According to some reports, up to 1500 democracy and human rights activists as well as lawyers and jurists opposed to the military rule of President Pervez Musharraf in Pakistan have been arrested.Prime Minister Shaukut Aziz has admitted to 500 arrests:Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the extraordinary measures would remain in place "as long as it is necessary." He also said parliamentary elections could be postponed up to a year, but no such decision had been made. Aziz also said that up to 500 opposition activists had been arrested in the last 24 hours. Among those detained were Javed Hashmi, the acting president of the party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif; cricket star-turned politician, Imran Khan; Asma Jehangir, chairman of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan; and Hamid Gul, former chief of the main intelligence agency and a staunch critic of Musharraf's support for the U.S.-led war on terror.The arrests of so many regime opponents gives the lie to...(Read Full Post)