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Benazir Bhutto assassinated
At a rally in Rawalpindi, outside of Islamabad. This is a terrible development for Pakistan and a very, very sad day. Neither Amber nor I were fans of Ms. Bhutto, but are both feeling extremely depressed ( Read more... ) -
Student mobilization in Pakistan - Radio Piece by Amber with Photos by Devin
When viewing the photos, we highly recommend listening to Amber's piece.
The student protest yesterday marked two important firsts in the Pakistan student movement. It was the first protest outside the safety of a campus, and it was the first all-student protest involving students from more than a dozen universities.
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how's the fight going? + surveillance
how is martial law going? well, here's a headline from Pakistan's dailies:
Taliban take over Shangla townWhat's the score so far? Maybe something like this ( Read more... ) -
Police re-arrest human rights activists (by: Devin)
Updated: 3:15pm
Looks like some of my friends are back in jail. After being invited to come to the police station to pick up his mobile phone, one of the HRCP staffers supporters was detained. Apparently, arrest warrants are out for several others, including an HRCP staffer who I work with. See this article(Amber notes) We're hoping that it was ( Read more... ) -
On the lighter side of things...
My friend C. forwarded me this hilarious survey, which asks the critical, and as of yet unanwered question, Who is hotter, Pakistan's lawyers or Burma's monks?. -
15 Hours Detained (from Devin)
So.... I put up an entry on my personal blog about my experiences last weekend in detention. With audio!!! -
Devin's radio piece on Bhutto
I did a radio piece yesterday on Bhutto's promise to mobilize thousand next week in a march from Lahore to Islamabad. -
Anyone wondering how emergency rule is affecting militants?
Well, since Musharraf freed 28 militants on the night he declared martial law, and today, there is fresh news that the militants have seized more strongholds in Swat, it looks like the emergency is going pretty well for them. Oh, and another 60 soldiers surrendered to militants. It's not surprising that the militants are being ignored, really, ( Read more... ) -
TV status
Strangely, English-language international stations seem to be back on the air (BBC, Sky, CNBC), but not Pakistani English stations (DAWN) or Pakistani Urdu stations (Geo, Aaj, Din). Hmm, and no Al Jazeera English either ( Read more... ) -
Reccomended Reading (posted by: A)
Here are some resources that I've been looking at recently for news and analysis about the situation of Pakistan. They are mostly blogs, written by very smart people who know a lot more about the topics than I do:
Kafr al-Hanadwa - check out this recent article in which gives an excellent analysis of the situation and warns against journalism ( Read more... )