3 posts tagged “emergency”

following is the list of email addresses you can (should) mail to and tell them to stop referring to Mr. Dogar as the Chief Justice of Pakistan since he constitutionally isnt (details in previous post):

aajcomments@aaj.tv, ed.khi@br-mail.com, editor@dawn.com, re.lhr@dawn.com,
re.isb@dawn.com , feedback@dawnnews.tv/com, editorial@dailytimes.com.pk,
newsroom@dailytimes.com.pk, feedback@geo.tv , imran.aslam@geo.tv

Right. The age of Draconian laws has come upon us once again and we should, no wait, it is imperative that we DO something about it. But what can you do if you re not a member of a political party, or if you re afraid of being arrested and detained with no rights to have a lawyer or a trial (a possibility that stares each one of the protesters in their eyes when we go out, or even anyone else in pakistan currently regardless of him protesting or not [see: person beaten up in front of his daughters outside FAST when he wasnt even protesting]. The lawyers and human rights activists, when detained, were being shifted from one place to the other so their families could not keep track of them)??

The answer is ALOT.

Firstly, many media sources and stories now refer to Mr. Dogar as the 'Chief Justice of Pakistan' and the others of his kind as 'Justices', while Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhry is referred to as 'the deposed Chief Justice'. The ruling of the supreme court earlier this year itself stated that Iftikhar Choudhry could not be deposed in any way, plus the imposition of emergency was itself declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court before the bench was arrested and supposedly 'deposed'. Hence, the provision according to which the judges had to take oath was itself already declared unconstitional, and that makes the oath taken by Mr. Dogar to become the Chief Justice null and void in its entirety. So legally, Iftikhar Choudhry is still our chief justice and the previous supreme court judges are still legally at their posts if not practically. The least you can do is contact all media people (dont know them, doesnt matter. Whats the internet for?? bombard them with emails) and tell them to stop referring to Mr. Dogar as the Chief Justice, because he clearly isnt. Same goes for all the international readers (if any). This is very very simple. Please show your support by doing this.

Secondly, the current 'establishment' (if it can be called that), in its magnanimity, is at least forwarding all the mail Chief Justice Iftikhar Choudhry and the other judges of the Supreme Court get without censoring it. Informal reports tell us that the morale of our heroes is going down, and they constantly keep asking, "have the people come out on the streets yet?". They have no way of knowing that the movement against this tyranny is ripe and in full flow, and this is where you can come in. Mail those judges and let them know that the brave stance they took has not gone to waste, and we, inspired by their actions, will do whatever we can to ensure that justive prevails. Its not asking for much. 4-5 lines, a few paragraphs is all it needs. I will try and compile the postal addresses of the judges here on this site, if you cant bother looking up for it.

Thirdly, please keep commenting on the sites of international channels like bbc and cnn, to let them know that you are against this unconstitutional, unfair, and tyrannical imposition of 'emergency'. Even a single line would do, but just keep doing it and let them know that normal life is NOT going on in Pakistan, and can not go on under this facade. The international media has been giving this issue a lot of coverage. Please dont let it die down.

Lastly, keep the faith. It cant be done if you think it cant be done. You cant fail if you keep trying. Dont let the fire die down, and just dont give up.

THINGS WILL CHANGE!

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Dust and cobwebs on the doors of freedom, our city was a vultures dream. There was a morbid menu of monstrosities for the hungry media vikings each day, while our hearts cried a mourners wail. Sickly and tongue-tied - we motored on to the next big bandwagon; insipid souls rallying on towards the great big nothing. But fate was kind, if truth be told. It hit our head with maxwell's silver hammer, and while our bodies didn't follow Joan, our rotten apathetic souls sure did die, and there was the rebirth of our conscience. No longer are there any doubts. No longer are opinions polarised. A debate is no longer needed. No longer do we have tv channels analysing and critiquing and no longer are we taking great pleasure when they hit the proverbial nail on the proverbial god forsaken head. Now that all these little cushions have been, almost playfully, snatched away from us at the orders of the 'liberator', the broken furniture is there for all to see. So let us dive headlong into this, undoubtedly testing, quest for the rights that we shall not forego, even if it means that the deathknell for us has been rung.
However, in pursuit of this one, undoubtedly noble, end, let us not forget the golden principle of fallibility - for the end may be one but the paths manifold. Let us not be like the tyrant in forgetting all humility and trying to build a system so magnificent, that it ends up collapsing under its own weight. Let us not commit 'hubris' and try to strike the perfect blow at the first attempt, because Gods we are not. While some order is necessary, the show must go on. We may be nothing but children in front of this serpant, but the souls of our enemies are weary from all the wrongs they have done, and while honesty and passion are all we have, they may very well be all we need. So lets do this people! Lets take the power back, if thats the last thing we do!