A repost of my comment at Sepia Mutiny and Chapati Mystery: On the intersection of U.S. policy and Pakistani politics, I was particularly surprised to read this link off a Pakistani news twitter feed: Obama calls Zardari, discusses mutual cooperation Pakistan News.Net / Friday 27th March, 2009 (ANI) Islamabad, Mar. 27 : US President Barack [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Pakistani activists’
March 12, 2009
Opinion: Marching for democracy in Pakistan
Viewpoint: Marching for democracy in Pakistan By Sahar Shafqat The Baltimore Sun (online) March 12, 2009 Imagine this scenario: What if a U.S. president, in blatant contravention of the U.S. Constitution, fired every Supreme Court justice because he didn’t like their decisions, and filled the court instead with his own cronies? What if a new [...]
March 11, 2009
Opinion: Democracy movement in Pakistan
U.S. has chance to help real democracy in Pakistan Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday, March 12, 2009 By Sanjeev Bery, Wajiha Ahmed Today, a major Pakistani movement for democratic reform will challenge Pakistani President Asif Zardari with a call for government accountability. Known as the Lawyers Movement, this coalition of civil activists will give America a chance [...]
March 10, 2009
Arresting Freedom
Plain-clothes police officers detain a PML-N protestor outside the Punjab Assembly building in Lahore.—AP/File Pakistani President Asif Zardari has given his orders, and compliant law enforcement officers in Pakistan are arresting rival politicians and activists. Team Zardari is taking pre-emptive measures to block Pakistan’s Lawyers Movemnt and allies from pursuing their Long March.
March 10, 2009
Twittering Freedom
As Pakistani President Asif Zardari cracks down on pro-democracy activists, a handful of Pakistanis are posting short bursts of information on Twitter. You can follow their “freedom tweets” online. The best tag is probably #Pakistan: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23Pakistan But you can also go with either of the following…
March 1, 2009
Pakistan’s Long March is an Important Step to Democracy
(Post co-written with Samad Khurram, a Pakistani citizen who participated in the 2008 Long March. Samad is currently a student at Harvard University.) There is something about marching for democracy that captures the imagination. Perhaps it is because walking is the simplest of human activities. One foot goes in front of the other, and a [...]
