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LUMS students have successfully launched an online radio station. Radio LUMS is a great effort showcasing the technical know-how, aesthetic sense, music taste, and RJ skills of LUMS students. Check out Radio LUMS!

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On Nov 26th 2007, Yale Law School hosted a panel discussion about the ongoing legal crisis in Pakistan and its implications for rule-of-law movements in Pakistan. Prof Osama Siddique, a faculty member at LUMS, was one of the three speakers. You can watch the panel discussion here.

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Musharraf took off his uniform today, and will start a new term as a civilian president tomorrow. The retirement of Musharraf as chief of army is the most significant development in Pakistan since the "first" coup of 1999. BBC News has a good summary of this development. Gen Kiyani takes over as the military's new top gun, a post that history has shown us to be more powerful than the President or the Prime Minister in Pakistan.

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This interesting commentary discusses how the democratic presidential candidates are slating new strategies for Pakistan and, more importantly, how they all have got their analysis flat wrong.

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Umar Saif at LUMS is experimenting with a way to download large files faster by avoiding the Internet in developing regions. This research, dubbed "Poor Man's Broadband", recently got featured on the New Scientist. If you are in US, UK or Canada, you could probably get a copy off the shelf. This project was funded by Microsoft Research's Digital Inclusion Grant.

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Sometimes the best way to get the "real" picture of what's going on is by listening to locals instead of watching news channels or reading newspapers. This is what BBC has tried to do by publishing this article, in which Pakistani readers describe what life is like under emergency rule.

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The Harvard Law School has decided to award Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry its highest honor: The Harvard Law School Medal of Freedom. See this press release. The only way Mush can top Justice Chaudry now is by winning the Noble Peace Prize. What are the chances of that happening?

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Check out this article, about depoliticized campuses stirring into action under emergency rule.

"The accounting majors at the elite Lahore University of Management Sciences have rarely demonstrated against anything."

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An image from the LUMS protest (shown above) was on the front page of the New York Times for a while, and is now achieved here.

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Yale Law School has released an official statement denouncing, in the strongest terms, the recent assault on the rule of law in Pakistan.

Continue reading "Yale Law School Releases Statement" »

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There is police outside LUMS gates demanding arrests of some students. News coverage by DAWN is here.

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All LUMS faculty arrested by the police has been released and they are back. Thanks to everyone who helped bringing attention to this event and who raised their voice against it.

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On November 4th one of Pakistan's most notable economist Dr. Ali Cheema was arrested (shown in the picture) and detained by Musharraf's police forces. Prof. Cheema is a Professor and Head of Economics Department at LUMS, he is a Rhodes Scholar and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Continue reading "Prof. Ali Cheema Arrested" »

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Up to 500 people have been arrested and detained as military ruler President Pervez Musharraf tries to stifle outcry over the emergency measures. The picture shows Asim Sajjad, a lecturer at LUMS, about to be arrested. These images have shocked the entire LUMS family.

You can watch the video of this event here.

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