Pak: Send Lawyers, Guns and Money

Lawyers

Michigan lawyers express solidarity with their Pakistani brethren. (Jewish lawyers do, too.)
The State Bar of Michigan has urged its members to show support for their Pakistani counterparts and to “encourage our own government to support the release of the detained judges, lawyers and human rights activists, and the restoration of the rule of law in Pakistan”.

Last of Senior Lawyer leaders taken away.
KARACHI: The last of the senior frontline lawyers heading the protests were removed from the scene by Tuesday afternoon with the arrests of Munirur Rahman, who is the honorary secretary of the Sindh High Court Bar Association (SHCBA), its former president 65-year-old Abdul Lafeez Lakho and another former president Akhtar Hussain.According to witnesses, at the time Lakho was with Justice (retd) Wajihuddin Ahmed who had addressed the SHCBA general body meeting in the afternoon. When their car reached the gate, a police party stopped the vehicle and attempted to take Lakho into custody. Justice Wajihuddin resisted by demanding a warrant of arrest or any other order. They were made to wait for half an hour following which an order from the Sindh Home Department surfaced in which Lakho was served with detention orders under the MPO for 90 days. The senior lawyer was then sped away.

Guns

Gunmen fire at police during PPP protest
KARACHI: Gunmen opened fire on two police stations in Karachi on Tuesday as supporters of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto were protesting against her house arrest, but no one was hurt, Reuters quoted a senior police official as saying.“About 35 to 40 armed men fired ... while the PPP workers were holding a protest rally,” said senior police official Fayyaz Khan.

Bright Star Military Exercises enters next phase.
The ongoing Coalition Military Exercises, Bright Star between Pakistan, Egypt, US, Kuwait, Germany, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, Jordan, Netherlands, Turkey and Yemen in Egypt entered into the next phase, says an ISPR press release.

Money

Italian reporter's wallet stolen.
The wallet of Italian newspaper La Repubblica’s reporter Raimondo Bultrini was stolen while he was talking to SSP (operations) Aftab Ahmad Cheema on Tuesday. Reporters from almost all around the world were in the city on Tuesday to cover the Pakistan People’s Party’s long march which was scheduled to be taken out early on Tuesday. The dejected reporter did not lodge a complaint and simply went away from the scene for a while.

Fake bills business thrives in Islamabad, Pindi.
Unhindered circulation of counterfeit bills, particularly of Rs 5,000 denomination, is at its peak in the twin cities’ markets causing a huge loss to the business community.The government had introduced new bills of various denominations ranging from Rs 10 to Rs 5,000 claiming that they contained new security features to discourage production and circulation of fake bills. However, the claim blew up right in its face, encouraging the counterfeiters to go ahead with their business uninterrupted.The fake bills look so genuine that no one can tell them from genuine ones. In addition to Pakistani currency, the counterfeiters have also been producing and circulating fake foreign currency.