NYC: Mon., Nov 3: PAKISTAN - USA FREEDOM FORUM: International Demonstrations for Restoration of Constitution and Judges
PAKISTAN – USA FREEDOM
FORUM
82-45 243rd Street
Belle Rose, NY 11426
International
Demonstrations for Restoration of Constitution and
Judges
The world is facing one of the most severe economic crises affecting the common
man, due to the imperial and reckless policies of Bush and his allies. These
same policies have led to one of the darkest days of Pakistan’s history,
November 3, 2007, when the worst dictator of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf
declared a state of emergency in Pakistan, suspended the constitution for the
second time and arrested Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Iftikhar Chaudhry and
his sixty fellow judges of the Pakistani Superior Courts, forcing the country
from civilized society to the dark ages. Before, on March 9, 2007, he was
blackmailed and threatened by Musharraf and his chief spy agencies. Chief
Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was punished for opposing the sale of
Pakistan’s valuable assets (Pakistan Steel mill, etc.) to other
countries, questioning the dictatorship’s involvement in missing people
and shipping them to United States without legal process and challenging
unconstitutional laws created by the dictator to protect himself and some
Western powers.
The November
3rd declaration was not an emergency but a martial law, a
reincarnation of October 12, 1999, because Gen. Pervez Musharraf imposed it as
Chief of Staff of the Amy, not as a civilian President, as he had done before.
There were demonstrations across the country by civil society and the political
parties, but the actual movement came from the Pakistani lawyers and judges
spread across the country and the world, from Lahore to Karachi, from Islamabad
to North America, Europe and the Middle East. Mr. Musharraf was condemned by
the entire world. The downfall of the Musharraf government and finally his
resignation were the result of this movement. We congratulate these heroes.
Benazir Bhutto’s death was a serious setback to the movement for
democracy in Pakistan. The worst outcome of this catastrophe was the ascendency
of Mr. Asif Zardari to the Presidency, a product of the disgraced National
Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), specially created by General Musharraf to
forgive the most corrupt leader of Pakistan who looted and plundered the
national resources and became one of the richest individuals of one of the
poorest nation of the world. His assets were released by Pakistan, US and
European countries even though plenty of evidence existed regarding this
ill-gotten wealth. Despite Mr. Zardari’s promise in writing and before
the media to re-instate Chief Justice Chaudhry and other Judges, he did not
fulfil his promise. Contrary to the mandate of PPP he has not provided basic
needs like food, electricity, gas, etc., to the people of Pakistan. We must
hold him accountable.
Dear friends, let us
rejuvenate our movement in North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, the Middle
East and other parts of the world for the restoration of Justice Chaudhry and
other Judges. We ask our friends to hold rallies in front of the Pakistani
Consulates or Embassies in Washington, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Ottawa,
Toronto, London, Paris, Canberra, Johannesburg and other cities to protest
against this injustice. We appeal to all Pakistani Americans, members of the
civil society, US and International Human Rights organizations to come and join
us for this noble cause. We shall contact our friends, relatives and members of
all communities in other parts of the world to gather in front of the Pakistani
Consulates in their respective countries to join us in this protest. Also, we
must not forget Dr. Aafia, the missing people in Pakistan, the innocent
detainees in Guantanamo Bay and other political prisoners, and the illegal
wars. We must also put pressure on the US to stop air strikes on Pakistani
territory.
In New York City,
on Monday, Nov 3rd, 2008, between 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM, let us
gather in front of the Pakistani Consulate at 65th Street and
5th Avenue.
For further information
to join, please contact: Shahid Comrade 917-280-0840, Mashal Anjum 732-570-4076 Kouser Izhar732-829-2601.
Shahid Comrade
Secretary General (917) 280-0840
pakusaff@yahoo.com
Dr. Mohammed Shafique
President (718) 343-1653
