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Emergency Martial Law declared in
Pakistan Bananaistan.
COAS Musharraf declared an Emergency then President Musharraf addresses the nation citing security concerns in Waziristan as the reason. Dubbed as Emergency Plus as it only applies to the Media and the Judiciary.
Truth was the first casulty as GEO, ARY and other news channels were taken off air. Chief Justice was taken into custody by the army.
Engaging coverage on Pakistan Politics
Goodbye civil rights!
Went to visit a relative at Agha Khan Hospital, only to be greeted by men in uniform deployed at the front entrance of the hospital, informing the public in a high-handed manner that they can only go in one by one and that they are doing us a favor by allowing us to go in at all. Amazing!
Update: LUMS Faculty members among those arrested
This afternoon, a group of 50 or 60 peaceful protestors – including some
prominent journalists, lawyers, academics and human rights activists -
gathered outside the HRCP building to protest against Musharraf and his
emergency declaration. The protestors were surrounded by the police and
arrested. Mr. Bilal Minto (adjunct faculty, Law & Policy) and Professor Ali Cheema (Economics) are also amongst the arrested individual.
LUMS Press Release – Arrest of Faculty Members
Further update: 10:45 pm 5th Nov 2007
From Alumni email
All the people who were arrested by the police day before yesterday from the HRCP building – including Dr. Ali Cheema and Mr. Bilal Minto – and detained for 2 1/2 days, have finally been released on bail a little while ago. However, the criminal charges
brought against them have not been dropped.
Dr. Parvez Hassan – a senior member of the LUMS Management Committee – who was arrested during yesterday’s protest, was also released on bail early this morning.
