NRO has been declared null and void but I am afraid of the fall-outs of this decisions on democracy in the country. PPP is arguing that the accountability process is selective and is targeting them. I’ll have to agree but I still have set high hopes from the CJP and sc; for the independence of which we all have struggled. I wish and hope this process will be applied to all the Khakis, bureaucrats and Mullah/Saudi sponsored politicians. Meezan Bank case, ISI money case, attacking the SC of Sajjad Ali shah case, Qarz Utaro …

NRO Case: Asif Zardari ko chor sabit karnay ki koshish
Ather Masood gives an alternate opinion on the political disturbances after the NRO judgement of the SC and the case itself. A very interesting read with some facts you may like. Click HERE to read.

A personal account of Youm-e-Fatah : 16th March 2009.

The Supreme Court (read Dogar Court) of Pakistan, after a prolonged hearing of the case of electoral eligibility of the Sharif brothers, had declared them ineligible for contesting the elections (which were held back in February 2008 ). This result, thus, disqualifies Shahbaz Sharif as the MPA and consequently the CM of Punjab – Pakistan’s largest and politically most influential province.
In a surprising move, the President of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, imposed Emergency in the province and issued orders for governor rule under his right-hand-man Salman Taseer who had earlier …

For the love of Zardari, here comes yet another hilarious SMS that I received a few days back.

EK Zardari mota taaza thaa jo maze se mulk ko khaata thaa

Ding Dong

Ding Dong

Following is an email from Aitzaz Ahsan, leader of the Lawyer’s movement where he clarifies his position, his relation with the movement and his reasoning.

Aitzaz Ahsan : right or wrong ?

My dear Samad,
I opened your mail yesterday and was deeply pained by it and by its tenor.
Of late there is a veritable campaign being fostered on the net and many mails are targeting the leadership of the Lawyers Movement. There is no doubt that most of the criticism is pointed at me but the beauty of …

Following the sad demise of legendary poet Ahmed Faraz, people shifted their focus from Faraz to Zard-Aari on the SMS.The first text message, among many, that I received notifying this shift was:
10,15 dinoo me logoon ne Ahmed Faraaz ko itnaa yaad kiya kay wo Allah ko pyaray ho gayay,
Ab sabse guzarish hay kay aise he zardari ko yaad karain
Credit goes to Zard-Aari himself for getting the tribute from the people of Pakistan in the same way as they gave to the Q-League early this year. The interesting thing …

Analysis of the first 100 days of the PPP government.

I noticed an anti-lawyers movement banner last week on my way to work which was quite interesting. I could not see any other of such around town, probabaly this was the only one there. I have been trying to capture that since then but could not for always being in a rush to work. Today, I managed to take a snapshot from quite a distance when I stopped on the signal. The picture is not clear, but still quite interesting.

Checkout the advertising campaign for new and improved Asif Pan Masala, launched on 18th February 2008.

I designed a placard for the Long March which got attention of many. The placard is lost, but the idea is preserved. Here is what it looked like:

All the channels and newspapers in the country have received a notice from the authorities saying they should not show the snapshot or news of any deposed judge before prior permission. Any talk shows or discussions on the Judicial crisis or the deposed judges have been banned.
The empire strikes back again on media attacking with full force trying to let the nation remain in darkness about the Judicial crisis. The notice was issues soon after the final talks between Zardari and Sharif failed in London over the restoration of judiciary …

FASTRising, SAC and YPL joined hands with the CCP in the demonstration in front of Governor House, Lahore on the Mall road , on Sunday, May 11th, 2008, protesting for the restoration of Judiciary.

Photo Source: Express News
It was good to see people showing up in good numbers. Heavy deployments of police were observed who formed a human-hand-chain around the protesters to resist any movement of protesters towards the road. This reminded of our human hand chain at Liberty back in December during days of emergency A fellow protester, …

The placards at the protest for restoration of Judiciary organized by FASTRising after the deadline for restoration of Judiciary as per Murree declaration had passed.

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PPP promised the nation to restore the judges deposed by Musharraf on November 3,2007 within 30 days of the formation of federal Government as per Murree declaration. The nation applauded this documented and signed promise of PPP and anxiously waited for these 30 days. During this time a false propaganda was launched to weaken the lawyer’s movement and to defame the image in the general public which …