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Was Long March a Failure?

By Dr. Hassan Isfahani • Jun 15th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Hundreds of Thousands of people gathered in the Parade Avenue if not millions in the wake of long march by the lawyers for the rule of law and the reinstatement of the judges. The President House, Parliament House and the Prime Minister House, all the leading buildings saw the happenings in culminations of the long […]



March, March, Long March

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The silent majority of Pakistan is poised to participate in movement of lawyers. They are on their toes to take part in the long march being organised by the bar and the bench for restoration of the deposed judges. Long March is an opportunity for them to exhort the government of Pakistan People’s Party to […]



When Lawyers March, It Stays Marched

By Rohail Butt • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Long March is not a peace of cake, which would be devoured by the likes of Rehman Malik, and its not any NRO which would be digested without any burp by Asif Ali Zardari. It’s the caravan of forces of change, and when they march, it stays Marched.
Lawyers cannot be deterred and they cannot be […]



Long Live, Long March

By Sameer Shaharyar • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The deposed chief justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the hope for the millions of Pakistan has aptly said that “The journey is thorny and lengthy and the time is short, but I believe the movement would be successful to achieve its objectives.” On the call of the justice, thousands of lawyers, civil society activists and people […]



PPP’s Efforts to Decativate Long March

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics

Sindh is the powerbase of Pakistan People’s Party and in this powerbase the reception and the participation within the Long March remained dismal. The Long March is only gaining momentum from the Multan, and now as it moves towards the Northern Punjab through central Punjab, it’s is expected to gain it’s desired strength, but the […]



Long March : A Requiem for Dictatorship

By Talal Hussain Malik • Jun 11th, 2008 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

The lawyers have hit the road yet again. With the hope that this would be a decisive battle for the independence of judiciary the multitude makes headway, growing bigger every day, to hit the last nail in the coffin as the politicians also flex up their muscles for the impeachment of godfather of the miseries […]