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.
Ibrahim Sajid Malick is a Pakistani-American writer, technologist, and social entrepreneur. He has been writing on Pakistani society and politics since 1986. He has held several media, communications, and technology positions for organizations large and small. Mr. Malick graduated from New School for Social Research with a master’s degree in anthropology. He holds several technology and management certifications. He works for a leading technology firm and blogs at www.ibrahimsajidmalick.com
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???
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.
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
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.
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
Making politicians weak is in favor of Army and ISI (Army officers with a country of poor people to eat it and drive their wives to shopping centers).
. But our army is here WITHOUT accountability from 1947, these generals who should be hanged took govt after KARGIL operation after taking lives of many innocent soldiers of PAK ARMY.
Zardari was corrupt and may be corrupt even now but that fool don’t know how to eat each CAKE and divide it among all, he has learnt something from shareef family now (will carefully make corruption in future!!!