The ISI had plotted a stint to malign the President of Pakistan and that is why the Pakistani High Commisioner to Britain was intercepted in Geneva while retrieving documents for the National Acountability Bureau from Swiss attorneys. He was accompanied by Dr. Danishwar Malik of NAB and they were performing a government duty but they were represented as acting criminally by a GEO TV reporter. The following interview of Wajid Shams-ul-Hassan was conducted one day before the Supreme Court decision on NRO..
Ibrahim Sajid Malick (ISM): What were you doing in Geneva?
Wajid Shamsul Hasan (WSH): I was officially assigned by the Pakistan Foreign Office to accompany NAB Prosecutor General Dr Danishwar Malik to Geneva. Dr Danishwar Malik was dispatched from NAB Islamabad to go to Geneva to collect the cartons lying with the Swiss lawyers.
ISM: What documents did you pick up from the attorney and why?
WSH: It was the NAB Prosecutor General who received the closed cartons in my presence and that of Mr. Aftab Khokher, Deputy Permanent Representative at the Pakistan’s Geneva Mission. Since the boxes were closed I do not know the nature of things inside the boxes.
ISM: Why did you not respond to Geo stringer?
WSH: I was intercepted by two hoodlum looking guys in a Geneva street. They did not identify themselves as such and I was not obliged to respond to thug-looking strangers.
ISM: Is it your intent to destroy these documents? If not, can they be used against President Zardari? Are you willing to make them available to Pakistani judicial system?
WSH: Boxes sent in sealed diplomatic bags from Geneva by the Pakistan’s Permanent Representative’s office are in the safe custody of Pakistan High Commission in London. These sealed diplomatic bags containing the boxes were inspected by the NAB Prosecutor General Dr. Danishwar Malik on his arrival in London from Geneva. There was no intent and there is no question of either tampering with them or destroying them. They will be shipped as and when NAB makes arrangements. As regards their
ISM: NAB Chairmain Naveed Ahsan has asked that you send the Swiss court record of cases against President Zardari as soon as possible through diplomatic bag and special courier. Will you comply?
WSH: Yes. Those boxes lying in the Pakistan Embassy in London are NAB’s property. I have requested the NAB authorities to assign Dr Danishwar Malik who brought them here, to come over to London, collect them after inspection and conform if these were subjected to any tampering or foul play as was alleged by a section of Pakistani media. I have requested that either NAB Prosecutor General Dr Danishwar Malik or any person authorized by NAB is sent to London as a special courier to inspect those boxes. Pakistan High Commission will make arrangements accordingly for their shipment in the same sealed diplomatic bags they were sent to London from Deputy Permanent Representative of Pakistan’s Permanent mission in Geneva.
ISM: Did you benefit from NRO? If not, why is your name in the list of NRO beneficiaries?
WSH: I did not benefit from NRO. It was clarified by the Minister of State for Law Mr. Afzal Sindhu, that in his press conference while announcing the list of NRO beneficiaries my name was mentioned inadvertently as a mistaken identity since a name similar to mine was in the list. My position was repeatedly clarified in the media.
However, I regret that despite clarifications a particular group in the media continues to mention my name as a beneficiary although its channel Geo was the first to highlight Law Minister’s clarification. Obviously this could mean there is a sinister method behind this madness. And, the conspiracy to destabilize the democratic government is gaining strength.
ISM: Do you know a gentleman name Naseer Malik in Geneva? Why was he so interested in embarrassing you?
WSH: Most certainly not.
ISM: Why do you think ISI’s Joint Counterintelligence Bureau rep who works within your premises provided your travel information to Geo’s stringer?
WSH: I do not think that any one working in my Mission was involved in ‘leaking’ the information of my travel. Any way my visit was not clandestine or mysterious as everything was on record.
ISM: Why were you framed? Who gains from it?
WSH: I feel that I have been made a victim of a scandalous campaign by Bhutto-haters with the sole objective of targeting President Zardari. By hitting me they think they weaken Mr. Zardari.
ISM: Why do you think Pakistanis who support democracy are muzzled?
WSH: It is a game of lethal perceptions let loose in a section of the media with an agenda of their own to destabilize and derail democracy. Since they could not manage an electoral defeat to keep PPP out of power, they now want democracy to be murdered judicially. This is amply reflected in their comments that whatever the decision of the Supreme Court, the recent ‘disclosures’ by the media shall have to be taken notice of. I am confident that Pakistan’s judiciary has come of age through toughest trial; it won’t play to the media gallery and shall act on merit. President Zardari has been a victim of political vendetta for more than ten years. The pudding of vendetta has been tasted by the Chief Justice himself who was made a similar victim of reference of fabricated charges by President Musharraf. Had there been no change in government General Musharraf would have made him rot in detention. He was brutally maligned by that section of the media who dance to the tunes played by their masters who had supported Musharraf in his action against the Chief Justice.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
This is propoganda. Wajid is not telling the truth. ISI has record of his conversation with Zardari in which he was asked to go and clean up the evidence. This will come out soon.
December 17th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Nobody from NAB was with him. If he was on NAB assignment why did his piss in pants? Ibrahim Sajid Malick is a pimp for Zardari.
But Zardari’s days are gone. 4 weeks at the most.
Honorable General Kayani has alread told Prime Minister Gillani: “NO MORE ZARDARI”
December 17th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Ibrahim thank you for clarifying this situation. May Allah protect you from these monsterous ISI types who are constantly cursing you. remember that path of truth are always filled with thorns. these army mafia people are the thorns and we should together get rid of them.
PAKISTAN ARMY GO BACK TO BARRACK
December 17th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
We will kill you if you come to Pakistan traior Malick! We know where your family lives in Karachi…. be very careful.
We love Pakistan Army and ISI. They are the defenders of our Mother land.
Pakistan Zindabad
Pakistan Army & ISI Zindabad
December 17th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
This is a bull shit story. Those idiots were not talking to media reporter and were trying to hide themselves from camera. Bitch give true stories.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Please don’t embarrass yourself by posting such ridiculous stories. The whole nation has seen the true face of PPP. But knowing these PPP guys, even if the Almighty were to question them over their actions, they would say that Allah himself was conspiring against democracy
))))) …….Shameless, spineless parasites. May Allah rid us of this vermin soon (Ameen)
December 17th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
oooooooooh’
thats all rubbish..mr interviewer how much money u took from wajid …
you should have askd one single questions ? how many countries high commissioner and prosecuter generals perform the courier job????????????????
December 17th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
If they people are with clean hands then why they are hiding their faces from camera and feeling nerves
December 17th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
ISI with the Army is growing stronger and stronger and with this the chances of Democracy surviving is getting weaker and weaker.
Recently BBC had shown a video clip of Human Right violation by the ISI/Army combined in both Face Book and My Space and Twitter etc how Pashtuns were brutally beaten. It was a un-bearable scene for any human being.How log this will go on?
About UN and Diplomats les said the better. They are all the Piththoos of ISI/Army combine! Can one imagine the loot of the country taking place? Has the Army and the ISI of any other Country indulges in accumulating wealth for their Officers? They indulge in Business Tendering etc openly!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8287264.stm
December 17th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
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December 18th, 2009 at 1:03 am
@sagheer: You are Peopli Jayala!! No brains just a slave for the bhuttos!!
December 18th, 2009 at 1:28 am
wht a foolish story !!!!!
Very much thanks to GEO for publicizes your mission otherwise you might never accept to be there to collect those documents. Above you comment that they were stranger to you but in video they introduce to you clearly that they are from GEO and both of you were hiding face behind umbrella. YOU r just has exposed with your real face and now u can’t wash away those deeds by this interview. Persons like you should b awarded capital punishment. Zardari k jaany k baad ja k us k dhona aur us sighaar k tarh ………………….
December 18th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Geo Rulzzzz!!! This Malik guy is a Peopli Jiyala. Anybody who defends peoples party or Zardari is a blind idiot!
December 18th, 2009 at 6:51 am
@Jawan: I actually support MQM. And, I support democracy. I know what Punjabi army is doing here. Punjabi army is playing very sinister game with our country.
December 18th, 2009 at 9:07 am
All those idiots supporting some hidden hands are bloody big morons of our country because they think about what they see..
you idiots dont know how your isi and army has been playin and corrupting..
let’s for a second, if we believe zardari has done corruption in the past… so bloody what???? which politician is not corrupting??? zardari is from small province that’s why he’s been targeted?? do u all idiots know.. apart from corruption charges there’re so many beneficiaries who bloodys are charged of murder and rape cases.. but the hell is media and all that compaign and human rights??? why nobody is talking about those murder and rape charges of nro beneficiaries???
why u guys only think about what u r shown in tv??? did u ever think, these media are no gods…? they bloodys are agn business-setup.. they show to earn name and money… they’re heavily paid by intelligence agencies and opponents to talk rubbish and wrong about the person they dont want in govt… same big game is goin on agaist zardari..! wakeup idiots… u people have big problems like terrorism and extremism.. think abt them, dont involve yur heads in the games of media n army n isi.. you’ll gt nothin bt frustration… wakeup idiots!
there may be (rather surely) some corrupt politicians in ppp, who happen to be in every party… but you cant say all ppp is rotten, specially it’s leadership is not… it may be in the past but not anymore… i dont support zardari but i talk the facts.. he was corrupt in the past for which he’s bn in jail for 11 big years without being declared guilty of any charges.. what else you people want now..? will satisfy when a president frm one small-province steps dwn.. this is only thing calms dwn the burnin fires inside u… come’n be realistic.. each province makes a pakistan.. dont support the army fascists n isi who discriminate on the basis of province.. i can talk alot bt i kno, your mentality is what that’s set n tuned by yur backgrounds n media.. u dnt hv mch brains to extract the reality..
last line, if army n isi were tht strong enough why can’t they defeat some bunch of illiterate terrorists..? answer is simple, they want everything thts easily accessible.. they’ve joined forces to avail the luxuries bt they’ve nvr thought to diein for the country (i am talkin abt majority).
forget it… you’re idiots i know!!
pakistan zindabad
pakistanis zindabad
all idiots n fascists murdabad
December 18th, 2009 at 10:58 am
How America Is Funding Corruption in Pakistan
Graft is on the rise in Islamabad, courtesy of the U.S. taxpayer.
Please read this eye opening article by Azeem Ibrahim. He questions corruption of Pakistani Army (THE MOST CORRUPT COMPANY OF PAKISTAN. WORST THAN WAPDA, RAILWAYS)
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/08/11/assisting_corruption
And, before you ignorant bunch start cursing him out as well just remember that Azeem Ibrahim is a research fellow at the International Security Program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a world fellow at Yale University.
Your Army sugar daddy can’t even spell Harvard or Yale. Uncivilized army garbage..
Go back to barracks – bloody chowkidars
December 18th, 2009 at 11:12 am
@Pakistani Democrat: Very good article. I really loved it. Ibrahim Sajid Malick, Azeem Ibrahim, Hassan Abid, and Ayesha Siddiqa are doing great work and we should support them open heartedly.
Do you know that Pakistani Generals are worth Rs 500 million each (conservative estimate). Pakistani military establishment has systematically looted the country. They are no more than thieves.
In her book Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha has written about Pakistani military business operations. From her experience in working as a civil servant in Pakistan she found out that the Pakistani army has amassed great wealth and that the military has become “predatory engaging in political and economic predation.”
One way its been done is by amassing land. 10 percent of all land, according to the 1912 Colonization of Land Act, is allotted to the military. On paper this land is meant for operational purposes only, but apparently the land has been misappropriated and used as personal land.
Dr. Siddiqa has accused the Pakistan army of running a complete ’side economy’ which includes not just real estate, but also ‘ businesses done by subsidiaries, organizations and individuals.” According to her, this economy could be around 4% of GDP and their share in private sector assets is about 7-10 percent. In crores this is worth about Rs 200 billion and this is not counting the real estate. This is the largest ownership by any single group.
How dare these generals call politicians corrupt.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Sajid! I miss you, I miss how you used to expose the drug dealers of karachi and corruption of local police. Thanks for puting this interview of Wajid Sahab. Allah tumko khush rakhay.. Ameen!
We miss you, we love you… please come back to Daily News.
December 18th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
By the way what was so wrong with Mr. Kamal Azfar’s statement because Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry [Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan] has also been victim of the same Establishment not very long ago. Dear Nota, please tell as to who is the DG ISI in the below mentioned news???
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ISLAMABAD, May 29: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, on Tuesday narrated for the first time his version of the events of of May 9 at the President’s camp office in Rawalpindi. He said in an affidavit that top intelligence officials had constantly pressured him into resigning, and after keeping him confined at the office for over five hours, he was allowed to leave in a flagless car. “I was informed that I have been restrained from acting as the chief justice.” The `non-functional’ chief justice informed the full-bench hearing identical petitions against the presidential reference that since the action of March 9, he had remained a victim of intrusive and not-so-intrusive intelligence and police operation. “I replied that it was not based on facts as my case was decided by a two-member bench and that attempts are being made to maliciously involve the other member of the Bench as well.” After this, the president said there were a few more complaints as well, directing his staff to call the ‘other persons’. The ‘other persons’ entered the room immediately. They were: Prime Minster Shaukat Aziz, the Directors General of Military Intelligence (MI), Director General of Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Director General Intelligence Bureau (IB), Chief of Staff (COS) and another official. All officials (except the IB chief and the COS) were in uniform. “The meeting lasted about 30 minutes. The chiefs of the MI, ISI and IB stayed back, but they too did not show him me a single piece of evidence.” In fact, Justice iftikhar said, no official, except the ISI chief, had any document with him. The officials, however, alleged that Justice Iftikhar had used his influence to get his son admitted in Bolan Medical College, Quetta, when he was serving as a judge of the Balochistan High Court. The ISI and MI heads persisted in their demand for resignation, the CJ said. “I refused, saying that the demand has a collateral purpose.” “I was kept there absolutely against my will till 5pm. I was stopped there on one pretext or the other and at one stage was told the president will once again see me. “After 5pm, the MI chief told me `This is a bad day. Now you are taking a separate way and you are informed that you have been restrained from working as a judge of the Supreme Court or the Chief Justice of Pakistan’.” Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry further said when he came out of the room, he was stunned to find that the national flag and the insignia of office were no longer there on his car. “My staff officer later informed me Justice Javed Iqbal has taken oath as Acting Chief Justice and it has been shown on TV. My driver said he had been instructed not to drive the Chief Justice to the Supreme Court.” REFERENCE: CJ says chiefs of MI, ISI asked him to quit: Affidavit on March 9 camp office event By Iftikhar A. Khan May 30, 2007 Wednesday Jamadi-ul-Awwal 13, 1428 http://www.dawn.com/2007/05/30/top1.htm
“UNQUOTE”
December 18th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I hope Mr Aitzaz Ahsan hasn’t forgotten this:
PAKISTANI PLIANT/SLAVE JUDICIARY UNDER GENERAL MUSHARRAF’S MARTIAL LAW:
Human Rights Watch is often quoted on the Restoraion of Judiciary and Restoration of CJ Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary. Lets read what HRW has to say about Asif Ali Zardari. I wonder where was was Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary [upgraded by Musharraf during Martial Law rather Musharraf administered his OATH for the Supreme Court] and his Chief Spokesman Mr Ather Minallah who had served under the very General Musharraf during his Pure and Un-edited Martial Law Government. Where were Mr Ather Minallah and CJ Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary when under their very nose below mentioned Human Rights Abuses were rampantly allowed against Makhdoom Javed Hashmi and Asif Ali Zardari. Please call spade a spade.
Repression of Political Opponents http://www.hrw.org/legacy/englishwr2k7/docs/2007/01/11/pakist14756.htm
Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Political Opponents
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/12/14/pakist9852.htm
Torture and Arbitrary Arrests of Dissidents and Political Opponents
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2003/12/31/pakist7008.htm#6
Pakistan: End Persecution of Political Opponents
http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/12/28/pakist9933.htm
Arbitrary Arrest and Detention of Political Opponents
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/01/18/pakist12254.htm
PAKISTANI JUDICIARY REJECTED GENUINE BAIL UNDER MUSHARRAF MARTIAL LAW:
What about rejecting the bail to Makhdoom Javed Hashmi [MNA-PML-N]. Mr Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary didn’t say no to Mr Musharraf on Javed Hashmi Case?
SC dismisses 3 appeals of Javed Hashmi for his release on bail Tuesday October 10, 2006 (0139 PST) http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?156686
Nawaz criticises judiciary for rejecting Hashmi’s appeal By Our Staff Reporter October 10, 2006 Tuesday Ramazan 16, 1427 http://www.dawn.com/2006/10/10/nat2.htm
Hashmi’s bail plea rejected By Nasir Iqbal December 6, 2003 Saturday Shawwal 11, 1424
http://www.dawn.com/2003/12/06/top13.htm
Late release of Javed Hashmi on the eve of his daughter`s marriage, an unwelcome gesture: Liaqat Sunday December 24, 2006 (0215 PST)
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?164043
December 18th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Roedad Khan and NRO!
The PML-N has fielded Roedad Khan as the covering candidate. Fourteen nomination papers of 13 candidates were filed in Lahore, 17 of eight candidates in Karachi and one in Peshawar. No papers were submitted in Quetta. Election Commission’s secretary Kanwar Mohammad Dilshad told Dawn that nomination papers of nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan had not been submitted. 32 file papers for presidential poll By Iftikhar A. Khan August 27, 2008 Wednesday Sha’aban 24, 1429 http://www.dawn.com/2008/08/27/top1.htm
December 18th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
SAJID MALICK
YOU Madarchod you are getting money from RAW to get publicity on YOU TRAITOR. YOU BASTARD YOU HARAMI, GANDU YOU CHANGE THE COMMENTS ALSO, YOU RANDI.
COME TO PAKISTAN AND WE WILL KILL YOU
December 19th, 2009 at 12:52 am
’عدلیہ دائرہ کار سے تجاوز کر گئی ہے‘
علی سلمان
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، لاہور
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2009/12/091219_hrcp_asma_as.shtml
آخری وقت اشاعت: ہفتہ, 19 دسمبر, 2009, 05:25 GMT 10:25 PST
عدلیہ کا کام ارکانِ پارلیمان کی اخلاقیات کی جانچ پڑتال نہیں
پاکستان انسانی حقوق کمشن کی چیئرپرسن عاصمہ جہانگیر نے این آر او کے بارے میں سپریم کورٹ کے فیصلے پر تبصرہ کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے ’عدلیہ اپنے دائرہ کار سے تجاوز کرگئی ہے اوریہ بہت ہی خطرناک بات ہوگی کہ سپریم کورٹ اراکین پارلیمان کی اخلاقیات پر فیصلے دے۔‘
Another aspect of the judgment By Asma Jahangir Saturday, 19 Dec, 2009
http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/editorial/another-aspect-of-the-judgment-929
The NRO judgment has struck down the law also for being violative of Article 62(f), which requires a member of parliament to be, ‘Sagacious, righteous and non-profligate and honest and ameen’.
Hence, the bench will now judge the moral standing of parliamentarians on these stringent standards set by the notorious Zia regime. This article of the constitution has always been considered undemocratic and a tool to keep members of parliament insecure.
If parliamentarians, who also go through the rigorous test of contesting elections in the public domain, are to be subjected to such exacting moral standards then the scrutiny of judges should be higher still.
After all, judges are selected purely on the value of their integrity and skills. Judges who erred in the past seek understanding on the plea that they subsequently suffered and have made amends. Should others also not be given the same opportunity to turn over a new leaf? How will sagacity and non-profligate behaviour be judged?
Samad Khurram used to be a ardent supporter of Free Judiciary Movement, in fact he was the brain behind CJ’s visit to USA for receiving Harvard Medal, read his article on Judiciary,
The Taliban are here Monday, April 20, 2009 Samad Khurram
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=173372
Perhaps the real question I should ask is, why do I even care? When I took time off from Harvard to be part of the lawyers’ movement I had seen a ray of hope. There were concerned citizens and lawyers who stood for what was right, no matter what the consequences. We fought for a principle and won, with the hope that things will slowly improve. Today the very judges we had faith in released the Lal Masjid cleric whose crimes everyone knows about. If the judiciary was going to release people whose crimes were recorded on TV, perhaps it does explain why the Taliban are growing popular.
Having said that, rays of hope like Afzal Khan Lala, who has refused to move from Swat while he is alive, appear every now and then. However, he stands alone in facing the storm. Other than Ayaz Amir, not a single Pakistani leader has spoken out against the Taliban. Will the real leader who can get rid of these monsters stand up, please? Imran Khan? Qazi? Nawaz Sharif? This silence is criminal!
December 19th, 2009 at 6:30 am
@Pakisatni 100: Looks like Ibrahim Sajid Malick has done something naughty to your sister or mother. Please stop behaving like a paindoo…
If you want to defend Army’s crime do so like a human being. I know ISI spends 24 crore rupees per year on bloggers- why can’t they find someone persuasive…seems like they have run out of money and now hiring morons like you.
December 19th, 2009 at 6:32 am
@Aamir Mughal: You are 100% right! SC has exceeded it’s boundries. Iftikhar Chaudhry met with Kayani secretly before this verdict.
December 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I would just like to comment on the original story. The plot seems very weak and the arguments put forward by Mr. Wajid do not hold water on scrutiny. From an analytical point of view the whole story seems like a very feeble attempt to defend some thing undefendable and he fails miserably.
December 20th, 2009 at 7:27 am
I feel sorry for Pakistanis. Seems like everyone in your government is corrupt. Don’t you have any good leaders?
December 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am
@indian:
How about some explanation regarding Narendra Modi and Massacre of Muslims in Gujarat. By the way Corruption is not good but Killing Innocent People is far worse than Monetary Corruption:
“We Have No Orders To Save You”
State Participation and Complicity in Communal Violence in Gujarat April 2002
Full Report – Printer-friendly PDF version (70 pages, 265 Kb)
Summary and Recommendations – Printer-friendly PDF version (12 pages, 45 Kb) http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2002/india/
December 20th, 2009 at 8:14 am
@Sagheer:
Right after the resignation of General Musharraf from the Post of the President of Pakistan, Mr. Athar Minallah the Chief Spokesman of Defunct Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary in Private Pakistani TV Channel [AAJ], demanded Treason Trial under article 6 of 1973 Constitutiuon of Islamic Republic of Pakistan while shamelssly forgetting that Athar Minallah, also served in the Musharraf cabinet for two years. Shouln’t Mr Athar Minallah be brought to Justice as well because abetting in a crime is tantamount to committing a crime. Athar was appointed Minister for Law, Local Government, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights by the Provincial Government of NWFP (2000-2002) by General Musharraf Military Regime.
The crackdown, announced late Saturday night after General Musharraf suspended the Constitution, was clearly aimed at preventing public demonstrations that political parties and lawyers were organizing for Monday. “They are showing zero tolerance for protest,” said Athar Minallah, a lawyer, and a former minister in the Musharraf government. Musharraf Consolidates His Control With Arrests By JANE PERLEZ
Published: November 4, 2007 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/world/asia/04cnd-pakistan.html?_r=1&hp
Athar Minallah joined the prestigious Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) and after serving for 10 years left the post of Additional Collector Customs to join the firm as a partner. Athar Minallah brings not only rich taxation experience but also valuable scholastic input. Athar completed his law degree from the International Islamic University (Islamabad) and his LLM from University of Cambridge, UK. And his areas of interest are taxation, judicial review, Athar was appointed Minister for Law, Local Government, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights by the Provincial Government of NWFP (2000-2002). He also was the member of the Task Force constituted by the Federal Government for revamping the Taxation regime in Pakistan. Currently he is the member of the Policy Board of Intellectual Property of Pakistan and Chairman of Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (ADRC) for Sales Tax constituted by the Central Board of Revenue.
December 20th, 2009 at 8:24 am
JUSTICE AND JUDGES DURING MARTIAL LAW REGIME OF PAKISTAN ARMY.
Asif Zardari, husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has waited for more than 5 years for the start of his trial on charges of killing his brother-in-law, Murtaza Bhutto in 1997. In April 1999, Zardari was tried and convicted separately on corruption charges. In December 2001 Zardari received bail but was not released; the NAB ordered his continued detention on suspicion of corruption. Despite government claims that NAB cases would be pursued independent of an individual?s political affiliation, NAB has taken a selective approach to anti-corruption efforts (see Section 1.d.). The Musharraf Government in 1999 created by ordinance the NAB and special accountability courts to try corruption cases (see Section 1.d.). The NAB was created in part to deal with as much as $4 billion (PKR 208 billion) that was estimated to be owed to the country’s banks (all of which were state-owned at the time; several have since been privatized) by debtors, primarily from among the wealthy elite. The Musharraf Government stated that it would not target genuine business failures or small defaulters and does not appear to have done so. The NAB was given broad powers to prosecute corruption cases, and the accountability courts were expected to try such cases within 30 days. As originally promulgated, the ordinance prohibited courts from granting bail and gave the NAB chairman sole power to decide if and when to release detainees. The ordinance also allowed those suspected by the State Bank of Pakistan of defaulting on government loans or of corrupt practices to be detained for 15 days without charge (renewable with judicial concurrence) and, prior to being charged, did not allow access to counsel. In accountability cases, there was a presumption of guilt, and conviction under the ordinance can result in 14 years’ imprisonment, fines, and confiscation of property. Those convicted also originally were disqualified from running for office or holding office for 10 years. In August 2000, the Government announced that persons with a court conviction would be barred from holding party office. This provision was used during the general election to prevent certain candidates from entering the contest. REFERENCE: Pakistan Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor 2002 March 31, 2003 http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2002/18314.htm
Pakistan
National Level: The Musharraf Government in 1999 created by Ordinance the NAB (National Accountability Bureau) and special accountability courts to try exclusively corruption cases. These Courts are part of the national judicial system and operate under the Chief Justices of the High Courts of Pakistan. For up-to-date statistics on the number and type of cases files, convicted and acquitted, please refer to the Appendix. The NAB was created in part to deal with as much as $4 billion (PKR 208 billion) that was estimated to be owed to the country’s banks (all of which were state-owned at the time; several have since been privatized) by debtors, primarily from among the wealthy elite. The Musharraf Government stated that it would not target genuine business failures or small defaulters and does not appear to have done so. The NAB was given broad powers to prosecute corruption cases, and the accountability courts were expected to try such cases within 30 days. As originally promulgated, the ordinance prohibited courts from granting bail and gave the NAB chairman sole power to decide if and when to release detainees.
The ordinance also allowed those suspected by the State Bank of Pakistan of defaulting on government loans or of corrupt practices to be detained for 15 days without charge (renewable with judicial concurrence) and, prior to being charged, did not allow access to counsel. In accountability cases, there was a presumption of guilt, and conviction under the ordinance can result in 14 years’ imprisonment, fines, and confiscation of property. Originally, those convicted were set to disqualify from running for office or holding office for 10 years. In August 2000, the Government announced that persons with a court conviction would be barred from holding party office. This provision was applied during the general election to prevent certain candidates from entering the contest. REFERENCE: I. Special Corruption Courts in Asia http://www.u4.no/helpdesk/helpdesk/queries/query19.cfm
The new government’s principal vehicle for detaining former officials and party leaders, however, was the National Accountability Ordinance, a law ostensibly created to bring corrupt officials to account. The ordinance confers sweeping powers of arrest, investigation, and prosecution in a single institution, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), and permits detainees to be held for up to ninety days without being brought before a court. The law was later amended to facilitate conviction by shifting the burden of proof during trial from the prosecution to the defense.
There were persistent reports of ill treatment in NAB custody, particularly in the case of high profile detainees who were held early in the year in Attock Fort. Persons convicted under the ordinance were prohibited from holding public office for a period of twenty-one years. An amendment to the Political Parties Act in August also barred anyone with a court conviction from holding party office. The combined effect of these acts, as they were applied, was to eliminate the existing leadership of the major political parties. While administration officials said that parties would be allowed to participate in future elections to the Senate and national and provincial assemblies, local government elections, scheduled to be held in December, were to be conducted on a non-party basis.
The Musharraf government also suppressed political activity by conducting raids on party offices, preventing political rallies from being held, and lodging criminal cases against rally organizers under laws governing sedition and the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance. The sedition law, Section 124-A of the Pakistan Penal Code, criminalizes speech that “brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards, the Central or Provincial Government established by law.” Section 16 of the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance prohibits speech that “causes or is likely to cause fear or alarm to the public” or any section thereof, or which “furthers or is likely to further any activity prejudicial to public safety or the maintenance of public order.”
Rana Sanaullah Khan, a member of the suspended Punjab provincial assembly from Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League (PML), was arrested in Faisalabad on November 28, 1999. The arrest came after he criticized the army at a meeting of former legislators and urged his colleagues to launch a protest movement against the military government. He was tortured while in custody, and criminal charges were registered against him under the sedition law and MPO .
On March 15, the government formally curtailed freedom of association and assembly with an order banning public rallies, demonstrations, and strikes. The order’s enforcement against a procession from Lahore to Peshawar that Nawaz Sharif’s wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, had planned to lead, resulted in the arrests of at least 165 PML leaders and activists. On September 21 the ban was also invoked against 250 members of the hardline Sunni Muslim group, Sipah-e-Sahaba, who had planned a march to celebrate a religious anniversary. REFERENCE: Human Rights Developments http://www.hrw.org/legacy/wr2k1/asia/pakistan.html
December 20th, 2009 at 8:25 am
We have Modi but we also have many good leaders and progressive parties that keep Modi types in check. BJP has not won national elections in over a decade.
December 21st, 2009 at 2:33 am
lol, does he think public is mad, and will believe in his lies?
December 21st, 2009 at 9:54 am
listen every one this ibrahim sajid malik is just another propaganda guy. what ever he says is against Pakistan army and isi. indirectly this man is against Pakistan.so dont give a shit to this crap.
December 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
These days every political figure and media is paying tribute to the independent judiciary of Pakistan for its landmark decision on NRO. In this atmosphere of praise for the judiciary some people are asking the highest court of Pakistan, the Supreme Court, to show its power in getting the confiscated portion of main road of Islamabad, Shahrah e Suharwardy, released from a security agency offices located there. This office of the most powerful agency of Pakistan has occupied the main portion of the road near Aabpara in the name of defence against terrorism for the last almost one year. The traffic is unnecessarily diverted from that portion and now the diversions have taken the shape of permanent roads.
Can our highest court, which has even challenged the head of state, show its muscles against these powerful people as well?
December 21st, 2009 at 10:32 pm
@Aamir Mughal:
How is it that those behind the deal-making based on this unconstitutional and illegal ordinance were not named and shamed/charged outright? Indeed, as reported widely at the time, the present chief of army staff was the DG ISI when the final draft of the NRO was being presented to Benazir in Dubai and was part of Musharraf’s team sent to convince her. Let us be grateful for small mercies By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 22 Dec, 2009 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/columnists/let-us-be-grateful-for-small-mercies-229
December 24th, 2009 at 7:43 am
@Aysha Mughal Ahmed: Ms. Aysha do you really dont understand that presence of security agencies is neccessary for existance of any country like Pakistan, UK, India, USA, China, Israel, Germany etc. ? or belong to group of people whose fashionable excercise is to speak against Pakistan security forces. Rest do allocate CDA job to Supreme Court Mam…
December 24th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
@sagheer:
Sgheer@Jawan:
SAGHEER means small, a child in Arabic, so guys be easy with him.
i dont understad why some Pakistanese support PPP.
Majority of us are Sunnis, while looking at ppp’s flag you get this:
1/3rd Black, guess for who?
1/3rd Red for the professed motto of PPP being a socialist, and just look at the palace BB built from loot here. Zardari’s phenomenal loot is his exclusive stuff.
1/3rd us Sunnis, imagine turning 85% of us into just 1/3rd . Is that the agenda of PPP?.
December 24th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
@Kamal:
Wajid shamsuddin is a liar and a lacky of Zardari.
Dont we remember him from his involment of priceless antiques smuggled from pakistan and being hidden in Surrey Palace?.
This guy is a WAjid( Arabic Much-plenty) liar, and i wish he is hauled back to pakistan disgracefully (for his nefarious activities at my and your expenses) by the miltary take over, which is being prayed and waited in earnest.
December 24th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
@sagheer:
sagheer, you bloody nincompoop of a child with low IQ, if you support MQM, you should know MQM is now again doing PAK army’s bidding o trying to get rid of Zardari, which is a blessing for the country.
December 24th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
@Pakisatni 100:
Hey you are not qualified to be called a Pakistani.
This kind of language belongs to GUTTERS and Pakistanese should not stoop down to such low character and mentality.
December 25th, 2009 at 8:14 am
The detailed judgment in the case of the restoration of the Chief Justice of Pakistan on July 20, 2007 reveals that not only Pervez Musharraf but the then Director General ISI and the DG Military Intelligence (MI) had also insisted that the chief justice resign during his illegal detention at the Army House Rawalpindi on March 9, 2007.
The judgment, penned by Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday, says: “The petitioner CJP went on to depose that ‘the respondent (the president) insisted that the deponent (the CJP) should resign’. He added that his refusal to oblige, ‘ignited the fury of the respondent (the president); he (the president) stood up angrily and left the room along with his MS, COS, and the prime minister of Pakistan, saying that others would show evidence to the deponent’ (about the allegations of misconduct against the CJP).”
“As per the CJP, his meeting with the president lasted for about thirty minutes meaning thereby that the president and the prime minister would have left by about 12.15/12.30 pm and the CJP was then left behind in the company only of the DG MI, the DG ISI allegedly to be shown the evidence in support of the above-noticed accusations.
The CJP alleged that no evidence at all was shown to him and “in fact, no official except DG ISI had some documents with him but he also did not show anything to the deponent” (the CJP). He added that they only accused him of having secured a seat for his son in Bolan Medical College while he was serving as a judge of Balochistan High Court. “The CJP further alleged that the DG MI and the DG ISI kept insisting that he should resign from his office while he continued to assert strongly that the allegations were baseless and were being levelled only for a collateral purpose and that he would not resign at any cost and would rather face the said false charges.”
The judgment states, “While the CJP was still at the President’s Camp Office in Rawalpindi during the said crucial ‘FIVE HOURS’ and when according to the CJP he was being detained there against his wishes after 12 noon and when according to the respondents he was sitting there, in the company of the intelligence chiefs examining the reference and the material available in support thereof, a notification dated March 9, 2007, was issued by the Government of Pakistan in the Law, Justice and Human Rights Division mentioning therein that since the President of Pakistan had been pleased to make a reference called a ‘DIRECTION’ by Article 209(5) of the Constitution) to the SJC against the CJP, therefore, the President had restrained Mr Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry from acting as the Chief Justice of Pakistan or even as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.”
The honourable judges of the Supreme Court also made it clear that the case had nothing to do with army as an institution but acts of a person who happened to be chief of army staff. The judgment regarding the statement of Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain that ‘it was a matter between army and judiciary’ states, “This, in our opinion, was a naive attempt to create a wedge between two important and indispensable arms of the State and to put them on a war-path. What was in question before us was an act of the President and it was just an accident or a coincidence that the said President also happened to be the Chief of Army Staff. The matter had obviously nothing to do with the Army as an institution. Needless to add that the Army was an invaluable organ and instrument of the State and was as precious to us all as any other institution of our homeland. We, therefore, take this opportunity to express our disapproval and displeasure about the said statement.”
Political analysts and observers who had watched the situation at the time, however, told The News that the involvement of junior military officers was minimal and on the specific orders of General Pervez Musharraf who had his own personal vested interest to protect.
They said whatever happened at the time was planned and ordered by General Musharraf and no other army or intelligence officer could be blamed for it. “It was Musharraf and Musharraf alone who must be held responsible for the treatment he meted out to the judiciary and the judges have also noted this in their judgment when they said the army had nothing to do with it as an institution,” an analyst said.
It should be noted that both the ISI and the MI were directly under control of the then COAS, General Musharraf, although the ISI is supposed to be under the prime minister.
A retired general who was closed to General Pervez Musharraf when contacted said that Musharraf tried to show the door to the chief justice because he wanted extension in his tenure that was expiring, election results of his own desire and government of his own choice. He considered the chief justice as the only person who could create hurdles in the achievement of his objectives. He said Musharraf’s stakes were very high and he wanted to achieve his objectives at all costs.
Musharraf, he said, used his senior colleagues, to press the chief justice to quit. He said the then DG MI General Nadeem Ijaz, who was relative of Musharraf, crossed all limits in dealing with the opponents of the former dictator. The DG MI was the strong man of Musharraf. He said Musharraf took aggressive steps against judiciary on the advice of the DG MI, who was in fact responsible for spoiling Musharraf’s all matters related to judiciary. The DG IB went too far in bid to protect the interests of his boss (Musharraf).
He said under Musharraf’s pressure the DG MI Ijaz, DG IB Ejaz Shah, the then secretary interior and some others also submitted affidavits in the Supreme Court against the chief justice. He reminded that the DG ISI did not submit an affidavit. It was believed that Musharraf asked the DG ISI to submit his affidavit but the latter said sorry to the former. Musharraf, he said, was reportedly offended by the DG ISI. He said despite Musharraf’s intensive efforts, the then DG ISI Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani kept a reasonable distance from this issue in grace.
He said Gen Kayani was popular as a simple soldier. He did not show any interest in Musharraf’s machinations and that was why he did not submit any affidavit.
Observers are pleasantly surprised that Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry wrote the names of military generals including the former DG ISI Gen Kayani, who is present army chief, and the full court also mentioned them in their judgement without showing any fear. They said the chief justice and all the members of the full court deserve praise and esteem for showing rare courage.
Justice Khalilur Rehman Ramday also mentioned the reasons for delay in writing the detailed judgment. The judgment says, “And before I put my pen down, I wish to offer a personal explanation which I owe in connection with this judgment. As is known, the short judgment in the matter was announced on July 20, 2007 and these reasons in support of the said judgment are being recorded after almost 2-1/2 years. This rather extraordinary delay, which was on account of equally extraordinary circumstances, warrants clarification and elucidation.”
He mentioned that after vacations he was a part of a bench hearing the eligibility case of Pervez Musharraf but, when the said matter had almost reached the final stages, martial law (called emergency) was imposed in the country by General Musharraf on November 3, 2007 in his capacity as the Chief of Army Staff. Thirteen out of seventeen Judges were removed from office and some including the Chief Justice were put under house arrest which detention continued till March, 2008. “Thereafter, I was of course a free man but being a ‘REMOVED’ Judge, had no access to the Supreme Court and consequently the entire record of this case, including all the notes, were out of my reach. I, along with the Chief Justice of Pakistan and some other learned brothers, got restored to office in March, 2009 and it is thereafter that I got down to collecting the lost, the forgotten and the scattered threads and this is what I have been able to produce now.”
December 26th, 2009 at 6:04 am
@Pakistani:
“ou idiots dont know how your isi and army has been playin and corrupting..
let’s for a second, if we believe zardari has done corruption in the past… so bloody what???? “”"
so its needless to argue with you.. ur these comments r enough to reflect ur mindset…Allah help you..
December 26th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Cool down guys. We have a common evil unfurling in the name of a president Zardari -CIA installed who is reffered to as a sleazy fellow in foriegn press. Point wise reply to those paid journalists who are shaping him as a haji:
What ever number of years that he spent in the so called jail was voluntarily as he was too afraid to come out because of his security. Although those who have seen where this hero was “imprisoned”, the atmosphere was always that of a festive with ‘degs’ being cooked each day. Not with standing this, Murtaza was lurking around who had a reach even when in syria. In any case the ‘hero’ had Veena Hayats and the like to take care and that is why he was not pushed for meeting Benazir any time sooner. Further he would have the trial delayed on one pretext or the other. In one of the places he even submitted an affidavit that he was a psychatric patient- so that he could not be punished. Buying a few hardline journalists would be a peanut out of his wealth and that payments too – my gut feelings is -are from the public accounts. Mr Wajid is also poising as a haji and an innocent fellow- then why did he hide himself in london all so long?he wants the law minister sindhu to testify for him. Good one thief to scratch the back of another. Again why was so much eagerness shown to get all those papers? In the drum beat of democracy they have each day immersed themselves to get as much ill gotten money as possible. Such is the chance he and his cronies will never get again. There is an interesting phenomenon/cycle. One dictator comes and accumalates wealth but the PPP fellows follow and play a hevoc. After Ayub came Hazrat bhutto ilehe-slam – whose one cigar cost rs 250/00 when the pay of a grade 21 was only 6000/00 imagine what would a poor be getting. He made a good swing at what was built by Ayub – ofcourse all in the name of people and democracy. then comes Ziaulhaque. What ever reserves were built were very joyfully spent by Benazir and her 10%. Then strolls in Musharraf. His reserves are now on the loot by jiyalas. One finds black pejaros and Lexus of ill gotten wealth driving around. I feel ramming into such vehicles every time I see such VIP goondas. News is also around that BB – after the elections had decided to Divorce mr 10% to which this fellow was also aware of. Mr Samsuddin has mentioned of Bhuttto haters. May I ask him whether the hate grows on trees? Is it not the God given ability in an individual to conduct in such a manner that he starts getting hated – which is a fact that atleast 90% educated and comparatively emanciapated individuals do so. Musharraf how ever did the greatest harm to the army it self. Very few would know that he was the most hated Chief by the army. On realising his standing – he also like a spoilt child, started playing the MQM card- much the same way the present clown is playing the sind card. Musharraf’s stance got foiled when he was privately suggested that Aslam Mirza had been a very respected chief and many generals like him so. That shut him well and proper.
To my innocent friends please understand that the intelligence agencies do not carry a bag of very pious people- whether it be the CIA, FBI, Mossad,khad,RAW, KGB, RAM (new name of Afghanistani Intelligence)- but they are not traitors of the country. However at present the game is being played on a wider campass. With CIA/RAW hands in glove and Mossad guiding them it is the ISI which is looking after the interests of the country and foiling moves by the CIA and our sleazy fellow is reputed to be only a tool in the hands of the CIA. And to one of our Indian commentators Take out the statements of your General Karyapa the chief of the Indian army in early 60’s. He advocated that India should follow the example of General Ayub of Pakistan ie handing over the government to the Army. Next is the scene of Indira Gandhi going across to the residence of the then Army chief Manekshaw- and that too after the Indian laurels of 1971 war. The purpose to ensure that the Army does not take over. And to her- to the Chief Executive of the largest denmocracy – Manekshaw had the audocity to say ” Lady you keep your long nose out of my affairs and I will keep my nose out of yours”. I also remember a sene of the talk show ” Question times India” and when the compere asked audience that how many would like to replace their corrupt poloical government with an army rule – quite a few hands went up. So stop skulling over your achievemnents. You will be surprised to know that your feet are also on a sand. And God forbid if anything happens to Pakistan then be prepared you will be the next target of Israel. Because there has to be only one power in the region – and none else but Israel- they cannot have any independant thoughts hovering around – eminating from the ” Democratic” India.
December 26th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Dartay hain bandoqon walay, ek nihati larki sey
phaily hain himat kay ujalay, ek nihati larki sey
Aazadi ki Baat Na kar logon sey na mil yeh kehtay hain
Be Hiss, Zalim , Dil kay kaalay, ek nihati larki sey
Benazir Bhutto ……Aaj phir uss ki yaad aayee
http://atharmasood.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/benazir-bhutto-aaj-phir-us-ki-yaad-aayee/
December 26th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
How can criminal be the pres of Pakistan???
December 27th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Instead of wasting my time I would like to quote only this post mentioned some where above:
Pakisatni 100 Says:
December 18th, 2009 at 10:21 pm
SAJID MALICK
YOU are getting money from RAW to get publicity on YOU TRAITOR.
COME TO PAKISTAN AND WE WILL KILL YOU
December 27th, 2009 at 10:47 am
@Pakisatni 100:
GR8 Pakistani 100. Jeetay raho
December 28th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
@PakArmyZindabad:
Pakistan army zinadabad on borders. Their role is not to interfere in politics. Some people try to bring them in politics to malign army. Zardari government has restored honour of army. Prior to his government, the army officers could not dare to come to markets in uniform.
Do not malign democracy. It serves no one except enemies of Pakistan. Pakistan army is a professional army do not make it a political party of disgruntled generals.
Blaming and calling names your opponents is no service to the country.
December 28th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Astagfirullah!
A muslim should not abuse. May Allah guide us all.
December 29th, 2009 at 2:13 am
in the above post whatever Mr. Malick are trying to ask but the truth is that Zardari is not only corrupt but he is the “corrupeist” and also the killer of his wife. Mr. malick do not get money from others “the enimes”of Pakistan” to do the abvoe type of bullshit. every one knows that wajid sahmsulhassn is a “paid dog” belongs to PPP.and now i think that you are too.
December 29th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
NROed Wajid was the only one available in whole wide world to retrieve the boxes. Pakistan had a good diplomatic presence in Geneva, why Wajid had to flew from UK???
December 30th, 2009 at 4:47 am
In Pakistan/Afghanistan if you investigate History, War on terror, Privatization, Police, Bureaucracy, Parliament, Uniform, Courts, Democracy, Any institution
At surface first you will find
1. Inefficiency Then
2. Ineffectiveness Then
3. Stupidities Then
4. Lies At the end you find
5. Deceptions
It is purpose that created us.
Purpose that connects us.
Purpose that pulls us.
That guides us.
That drives us.
It is purpose that defines.
Purpose that binds us.
We are here because of our Purpose.
*Thieves/Thugs Purpose in Existing Law/Order Crisis, Taliban and Al-Qaeda
US blood dollars are directly proportional to the blood of Muslims. Pashtun Blood is preferred and paid at double price.
Attn: All lovers of Enlighten, Liberal Fanatic and Contractor for Pashtuns and Pashtun ruling Establishment from Charsada, Mardan and Kabul.
(Tongue in cheek!)
So what’s so wrong? That’s “Enlightenment” in action, for us!! ‘Selected and hand picked’ CIA cronies will replace another CIA crony.
Therefore they are carrying out their function as they deems fit!
This is the always the Fate of hypocrites like us.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:54 am
Politics makes strange bed fellows. Politics in subcontinent/Indopak means doing wrong again and again, getting worse result each time and expecting a good result from doing wrong next time. Look at neighbor so called Incredible India, which has 330 Million poors that means less than 1 $ per day, if you increase the standard to 2 $, the number will shoot to more than 550 Millions. Mind you, US population is less than 300 Million and Whole EU population is also less than 300 Millions. Plz do not confuse few Indian Billionaires and Indian working in Microsoft/NASA. Plz remember the number of Indian prostitutes in Middle East is on the top and more than the number of summing up all Indian working in various MNCs like Microsoft/NASA/CitiBank.
Democracy in post-colonial states like India/Pakistan means a government off the people, far the people and buy the people. We Pakis/Indian did not take tea, Mr Lipton introduced tea to subcontinent. Alike Politics and democracy were introduced by Mr Humes in subcontinent according to faulty designs in line with our colonial masters interests. Much of our issues dates back to strategic fault lines in our history still unexplained and undisclosed, starting from Sir Syed Ahmed Khan flawed education policy (made by Macaulay), pseudo-leadership/friendly opposition/B Team of Colonial Indopak (Ghandi/Nehru/Jinnah/Liaqat) Creation of Congress by Mr. Humes, Creation of Muslim League on advice of Viceroy. All Congress, ANP and ML were Sarkari tools of establishment from the their start.
Pakistanis is a society composed of deprived/exploited people ruled and governed by few elite coordinating in form of mafias and pressure groups. These are privileged in all walks of life whether Politics, Business, Bureaucracy, Army, Uniform name any institution. They fight between themselves according to their and West larger interest. These mafias and pressure groups have hijacked the whole country for their interest. As result individuals have been deprived from good life and opportunities. This elite was ruling once Capitalist’s and Business Minded Colonials were here and now also when we are free. It is still excellent convergence of interest of our ruling elite and the greatest exploiter of the world known history i.e. Capitalist West. The capitalist system uses two tools for 3rd world countries i.e. first deprivation and then Exploitation. Most importantly our Society has been deprived and exploited in name of Islam continuously, both before and after Indo Pak Partition. This deprivation and then exploitation in our roots is breeding suicides bombers, growing intolerance and violence.
Nothing is complex in life, depending on how you look at it. Present so called fight for Judiciary and Democracy has no nothing to do with poor. President, Ex CJ and Politicians do not represent poor masses, it is the fight of ruling elite for their core interests and power. None has capacity for change or empathy for exploit/deprived masses of Pakistan for last 250 years. It is continuation of East India Company and Colonial period politics and issues through deprivation and exploitation. We will always find blame and wish to rectify 99.99 % poor, helpless deprived and exploited masses. We will always find faults in Slave Son of Slave Son of Slave but never have moral courage to point toward strong and cruel elite backed by Neo-Colonism.
My knowledge is severely limited as I do not move with the high and the mighty. As a ordinary citizen I have just expressed my concerns. Hope they are of some value to you.
FM Shah
People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
Hermann Hesse
December 31st, 2009 at 1:55 pm
is there anyone who has any doubt in corrupt character of benazir, zardari and their cronies ?
may ALLAH open they eyes of my nation fellows.
January 5th, 2010 at 5:42 am
Has anyone any doubt about the traitorism of nawaz sharif & zia ul haq one gave up the kargil heights to the indians after the brave mujahid had captured it and the second surrendered siachin to the indians without firing a single bullet shame on both these traitors of pakistan history the mir sadiq n mir jaffar of pakistan