Relatives of missing people register protest in front of SC

ISLAMABAD: The relatives of missing people staged a strong protest in front of Supreme Court here on Wednesday.

President of Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan also participated in the protest rally and announced to take part in future demonstrations.

Addressing the relatives of missing people, Imran Khan said that rampant lawlessness has deteriorated law and order situation of the country. Intelligence authorities are governing the country, he added.

“If the missing people are innocent then the government should proceed their cases in the court,” he held.

“It is sheer violation of justice that destitute and helpless people are protesting for their relatives,” he remarked.

Lamenting the current situation, he pointed out that the contemporary situation was worse than the British rule.

Amina Masood elaborated that 16 cases of missing people had registered and more than 100 cases were under process in Supreme Court.

She said that the Apex Court was executing the case of missing people but it was postponed due to unknown reasons.

In the protest, 20 women, 20 men, and 12 children were sitting outside of the supreme court in severe cold to register their protest. They were holding placards, banners and posters inscribed with slogans against the government.

Source: Online News

Politics keeps Imran busy in 2007

Vinod Sharma
Lahore, January 17, 2007

It is politics, not cricket that keeps Imran Khan occupied in this year of the general elections and the election of the General to the Pakistani presidency.

But the former test all-rounder wants Pervez Musharraf back to the pavilion.  He compares him with Hosni Mubarak, the US-propped military ruler who is also the president of Egypt.

“The Opposition has a huge responsibility to ward off attempts to impose a Mubarak on Pakistan. The Egyptian leader also holds elections but they haven’t ushered in genuine democracy in that country,” Imran told the Hindustan Times in an interview.

For him, genuine democracy is about dismantling the system fathered by the Pak President: “There can be no compromise or a deal with Musharraf. His policies are potentially destructive of Pakistan.”

GDA, The only platform for struggle

PTI Sindh President Zubair Khan has condemned missile attack on a religious seminary at Khar, Bajor (NWFP). He said the strike was launched to appease the Bush Administration to pave the way sought for consistency to rule the country for decade. The attack was pre-planned and the purpose was to impress the US Government that the present coalition Government led by General Pervaiz Musharraf is acting as the sole trustworthy US ally against terrorism and no other government would entertain the interests of the US Government. He was speaking to a large protest rally and demonstration outside Karachi Press Club staged against the missile attack on Khar, Bajor and show unity with the victims.

Government efforts to sbjugate media condemned

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Sindh president Zubair khan has said that Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz’s claims for a free media is in contrast to the applied practices by the government whereof the print and electronic media have suffered tremendous sanctions for exposing the dark sides. Several high ranking dailies and a number of private television channels have been inflicted for repulsing despotic advices. As and when statements issued by high officials for the freedom of expression are meant to be a new threat telling the press that the threads are in governments hands that could be relaxed or pulled up according to how much the media bows down.