The People’s Hero: Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh

Disturbed to life by the atrocious massacre at Jallianwala Bagh in 1919, disillusioned by the national political leaders who recoiled the promising Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922, alarmed by the rising religious divisions and reactionary rhetoric in the mainstream politics, and motivated by the Bolshevik Revolution of workers and peasants of Russia of 1917, Bhagat Singh [...]

Elections in Lahore, Pakistan

The Elections Day in Lahore was relatively calm, as compared to previous elections, though it was not expected to be after the murder of one of the candidates to provincial assembly of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz last night. As I write this post, I can listen to many analysts on the news channels expressing their surprise [...]

End the Siege of Gaza

An Interview with Baha Abu Hussein, Palestinian Progressive Youth Union 
From: Fight Back!
The following interview with Baha Abu Hussein, the Director of International Relations in the Palestinian Progressive Youth Union, was conducted by Kosta Harlan.
Baha Abu Hussein, who lives in Gaza, was one of the delegates to the March 2007 conference in solidarity with the [...]

Letter from Prison

Attached to this post is the letter sent by the detainees who were arrested by Police from outside the house of Justice Shahid Siddique for holding a vigil. Justice Shahid Siddique was amongst those brave judges who refused to take oath under the PCO/Martial Law. The government decided to forcefully evict him from his official [...]

Student Action Committee Lahore issues Call

YOUR SILENCE; THE DEATH OF OUR COUNTRY
· Under the guise of emergency, on the 3rd of November a brutal attack was launched against the civil society of Pakistan which recently mobilized in unison with the judiciary and the lawyers.
· All the judges who stood by their oath to protect the constitution were removed and placed [...]

The Awakening…

The last few days have awakened the most crucial forces that have been missing in the politics of Pakistan for a very long time. The students of Pakistan, who have decided to rise from the slumber of passivity, have decided to reclaim their legacy. They know that they brought down a military dictator in 1969, [...]

Draft Resolution of the LUMS Community Regarding Martial Law

Draft Resolution
03/11/07
Preamble:
There is so much to condemn today that we may not begin with the unitary. We must take liberty to accept that the actions of a single individual have marred all three pillars of the state – all ‘four’ for that matter. Even, the institutions of preservation/maintaining the balance of power are now subservient [...]