Karachi Press Club demo attacked

Police had surrounded the Karachi Press Club since morning, and when the demonstration began after 4 p.m., the police lathi-charged the crowd. Several arrests have been made. No other details available. (Source: Geo News)

Meanwhile, on II Chundrigar Road, two very different manifestations of martial law took place.

-First, the KSE index plunged in its first day of trading after martial law. The index slipped 635 points to close at 13257. This is the biggest drop in the KSE index in the history of the country. It's not just us crazy hippies, the capitalists don't like martial law either.

-Second, the offices of the Jang group were raided and the company was prohibited from printing its evening newspaper Awaam. Rumors are that the edition was to carry pictures and stories of the morning crackdown on lawyers and judges. Update: Snapshot of front page below. It's pretty sad Musharraf's scared of this:


So, we've had, in the history of this 2-day old martial law, attacks on the judiciary, civil society activists, select opposition politicians, and the media. Left out of the cross-hairs of the army are the jehadis and the corrupt erstwhile prime ministers. I thought this martial law was to combat terrorism?