LONDON PROTEST RE IMPOSTION OF EMERGENCY IN PAKISTAN (5 Nov 2007)

Protest the imposition of emergency on Monday 2 pm
Pakistan High Commission London.

The Pakistan Lawyers Movement (UK) and National
Union of Pakistan Students and Alumni (UK) will
be holding a protest in front of the Pakistani
High Commission in
London.

The imposition of this emergency is aimed against
democratic rights, the rule of law, and civil
liberties in Pakistan. Since the last year it is
clear that the lawyers movement, together with
the media, is the main force that is playing the
role of a democratic opposition to military rule.

The arrest of the Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry
and Supreme Court Bar Council President Aitizaz
Ahsen, the black out of media coverage inside
Pakistan, the storming of the Supreme Court, the
abrogation of the 1973 constitution and all
related measures demonstrate without a shadow of
a doubt that this state of emergency is aimed
against this democratic opposition.

We hail the Supreme Court for denouncing the
imposition of this state of emergency as legally
null as a great act in defense of the civil
liberties of all Pakistani citizens. We call on
all democratic forces to organize boldly against
this state of emergency.

We hope that you will come and join us.

Date: Monday 5^th November [2007]

Time: 2 pm sharp

Venue: Pakistan High Commission 35-36 Lowndes Sq,

London, SW1X 9JN

Long Live the Lawyers Movement !

Long Live Democracy!

For further information contact Taimur Rahman

078-2516-0691