This photo is from today’s Dawn. It shows protesting lawyers damaging public property in Multan.
The ability to protest against that which they consider unjust is everybody’s right. But there is a fine line between peaceful protest and anarchy. Damaging property is definitely wrong and serves no one’s interest. It certainly does not serve the interest of the lawyers movement for democracy.
Violence is clearly wrong. It becomes no less or no more wrong when it is committed by protesting lawyers than when it is done by government against the same protesting lawyers. Just as we have called out against violence committed against protesters by government agencies, we must also call out aginst violence committed by them.
Anger is neither a strategy nor an excuse. The principle is a clear one: Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it and no matter why.
@lahori and those who are defending this provacative article including the writer of this post.
The issue is not at all if this site has highlighted the previous issues are not. The problem with this post is inherent in itself not with this website. I have wrote given comment and posted my response to this post in my blog.
But I strongly urge the administrators of this blog to put this picture in proper context by putting the pictures of police brutality in the same clash. There is no excuse why these pictures should not be put.
I also request my fellow readers of this blog to urge the administrators this blog as the biased nature of this picture and this post is causing a damage to the struggle of civil society and I am sure in his next sermon to the nation mad dictator is going to refer to this blog definitely.
Mr Lahori.
Give evidence if any topic against Musharraf and his dictatorship or about his unconstitutional acts.
Any thing against agencies role in missing persons.
I disgaree totally. Lawyers have protested peacefully for a long time and every time they do so police charges them with batons.if you dont allow peaceful protest this is the reaction that will come out.there is no fault of lawyers in this. unless the govt. opens its eyes it is looking at an armed civil war
Paa Jii
Agree with you 100% this is been my view point. I have said many times Bush war in Iraq is worse acts for many Americans, but they do not come in streets and destroy their own country they are just waiting it out. Be civilized or give up your nukes. Act like a nuke power.
Allah Bless Pakistan
PAT EXPAT says:
Where are the pictures of brutal beating of lawyers (which happens almost daily), journalists, house arrests of judges etc?
HERE THEY ARE:
http://pakistaniat.com/2006/12/28/police-shame-pak istan/
http://pakistaniat.com/2007/03/12/pakistan-judicia ry-supreme-court-chief-justice-musharraf-iftikhar- police-brutality-beating-lawyers-protest/
http://pakistaniat.com/2007/05/12/karachi-burning- civil-war-firing-dead-violence-mqm-aaj/
http://pakistaniat.com/2007/11/16/paistan-protest- pictures-emergency/
I am sure there are more also.
This site is the Pakistani blog that remains unbiased andsticks to principles instead of slogans, lets please keep it that way.
Is it illegal? Yes, it is. But so was the storming of the Bastille
All the people calling this article unfair and there are not enough articles on other issues. You all very funny and this shows the intelligence level of you all.
Wajid Malk, have you ever read things on this blog…. here are answers to what you ask:
Can these shameless people tell whether they created such issues when a PM was hanged/put in exile/put in jails.
ATP WAS NOT FUNCTIONING THEN BUT HAS WRITTEN ABOUT IT SINCE.
Did they create an issue when Chied Justice was humiliated on roads and was/is house arrested.
YES, MADE A MAJOR ISSUE. REPEATEDLY WROTE ABOUT AND PUT PICTURES OF THAT HUMILIATION WHEN ALL THE LOTAS OF TODAY WERE SILENT.
Did they create an issue on the way 60% or more judges were deposed and were house arrested?
YES, LOOK AT RIGHT HAND COLUMN FOR LINKS TO THOSE POSTS
Did they make an issue when MQM thugs killed aout 50 and injured hundreds on May 12 and their Mush said MQM showed power?
YES, HUGE ISSUE. I REMEMBER THAT FOR MANY DAYS THAT WAS ONLY THING AND THERE WAS A LONG POST WITH DOZENS OF PICTURES AND CONSTANT UPDATES AT THE TIME ITSELF.
Did they create an issue when civil society, lawyers and jounalists were being beaten throughout Pakistan?
YES, THEY DID. AGAIN, LOOK AT LINKS ON RIGHT HAND COLUMN ON THIS.
Did these people make an issue when women were beaten by male police in Lahore?
SEE ABOVE.
When police doesn’t clash with people, they remain peaceful. Every one know the movement from March 9 to Jul 20. How peaceful it was.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE LAWYERS. BECAUSE THEY WERE PEACEFUL. IF POLICE IS VIOLENT AND LAWYERS ARE VIOLENT THEN WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
But when police starts beating peaceful protesters they are NOT left with any options.
WRONG. THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT THERE ARE OPTIONS. THE THUG TENDENCIES MUST BE STOPPED.
Now, how about you telling us what you were doing when all of this was happening. Here are people who have repeatedly raised their voice for what is right. These new-found democrats now shouting on this blog where were they when it was not fashionable to speak out… now everyone is ready to nakhun kata kar shaheedoun mein naam likhnay kay leeaye.