Wednesday, January 16, 2019

The Martial Law of Musharraf and Pakistani Protesters

Pakistani policemen arrest an elderly man shouting slogans in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where former premier Benazir Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)
 Makhdoom Amin Fahim (C), vice chairman of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) of Benazir Bhutto leads a pro-democracy protest rally in front of the President House in Islamabad, 07 November 2007. Pakistani police tear-gassed supporters of Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad minutes after the former premier called for mass demonstrations against a state of emergency. At least 200 activists from Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party chanted 'No martial law!' and slogans against President Pervez Musharraf as they tried to get to the parliament building. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)
 Supporters of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto cross barbed wires during a pro-democracy protest in front of the President House in Islamabad, 07 November 2007. Pakistani police tear-gassed supporters of Benazir Bhutto in Islamabad minutes after the former premier called for mass demonstrations against a state of emergency. At least 200 activists from Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party chanted 'No martial law!' and slogans against President Pervez Musharraf as they tried to get to the parliament building. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

 Pakistani policemen arrest an activist of former prime Minister benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)
 Pakistani policemen arrest an activist of former prime Minister benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)
 Pakistani policemen beat an activist of former prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)
 Pakistani policemen arrest an activist of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 Pakistani policemen arrest an activist of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 Supporters of former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) party throw stones towards police in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)


 Pakistani policemen stand in front of burning tyres set alight by protesters of former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 An activist of Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) sets fire to crates in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where former premier Benazir Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 Supporters of former premier Benazir Bhutto show victory signs after being arrested by police in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 Pakistani policemen stand on an armoured vehicle in front of burning tyres in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 9: A protester's sign bleeds in the rain during a protest in Lafayette Park near the White House November 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. The group gathered to pretest Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of martial law and one month delay of elections to February. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

 WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 9: A protester holds up a picture of Pakistani President Pervez during a protest in Lafayette Park near the White House November 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. The group gathered to protest Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of martial law and one month delay of elections to February. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

 WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 9: Protesters rally in Lafayette Park near the White House November 9, 2007 in Washington, DC. The group gathered to pretest Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's declaration of martial law and one month delay of elections to February. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
 Pakistani workers remove a poster of former premier Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, outside the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 Pakistani men stand on a blocked street with cart by authority in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 Pakistani policemen arrest an activist of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, 09 November 2007, near the Liquat Bagh where Bhutto planned a demonstration against President Pervez Musharraf's nationwide state of emergency. Police blocked Bhutto from leaving her home 09 November as she pleaded for her release from house arrest to lead a rally against President Pervez Musharraf. AFP PHOTO/Farooq NAEEM (Photo credit should read FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 10: Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan and leader of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party, speaks with journalists after being released from house arrest in Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Bhutto plans to lead a Nov. 13 ``long march'' against martial law after she was prevented from addressing a rally near the nation's capital, Islamabad, yesterday. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Pakistani police block all roads going toward Liaquat Park, where Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, planned to hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Children look out onto the street as cameraman film stones that had been thrown in Liaquat Park, where Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, had planned to hold a protest rally against emergency rule in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. Photographer Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg News. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Police patrol Liaquat Park, where Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, had planned to hold a protest rally against emergency rule in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. Photographer Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg News. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Protestors set fires in Liaquat Park, where Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, had planned to hold a protest rally against emergency rule in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. Photographer Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg News. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Pakistani police block all roads going toward Liaquat Park, where Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, planned to hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Pakistani police block all roads going toward Liaquat Park, where Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, planned to hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Police arrest a supporter of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, near Liaquat Park, where Bhutto planned to hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Police arrest supporters of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, near Liaquat Park, where Bhutto planned to hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 PAKISTAN - NOVEMBER 09: Police arrest supporters of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister and leader of Pakistan People's Party, near Liaquat Park, where Bhutto planned to hold a protest rally in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Friday, Nov. 9, 2007. Yesterday, President Pervez Musharraf pledged to hold elections by Feb. 15 and relinquish his post as army chief after President George W. Bush pressed him to overturn a Nov. 3 decision to suspend the constitution and impose martial law. (Photo by Asad Zaidi/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

 A soldier (L) belonging to strict Muslim Taliban militia forces orders an elderly man to join the Friday noon prayer on October 25, 1996 at Kabul's main Pul-i-Khishti mosque. Under the Taliban, men are banned from trimming their beards and women are required to wear the all-covering tent-like burqa garment. Puritanical Muslim fighters armed with rubber hoses and leather straps are forcing the residents of Kabul into mosques for prayers. The Taliban warriors, who are believed to have emerged from religious seminaries, or madressas, in Pakistan, took to the Afghan scene in 1994, captured Kabul in 1996 and control two-thirds of Afghanistan, which has been at war for 20 years following the Soviet invasion of 1978. AFP PHOTO SAEED KHAN (Photo credit should read SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (1892 - 1963), the Prime Minister of Pakistan, receives a garland from 12-year-old Jehanara Choudhry, upon his arrival at London Airport, 24th June 1957. Suhrawardy is in the UK to attend the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference which opens the next day, 24th June 1957. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)The

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