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...activists have been arrested as roads have been blocked in a desperate effort to halt the march. Section 144, a British colonial-era law that forbids any gathering of four or more people, has been extended to the North West Frontier Province - although armed militants seem exempt from the order. In the central city of Multan, police and intelligence officials impounded vehicles, forcing the protesters to make the journey on foot. Under a beaming sun, they were overcome by exhaustion, just a few miles out of the city. Travel bans have been imposed on three leaders of the lawyers' protest...
...evening, two of Pakistan's lively TV news channels went off the air across vast swath of the country. Aaj TV's broadcasts were limited by cable operators, as Geo News, the most popular news channel, disappeared altogether in major cities. The channel's management accused Zardari of directly ordering the shutdown - charges that the President's spokesmen strenuously deny. "At around 7 p.m., we began receiving reports that people were not able to receive Geo on their television sets," says Azhar Abbas, director of Geo News. "After inquiries, our sources told us that the order had come from President...
...Moment after Clinton's phone calls to the two squabbling politicians, the government held out a peace offering to Sharif. It said it will now file a "review petition" in the Supreme Court, asking that it reconsider its order disqualifying the Sharifs from public office. But the Sharif camp has thus far refused to back down from its hardline position. And so, Pakistan's political crisis continues...
...Kevin Galvin said that the scaling back of contracts was necessary in response to the University’s unprecedented fiscal challenges. The move “comes after we have frozen salaries for faculty and non-union staff this year and offered a voluntary early retirement program in order to lower compensation costs,” he said. Additional confusion has arisen after various custodial workers reported that they had been notified of their termination—even though they were not on preliminary lists of workers to be cut provided by the subcontractors, Becker said. But he added...
...understand it, the architect thinks the space has significant deficiencies but perhaps it will turn out OK,” wrote the individual, who asked to not be named in order to preserve his relationship with the University. “This does however seem a harsh way to treat three members of the National Academy...