Claude Almansi's Page

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NB This text by Dr. Samia Altaf was available through mailing lists and in the comments to Rashid Rehman visits LUMS, Emergency Times, Nov. 15, 2007. It deserves more visibility. (C.A.)


This is dedicated to the students of LUMS in appreciation of their courage.

From Dr. Samia Altaf, Pakistan Scholar at Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington DC)

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Thanks to the journalist Afzal Khan for the facts mentioned here, i.e. the Daily Telegraph article and the notice of the explusion of the 3 Daily Telegraph journalists caused by the article. I alone am responsible for the reading of these facts and for the title of this post.

On November 9, 2007, the Daily Telegraph published an editorial, Bankrupt relationship, about Pakistan as an all… Continue

*abro* is a great artist and a member of the flickr Metroblogging Karachi (Pool). See all his pictures at flickr in flickr.com/photos/abro, and his Uniform and Pakistan set, which collects pictures from between 02 Jan 2002 & 06 Nov 2007.
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I learned about the emergency on Nov. 3 through a chat conversation with a Pakistani friend. With his authorization, I am copying here extracts from this conversation, removing all identifying info and replacing his name by P. I am boldening his words to facilitate reading. Time indications are GMT+1.


1:41 PM P.: all electronic media closed here in pakistan
no TV is on
1:42 PM rumors of imposition of emergency ot Martial Law

me: Gosh, P.
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