Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Students Arrested at Protest in Pakistan


Ali's kid sister is involved in a student protest at Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan. (LUMS is Ali's alma mater.) Police and Anti-Terrorrist Forces were sent in to arrest students:

An email has just come in that the Inspector General Police has given orders to the Police, Rangers and Anti-Terrorist Force to arrest the students from LUMS where a protest rally was scheduled today at 13:00

Four Army trucks and a police convoy have been positioned outside LUMS. The protest is still to proceed only the venue has been shifted to the Sports Complex.

My kid sister was among the demonstrators, and normally, I'd be scared out of my life for her, but life is completely unreal in Pakistan right now. The common cause overrides the private benefit right now. This is why I'm skeptical about neoclassical Economics!

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