Pakistan civil society reacts

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Students and lawyers spearhead protests against state of emergency in Pakistan

Thursday November 8th, 2007

Lawyers boycotted district and session's court and staged protest rallies against the imposition of emergency and removal of superior court judges and chanted anti-government and anti-Musharraf slogans.

Dawn, November 8, 2007

Hundreds of lawyers took to the streets of Islamabad on the fourth consecutive day of the state of emergency to protest against Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. Observed by the cameras of the international press the police kept a low profile, but behind the scenes thousands of lawyers, journalists, activists and citizens have been arrested or placed under house arrest all over the country. Radio Netherlands, November 7, 2007

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[rihat]

Go Musharraf Go. We salute Pakistani lawyers, sacked judges, civil society and independent news media.

[maxx1000]

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There is a reason why Pakistan is the U.S.A.'s best ally in this WAR OF TERRORISM:

~ A Military Dictatorship

~ Aiding and abetting al-CIAda

~ Giving refuge for the Taliban

~ Home for OBL

~ Acquisition of nuclear arms in contravention of the NPT

Keeping the terrorists alive...

So that we can always be at war!

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[yahoovisitor]

At Pakistan illegal implementation of law is now a custom.Islamabad is nowadays under constitutional act #144 which bans forming of procession at any point. What does that indicate? Musharraf, Zardari and their team of bastards are too afraid of people and the organizations like lawyers and political parties protesting against the outlaw govt and illegal implementation of inflation & law in Pakistan not letting law being implemented or judiciary made functional accordingly.But can they survive?

[londonpakisoldier]

george bush dunno wot the fuk hes talkin about, u cn tell in his speech 4 gods sake

[SORRATHIA]

Go Musharraf Go.

[SORRATHIA]

Good One.

[SORRATHIA]

LOL.

[parispeter2]

I would congratulate him warmly for the service he had rendered to America.

[SORRATHIA]

The situation and solution was different and again it was wrong. Religion was used against the people. Some communists were no doubt enemies of America but most only wanted rights for example labour unions were treated bad because of big industrialists. Lets talk about Walt Disney, who can forget how he used those anti-communists sentiments against his workers in hollywood.

[SORRATHIA]

American President is elected by Americans. The people made him the chief executive of the country, he earns it. Imagine if General Casey, the chief of Army staff of USA takes over and puts Bush and all judges of supreme court in Jail, CNN, FOX all local news papers and channels are banned and declares emergency in the country and becomes the president of America? what would you think?

[parispeter2]

"You can't be the President and the head of the military at the same time". Really? Who's the Commander-in-Chief of the US armed forces?

[syedmasroorh]

I support Musharraf in whatever he's doing!