I agree with Benazir Bhutto that the lifting of the emergency in Pakistan is an important step forward. But what’s really needed is a step backwards, the release of those still detained such as the Supreme Court Chief Justice […]

Pakistan’s fallen out the the headlines here in Britain. Even worse, we just get the odd snippet of news – Musharraf quits as army chief; Musharraf promises elections in January; Musharraf announces the emergency will end on 15 December – […]

The judgment isn’t available online yet, but here’s a press release explaining the basis of the Musharraf ruling. If you’re interested, Wikipedia has an entry on the bogus new chief justice, Abdul Hameed Dogar.

How simply astonishing. I like the BBC euphemism “reshaped”, for “hand-picked”.

I’m not long back from attending today’s protest opposite Downing Street. There were a couple of hundred people, mainly Muslim League supporters it seemed, at least judging by the flag and noise quotient, though there were also supporters of […]

I’m delighted that representatives of lawyers throughout the world are supporting the protests led by their counterparts against martial law in Pakistan. The American Bar Association and our own Law Society and Bar Council have written to General […]

I can’t go to today’s protest as it turns out, but since I’ve just been reading Popper (see how intellectual this blog is?) I thought I’d share with you some words of his about the choice between democracy and tyranny […]

In my last post, I missed out a link to Pakistan United – it’s a forum for organising action in support of the protests in Pakistan, and you can register there and Cheap Jerseys find out […]

I thought it might help if I posted a couple of links to Pakistani blogs giving some coverage of the “emergency”. I mentioned Chapati Mystery in an earlier post; there’s also Pakistan Politics, Pakistaniat.com and last but […]

Pakistan’s sacked (twice sacked by Musharraf, if I remember right) Chief Justice Chaudhry has called, according to the BBC, for lawyers and the wider public in Pakistan to rise up to force the restoration of the constitution.

It’s […]