex)

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The situation in the country is uncertain. There is a strong crackdown on the press and lawyers. Majority of the judges of the Supreme Court and four High Courts have not taken oath. The Chief Justice is under house arrest (unofficially) . The President of the Supreme Court Bar (Aitzaz Ahsan) and 2 former presidents, […]

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