Along with the Pakistani people, we welcome the resignation of Pervez Musharraf as a victory in the struggle for democracy, rule of law and human rights. Musharraf’s rapid fall from power demonstrates the bankruptcy of the Bush administration’s policy of advocating liberty while supporting autocracy. As we have stated, the real struggle today is (more…)
The Lawyers’ Movement and the people of Pakistan have be rewarded with a substantial victory! After nine years of military rule the Pakistani press is reporting that Musharraf has resigned. At this time it is unclear how Musharraf’s resignation will affect the restoration of the judiciary.
There is a growing public perception that the PPP-led government is floundering and yet refusing to learn from its mistakes. But would it not be scarier if the repeated indiscretions of the government were not misconceived actions but rather considered policy choices of the Zardari-led PPP? Various explanations have (more…)
Is the deadline for the restoration for the judiciary set by the participants in yesterdays All Pakistan Lawyers Representatives Convention in Lahore. The lawyers at the convention unanimously agreed to advance the struggle for the (more…)
Our nation is in a state of despondency over the wanting performance of the coalition government, scaremongering is at its peak and all kinds of doomsday scenarios are being painted regarding the future of this country and its system of governance. Are we really falling apart? Do the power elites who are hastily seeking visas of inhospitable foreign lands know something that the rest of this country doesn’t? Is the coalition government the best outcome that our democracy has to offer and should we being to ponder alternative models of governance now that our romance for democracy seems to be dwindling? Are the praetorians smugly taking notes on how politicians will always let us down and should we expect the arrival of another team of our omnipotent khaki-saviours soon?
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The International Republican Institute’s survey reveals that eighty-three (83)% of Pakistanis want President Musharraf to be removed from office and the judges restored. Musharraf’s job approval ratings have (more…)
Major reforms to the dysfunctional Pakistani police force are urgently needed if the country’s newly-elected government is to ensure a secure state and efficient counter-terrorism measures claims the International Crisis Group on their new report.
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“We cannot work with anyone who has suspended the constitution, imposed emergency rule, and oppressed the judiciary. That is why we are holding the long march.” No, these are not the words of Aitzaz Ahsan, but those of Benazir Bhutto who planned the PPP’s “long march for democracy” after Gen Musharraf’s unconstitutional acts of Nov 3, 2007. With Benazir Bhutto, Amin Fahim, Sherry Rehman, Nahid Khan, Safdar Abbasi and others placed under house arrest in Lahore and other prominent leaders such as Yousuf Raza Gilani, Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Qamar Zaman (more…)
PCJ’s Devin Theriot-Orr provides an updated extensive Pakistan analysis from the ground in Lahore, Pakistan to Free Speech News. The interview can be heard here.
The PJC is dismayed at the recent tension within the governing Pakistani political coalition that had previously stood united in its support for judicial restoration. With its nascent democracy (more…)
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