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"Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Senior PPP leaders, while addressing the provincial party council on Monday, threatened physical harm to four journalists of the Jang Group. Rana Aftab promised an aggressive reaction while Raja Riaz, thundering like a Punjabi film villain, vowed to "chop off their hands" (mercifully not their heads) if they didn't mend their 'anti-government' ways. It is indeed unfortunate, and alarming, that the PPP leadership is behaving in a manner that is not only unsavoury but falls within the ambit of criminality. The anti-media PPP campaign was launched with criticism by Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira and PPP Information Secretary Fauzia Wahab. Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer then joined in. Now this criticism has transformed into real threats. (...)
Though the seriousness of the threat does not escape us, we cannot help being amused by this shameless display of sycophancy, in which threats are being made in Lahore to actually score loyalty points in Islamabad. What remains worrying is that these sycophants do not know where and when to stop."

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Yesterday a group of Peoples Student Federation ransacked the Shanakht Festival at the Art Council over an image of Benazir Bhutto sitting on lap of Zia-ul-Haq. [image removed due to threats to the organizers of the festival]

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On the first day [i.e. 8-4-2009] of the 2nd Shanaakht Festival, a small group of individuals entered the Arts Council, Karachi, disrupted the Festival and vandalized the exhibition at the Festival. The disruption and vandalism of the Exhibition was done on the ground that one of the exhibits was objectionable and disrespectful of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto. It is important to note that these people never approached the organizers to launch a complaint or for the removal of the exhibit that they found objectionable. It is also been reported in the 'The News' on 10-4-2009 that a F.I.R. has also been initiated against the organizer of the Festival and artist of the objectionable exhibit.

Without defending the said exhibit of art and without deliberating on the issue as to whether the exhibit of art was objectionable and disrespectful or not, we respect the point of view of all persons who found the exhibit objectionable and disrespectable and we sympathize with them for their emotional distress. We also respect the right of all persons to peacefully protest and criticize any exhibit or piece of art which they deem objectionable. What we are concerned and disturbed about are the actions of some people, whatsoever the grounds maybe, who disrupted and vandalized the exhibition and endangered the life and security of the citizens present. What we are further perturbed about is the use of the criminal law against persons who have a different point of view.

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Karachi: Armed persons stormed the Arts Council, ransacking the Shanakht Festival 2009, which had begun on Wednesday afternoon. Eyewitnesses claimed that the armed men opened fire and threatened to kill the organisers for their alleged ‘political blasphemy’ in the artistic realm.

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Competent administration : Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan http://www.ipo.gov.pk\nHouse #23, Street #87 - Sector G-6/ Islamabad PK\nphone (92 51) 9208146 - fax (92 51) 9208157 - info@ipo.gov.pk\nTitle and name of head Chairman: Mr. Pervaiz Kausar\nDirector General: Mr. Syed Khalid Mehmood Bukhari\nDeputy Director: Dr. Rizwan Basharat\nLast information communicated 01-2009

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Pakistan
Pakistan Association of the Blind
PAB House, Haider Shah Town, Street No.3, Dalazak Rd.
Peshawar City NWFP, Pakistan
Contact: Mr. Muhammad Qaim Khan Kirmani
Phone: 92-91-2245328
Fax: 92-91-2244881
E-mail: pab_peshawar@yahoo.com

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PKPolitics has produced few motivational songs for the Movement for Rule of Law and Long March through the contributions of several generous members of this website. This was the best we could get done in the limited time and we hope it should be motivational and appealing for common man.
See also other song suggested in comments

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Singing the verses of revolutionary poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Civil Society protest in Islamabad, Pakistan. March 13, 2009.
These protests were lead-up to the Lawyer's Long March on March 16, which was eventually cancelled when the Pakistan Government restored the Cheif Justice of Pakistan in the early hours of March 16. This video captures perservering activists is Islamabad, who have protested on the streets since March 2007. Kudos to the Lawyers and Activists of Pakistan.)

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The third is the complete transformation of the country's media and communications industries, with dozens of independent television channels and tens of millions of new mobile phone connections creating, in effect, a giant electronic public forum.

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The best thing for Pakistan would be a first-rate president. But if we can’t have that — and neither Asif Zardari nor Nawaz Sharif qualifies — then perhaps we can aspire to a second-rate president monitored by an independent judiciary and a vibrant civil society.

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Lahore
L’ex presidente sfida Asif Ali Zardari
Sharif vuol riprendere lo scettro del Pakistan
È atteso oggi l’arrivo della “Lunga Marcia” iniziata qualche giorno fa dall’opposizione pachistana e guidata dall’ex presidente Nawaz Sharif. Questi, messo ieri agli arresti domiciliari, ha sfidato il Governo e incitato i suoi sostenitori a costringere Zardari alle dimissioni.

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The text of Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s Address To The Nation is as follows:

My dear countrymen Assalam-o-Alaikum,

I am speaking to you at a time when our country is standing at a critical moment.

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"The prime minister is most likely to announce the reinstatement of the deposed chief justice," a senior official told the AFP news agency on condition of anonymity.

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URL:http://search.twitter.com/. Accessed: 2009-03-15. (Archived by WebCite® at http://www.webcitation.org/5fIKGOZnU)

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With reference to the current situation in the country, the President said the government has not closed the doors for holding dialogue.

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morning of march 12th. lawyers, political activists, and civil society defy section 144 and begin the long march to islamabad.

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activists from LPP, IS, and various other groups gather to protest thursday's repression of those participating in the long march.

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Dear Readers,

We are starting an effort to collate all reports of detentions - often without specific charges and in total violation of habeas corpus - made in connection with the Long March.
Please leave your reports as comments to this post and we will add them to our database.

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistani television station GEO-TV has been shut down in locations across the country, according to the station's managing director.

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Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has not accepted her resignation thus far, sources added.

Meanwhile, Secretary Information Ashfaq Gondal said, “I have no information in regards with Sherry Rehman’s resignation.”

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