Massive crackdown / Detentions (threads merged)

Re: Detentions all over Pakistan

How is this any different than what Musharraf did during his last "emergency" tirade? When Musharraf was blocking free speech, the entire nation went up in arms.

So now where are the human rights activists and the students and the lawyers? Or did Zardari pay them all to keep their mouth shut this time around...or was someone paying them during Musharaff's time to be as loud as possible?