New York for Sovereignty of Pakistan

On May 10th Pakistan USA Freedom Forum (PUFF) arranged a demonstration outside the Roosevelt Hotel where Pakistani President Zardari was talking to some members of the Pakistani community (mostly members of the governing party) and press. The demonstration was against Drone attacks on the sovereignty of Pakistan and the presence of US bases on Pakistani territory. Different international human right organizations participated in this demonstration. The most prominent were International Action Center (IAC, founded by Ramsey Clark, former Attorney General of USA), May 1st Coalition – the coalition of hundred leading organizations fighting for the integrity of the laborers and legalization of the immigrants in USA), Bail Out the People coalition, Million Worker March (which is the pioneer of the famous independent rally in DC for workers rights), Coney Island Project (working for immigrant rights), Workers World Party – leading progressive voice, ANP (Awami National Party which is in power in NWFP, Pakistan), Khyber Society (social organization based on Pushtoon immigrants) and various other groups representing different communities from New York.

Inside the meeting a fistfight broke out between two groups, one supporting Hussain Hakkani, Ambassador to Washington (who benefited from the NRO amnesty order of dictator Musharraf), and the other supporting Abdulla Hussain Haroon, Ambassador to the UN (it is suspected that he is the guy who supplied Zardari with everything he needed when Zardari was in jail living like a lord). This is a very natural out come when a party does not hold ellections and only rely on sellection only, and People's party never had party elections for more then fourty years since it was founded by late Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.