5/12/07

Pakistan: Politics Of Boycott
By M B Naqvi
If the idea of a boycott means boycotting the election and going home to sleep, it would surely leave the field to all others no matter if they were opportunists. To be significant, the boycott should accompany a fierce popular agitation for democratic freedoms, beginning with the restoration or the Supreme Court and High Courts as they existed on November 2 last and the Constitution being rescued from the deforming amendments that have been forced by successive generals to make the President all powerful at the expense of a show boy Prime Minister, including what this latest PCO has done
www.countercurrents.org/naqvi051207.htm

Pakistan’s Opposition Parties Meet to Draw Up List of Poll Demands
Voice of America – USA
By VOA News Pakistan’s opposition parties are meeting to draw up a list of
demands they say President Pervez Musharraf must meet to prevent a boycott
of the …
www.voanews.com/english/2007-12-04-voa58.cfm

Code Pink members arrested in Pakistan
Baltimore Sun – United States
Earlier, the activists had attended a student rally at the press club in
Pakistan’s second-largest city, the organization said. …
weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/
2007/12/code_pink_members_arrested_in.html

First woman suicide bomber strikes in Pakistan
Reuters India – Mumbai,India
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A woman suicide bomber blew herself up near
a military checkpost in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on
Tuesday in …
in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-30826220071204

Gunmen kill soldier in Pakistan: police
AFP –
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — Gunmen killed a paramilitary soldier and injured
a policeman at a checkpost in insurgency-hit southwestern Pakistan late
Tuesday, …
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jhQZp7WoXftCQ6ogkeuUSgdTOMFQ

Pakistan’s major Islamic group announces boycott of elections
Xinhua – China
4 (Xinhua) — Pakistan’s major Islamic group Jamaat-e-Islami Tuesday
announced boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections to be held on
Jan. …
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/04/content_7200361.htm

Gül meets with Pakistan’s Musharraf, opposition part leaders
Dünya online – Turkey
President Abdullah Gul yesterday met with Pakistani President Pervez
Musharraf ahead of general elections set for January 8 in Pakistan. …
www.dunyagazetesi.com.tr/news_display.asp?upsale_id=336537

Cynicism takes root in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune – France
By David Rohde and Salman Masood BADAR RANJHA, Pakistan: In a recent
interview, President Pervez Musharraf challenged western journalists to
journey to the …
www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/04/asia/village.php

Pakistan fails to convince the Commonwealth members
Hindu – Chennai,India
LONDON: Pakistan has lobbied heavily to head off its suspension from the
Commonwealth, but failed to impress the member-countries on the steps it
was taking …
www.hindu.com/2007/12/05/stories/2007120554311600.htm

America’s Sharif Problem in Pakistan
By China Hand(China Hand)
Participate in the January 8 parliamentary elections under protest,
contest the results with some street demonstrations, push Musharraf out
of the presidency, and govern Pakistan from a strengthened prime
minister office. …
chinamatters.blogspot.com/2007/12/
americas-sharif-problem-in-pakistan.html

Pakistan: Setback to secular forces
Transcript: PAUL JAY, SENIOR EDITOR: Martial law in Pakistan continues
and thousands remain in jails. Islamist militants and Taliban fighters
are reported to be gaining ground in Afghanistan and even in Pakistan itself. …
www.vsocial.com/video/?d=177377

The state of emergency in Pakistan: A reason for optimism?
By Joanna
The other night I had the opportunity to go to a panel discussion about
the situation in Pakistan at Mt. Holyoke College. Having gotten tired
of not really understanding what was going on there, I decided to go
and actually learned …
blogs.timesunion.com/springer/?p=83

Pakistan: State of Media
By Neha Viswanathan
let the mind speak! has a post on the sorry state of affairs when it
comes to Media in Pakistan.
www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/12/04/pakistan-state-of-media/

4/12/07

Bhutto, Sharif set election demands:
FORMER Pakistani prime ministers Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto said today they would issue a list of demands for the government to meet or else face a boycott of January’s elections.
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/
0,21985,22866834-5005961,00.htm