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Pakistan: Defiant Road Tour

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 05/6/2007 @ 5:16:05 AM

A team of reporters from Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper followed the caravan of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry as it attracted huge crowds on its route from Islamabad to Lahore, in … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistani Blogger Checks In

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Will Kirkland 04/30/2007 @ 8:24:57 PM

Got a link from a Pakistani blogger the other day requesting to be listed here.

What do you think? Munaeem’s Blog … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Return of the Taliban

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 04/18/2007 @ 3:26:27 AM

There is increasing unease in Pakistan over what is termed the ‘Talibanisation of Pakistan.’ Writing in Dawn, Najmuddin Shaikh outlines the Taliban’s spreading influence and the government’s incompetent response: … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Water Woes

Filed under: FrontPage | Water | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 04/10/2007 @ 2:37:12 AM

Writing in Dawn, Shahid Javed Burki begins a multi-part analysis of the growing water crisis facing Pakistan and its neighbors: “The Aral Sea in Central Asia is the most vivid … [Keep reading >>]

The Media: Suppressing the Truth in Pakistan

Filed under: Media | FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 04/8/2007 @ 4:45:16 AM

The editor of Dawn Newspaper, Hameed Haroon, has published an open letter urging readers to contact Musharraf’s government and demand an end to harrassment of the paper: “Clearly the government … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Bitter Harvest

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 04/5/2007 @ 2:45:07 AM

Writing in Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper, I. A. Rehman makes the case for a close relationship between the absence of democratic practice and the rise of religious authoritarian movements within the … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: End of the General

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 04/3/2007 @ 2:30:22 AM

Writing in the Guardian, Omar Waraich outlines the reasons why the end may be near for Musharraf: “The chief source of strain, however, has been Musharraf’s close alliance with George … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Taliban on the Move

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 03/31/2007 @ 10:40:13 AM

As reported by Zaffar Abbas in Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper, Taliban influences have been creeping closer and closer to the center of Pakistani political and social life: “A number of people … [Keep reading >>]

Iraq: Learning Lessons

Filed under: Iraq | FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 03/28/2007 @ 2:30:17 AM

Writing in Pakistan’s Dawn Newspaper (scroll down), Mahir Ali takes Benazir Bhutto and others to task for drawing the wrong conclusions about the ‘benefits’ of the protracted and hegemonic conflict … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Trouble in the Streets

Filed under: FrontPage | Pakistan — by Will Kirkland 03/25/2007 @ 1:34:49 PM

The street scenes in Pakistan, of lawyers in three-piece suits braving tear gas and calling for the end of Pervez Musharraf’s regime have not slowed down. Announcements of … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: To the Streets

Filed under: FrontPage | Opposition | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 03/16/2007 @ 3:02:20 PM

The BBC has provided these photographs of the demonstrations today in Islamabad: “Dozens of people were arrested in Islamabad and across the country, despite overnight raids by police to detain … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Lawyers in the Streets

Filed under: Law | FrontPage | Pakistan — by Will Kirkland 03/15/2007 @ 8:52:02 AM

CNN International, broadcasting in the SF Bay Area in the mid-morning hours, does a good job with important news not seen elsewhere, or at least not seen at such length. … [Keep reading >>]

Pakistan: Legal Revolt

Filed under: Law | FrontPage | Pakistan — by Bob Zuber 03/14/2007 @ 5:32:57 PM

As reported by the Guardian’s Declan Walsh, Musharraf has been trying to rid himself of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and the legal community and civil society are not … [Keep reading >>]

How does it become a man to behave toward this American government today? I answer, that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it.

Henry David Thoreau, “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” (1848)