Full Coverage: Pakistan

27.11.2007 Domestic violence in the Russian Federation; sex slavery in India; self-immolation in Central Asian republics; gender-based violence and HIV; and 'compensation' marriages are the five underreported stories used by the UN Population Fund to launch a campaign against gender-based violence.
From: UNFPA

19.11.2007 A group of TV news executives and editors around the world has condemned the fact that "millions of Pakistanis have been deprived of independent news" since the declaration of a state of emergency on 3 November.

16.11.2007 The United States has repeated the same mistake it committed in Iran with the Shah by placing all of its time, money, and energy into General Pervez Musharraf, writes anthropologist William Beeman.
From: New America Media

14.11.2007 Wasim Wagha of the Centre for Indigenous Peoples of Indus (CIPI) writes how the war against terror has taken its toll on the livelihoods of people in the Swat valley.

13.11.2007 Pakistan will be suspended from the Commonwealth in 10 days unless it implements a series of democratic measures set out by Commonwealth Ministers yesterday.
From: Commonwealth Secretariat

12.11.2007 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, in his first news conference since the imposition of martial law, has said elections will be held by January 9 but under the current state of emergency. Human rights activists were quick to retort that free and fair polls are not possible under such conditions.

09.11.2007 UNITED NATIONS, Nov 8 (OneWorld) - UN human rights experts urged Pakistani authorities Thursday to return to constitutional rule and stop the ongoing police crackdown on opposition activists.

09.11.2007 Former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto was placed under house arrest in Islamabad on Friday morning to prevent her leading a rally in Rawalpindi against the state of emergency promulgated by President General Pervez Musharraf.

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day march on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.
From Daily Times

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day lmarch on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day march on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.
From Daily Times

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day march on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.
From Daily Times

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day march on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.
From Daily Times

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day lmarch on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.

09.11.2007 Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto yesterday dismissed President General MusharrafÂ’s pledge to hold elections by mid-February as insufficient, demanded that he quit as army chief by next week and reiterated her pledge to start a three-day lmarch on Islamabad from 13 November if her partyÂ’s demands are not met.

06.11.2007 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called upon Pakistan to release all human rights and opposition activists detained, including UN Special Rapporteur Asma Jahangir, and to take steps for an early return to democracy.

06.11.2007 Human rights body Amnesty International has strongly criticized the Pakistan PresidentÂ’s actions as an infringement of human rights standards and calls for an immediate return to constitutional rule.

05.11.2007 Martial Law in Pakistan has become an antibiotic: in order to obtain the same results one has to keep doubling the doses, says Tariq Ali.
From http://www.counterpunch.org/ counterpunch>

05.11.2007 The imposition of a state of emergency in Pakistan amounts to a thinly disguised imposition of martial law, according to a leading Asian human rights group.

03.11.2007 On November 3, 2007 Pakistan's President declared a state of emergency, suspended the Constitution, and sacked the Supreme Court Chief Justice, citing "constant interference" by the judiciary and rising violence by terrorists. His action comes ahead of a crucial apex court ruling on the legality of his recent re-election.