Long March as it happens
Posted By Hasan Mubarak On March 12, 2009 @ 7:15 pm In Law & Justice, News, Politics | Comments Disabled
[1]Police block a street in Lahore ahead of Long March
Photo Courtesy: SeeNReport [1]
The Government has literally let lose all patience in stopping lawyers, political activists, members of the civil society and the common people from reaching Islamabad for the lawyer’s mass sit-in. In Karachi, the launchpad of the march, we saw authorities blocking highways, baton-charging marchers [2] and mass arrests of the participants. Situation may spiral out of control as there are reports of further clashes, protests, arrests and cars being set on fire in the metropolis.
Situation might not be different in Punjab and rest of the Sindh province, where Section 144 was imposed restricing public gatherings and processions of any sorts, as the march proceeds towards Islamabad.
Bloggers around the country are providing hand-on news of the Long March as it happens [3]. Teeth Maestro [4] is doing live coverage of the march [5] by getting updates from people using wide number of sources and means including Twitter [6].
You can watch further citizen journalism updates on SeeNReport [7]’s Long March page [8].
Article printed from Lahore Metblogs: http://lahore.metblogs.com
URL to article: http://lahore.metblogs.com/2009/03/12/long-march-as-it-happens/
URLs in this post:
[1] Image: http://longmarch.seenreport.com/story/12-03-2009-police-block-a-street-during-protest/
[2] baton-charging marchers: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7938846.stm
[3] Long March as it happens: http://dawntravelshow.com/dblog/?p=295
[4] Teeth Maestro: http://teeth.com.pk/blog/
[5] live coverage of the march: http://teeth.com.pk/blog/2009/03/11/long-march-live-updates
[6] Twitter: http://twitter.com
[7] SeeNReport: http://www.seenreport.com
[8] Long March page: http://longmarch.seenreport.com/
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