Before I write this column here is my disclaimer: Wajid Shamsul Hassan, Pakistan High Commissioner in the UK was editor of The Daily News, Karachi- where I launched my journalism career in 1986. He was my mentor and I am still obliged to his kindness, and guidance. However, I have not benefited from his political positions or government assignments.
Pakistan’s real rulers- the men in khakhi uniforms with stars on their shoulders and all type of fancy color combo badges on their chest, have decided to muzzle the nation again. Because of the direct orders from their American masters this time around they are being subtle about this sudden change.
Instead of removing the elected President Asif Ali Zardari in the middle of the night, they have clipped his wings in broad day light. The Pakistani President practically has no power left. His office is just symbolic; his sway is meaningless.
After the Kerry-Lugar Bill fiasco, the Pakistani envoy in Washington DC, Hussain Haqqani, was ridiculed and sidelined. As a representative of President Asif Ali Zardari he, like the president, has lost influence.
I have been critical of Ambassador Haqqani as well. I had questioned how he could reconcile the intellectual Haqqani who has written one of the most credible books on Pakistan’s recent history, “Between Mosque and Military”, a detailed expose on Pakistan’s military mafia and how they have used Mullahs and mosques; and, the Ambassador Haqqani who must represent Pakistan’s civilian government along with that same army. My fears that you can’t reconcile darkness and light, truth and lies, monsters and victims, proved true.
The second victim of the ISI onslaught was Pakistan’s envoy in London, Wajid Shamsul Hassan.
Many TV journalists including yours truly were made aware that something big was about to happen in Geneva. They were told by army types working in embassies around Europe and the US that their all expense paid trip to Geneva will be a career changing story.
Army and ISI representatives in London, Geneva, Washington DC, and Bern were very actively cajoling credible TV journalists to visit Geneva for an ‘on the spot coverage,’ without explaining what it was for. When no professional journalist agreed, they brought an unknown stringer for Jang from the Italian city of Carpi on an all expense paid trip to Geneva. Jawaid Kanwal- the stringer had never done a TV news package and the Geo team in Karachi assembled, edited and produced the entire segment with the b-roll that he had sent.
The gentleman who was the liaison in Europe is a known mid level ISI representative in Geneva who is also an office bearer of PML-N, Naseer Malik (owns and operates a local liquor store). He called TV correspondents several times to persuade them to come over with a camera person. Naseer Malik knew exactly what time Wajid Shamsul Hassan will arrive; he knew what type of car he will be using; he knew the license plate of the car.
The stringer, Jawaid Kanwal, who claims to have a PhD in photography from University of Lahore ( I checked again and no one offers a PhD in photography in Pakistan), walked away famous and wealthier. He simply fell pray to a campaign launched by ISI’s Joint Counterintelligence Bureau. This group of spies is responsible for the surveillance of Pakistani diplomats abroad.
I am not sure if Wajid Shamsul Hasan is guilty of any crime or not; I feel jury is still out. If he has breached law and if the story is accurate than I hope he will resign and face the legal consequences. But I condemn the way he was framed.
In Washington DC and London, diplomatic missions provide an ideal cover and ISI centers are located on the embassy premises. These are the ones that we know of.
But outside the premises of these embassies, ISI operatives often find good cover working closely with the Pakistani community as businessmen. Naseer Malik is a great example. Beside him several very suspicious characters present themselves as journalist because this garb provides freedom of movement. No wonder during press conferences in Geneva whenever Pakistan’s army rule and human rights issues are questioned Naseer Malik is always there in the first row- to disrupt and derail the conversation.
Pakistan’s Mission to the United Nations in Geneva under the leadership of Zameer Akram was front and center in framing Wajid Shamsul Hassan. Zameer Akram is brother of the infamous Munir Akram – former Pakistan diplomat to the United Nations accused of assaulting a mistress in his New York apartment.
Sources in Intelligence Bureau (civilian intelligence organization of Pakistan) admit that they were blindsided by ISI’s “Operation Kill Democracy,” but now they have sufficient evidence as to how the media was used to embarrass an envoy and Pakistan’s democratically elected president.
In his many speeches throughout the U.S. former President Pervez Musharraf has been vociferously defending the army and the ISI arguing that they do what all national security apparti do in every country. If that is the case, they at least do so under the guise and sanction of a democratically elected government. In fact, during Musharraf’s Presidency Pakistan was often ridiculed and maligned for its lack of democratic institutions, frequently characterized as a banana republic; a charge that Musharraf was completely ineffective in responding to.
If Pakistan is to redeem itself in the world and defend its sovereignty from a position of power and credibility it can only do so through democratic institutions. Those who actively seek to undermine those institutions are the real threat to our national security. Indeed, Pakistan’s fragile democracy is still being held hostage by the Army. Hopefully Pakistani people will rise to the occasion, and push the men in boots back to the barracks. We are now approaching a new era of world governance and without a viable democracy Pakistan will not even have a seat at the table.
December 13th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Another propoganda by Pakistan hater Malick. Wajid is a criminal and now we know that Ibrahim Sajid Malick is also part of this stupid and pakistani embarrasment team. go to hell malick
December 13th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Typical loser. Does not admit to crime of his “mentor” . Ibrahim Sajid Malick today exposed himself. He is part of Zardari filth. He is part of corruption that plagues our country. He should be banned from entering Pakistan for propoganda against Pakistan Army.
Is there anything like Entry Control List? Please put this idiots name on it.
Shame on you Malick. Indian agent. Zardari is also RAW agent.
December 13th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
sajid you are a damn idiot guy! you want to say since isi is operating in europe so we should not say anything about your forefathers like american marines, or raw if they want to operate from pakistan. what the hell you are!
December 13th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I cant stop but laughing .. are you just that Stupid or what? your last paragraph cracked me up …
“If Pakistan is to redeem itself in the world and defend its sovereignty from a position of power and credibility it can only do so through democratic institutions.”
Stop spending your money .. advertising on FB and maintaining this WEBSITE .. or maybe it’s just not your money .. and you are who you speak of in this BLOG!
Bottomline is that nobody reads this stupid crap .. and you should quit .. and maybe DIE too
soon … PLEASE ! 
December 13th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
I know u bastard.. and ur intentions.. u and ur like can sell ur mother for 1 $ u stupid son of a bitch.. Pakistan is grat it is, it will and always be great.. hard times come for nations.. and they become more mature and stable after that.. and junk like u will stand no where.. no one is listening to u except who is financing u..
December 13th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
If journalist like Mr. Wajid became a part of political party, giving favour and taking favour, then they are quilty of crime. The crime of mixing fact with fiction,which is not acceptable in journalism. He has given favour to PPP when he was a journalist and got ambassadorship.He must be punsihed for being a political party worker instead doing an honest journalism. Shame, shame and shame
December 13th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
i think you need to change your dress in your pic so that you can get better comments lol you donot look pakistani.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Dr Javed Kanwal who prepared the above video.
BARCELONA, Spain: The Barcelona police kept the correspondent of GEO – http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/usermediafileswithoutpics.asp?uid=12023BARCELONA, Spain: The Barcelona police kept the correspondent of Geo TV, Dr Javed Kanwal, in custody/detention here on Wednesday and released him after more than two hours.
Wajid Shamsul Hassan and Jang Connection through Shaheen Sehbai??? – Wajid Shamsul Hasan completed his MASTERS (MA) IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS in 1962, followed by Bachelor’s degree in Law (BA LLB). After completing his education in 1962, he formally joined Pakistan’s biggest newspaper chain-‘The Jang Group of Newspapers’. He became Editor of its English newspaper ‘The DAILY NEWS’ in early 1969. He also edited Jang’s English Weekly Magazine-‘The Weekly MAG’ from Karachi. While going through the story below please keep one thing in mind that Mr. Wajid Shamsul Hassan [Pakistan High Commission in UK, he had been one of the most Senior Correspondent for Jang Group of Newspapers] was a regular contributor for Mr Shaheen Sehbai’s web based magazine South Asia Tribune [Shaheen Sehbai Founded this magazine after he escaped from Pakistan in 2002 to seek political asylum in USA].
December 13th, 2009 at 9:15 pm
@Farrukh:
well the point you mentioned show u stupid he is right there lol i think u you should read in urdu first and then comment here. offcourse he said right its the democratic institution which represent country not the security agencies security agencies are responsible to protect borders. but i donot like this guy ibrahim
December 13th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
yo man ! Listen ! keep your good-chosen-word-English to your mind if you please.
Yo know, it’s easy to say, bla de bla…bla bla bla….and then again… more bla bla bla….
But listen to me man, u spreading hatred, for so much respected Pak Army , believe me if you scold this institution time and again, make people(even Pakistanis) to grow hatred for “my” Pakistan’s Army, or any other institution, i would say it’s you who is the enemy of Pakistan.
Pakistan doesn’t need enemies from the outside, when it has so much developing inside….
You should use your “English” and energy to spread love, to bring people closer, to stop everything anything that spreads hate among people. Call them towards doing good things, tell them they need to love each other, they need to respect each other, they need to be honest, they need to have what Quaid-e-Azam used to say our “emblem” “Honesty, Unity, Faith and Discipline”…..together as “H-U-D-F”…..in Urdu which means “aim”.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
brahim Sajid Malick I just read two of your stories and both of them seem to be based on fiction more than facts, secondly both contradict each other. In the first story you said that US has told Pakistan army to stay back after the kerry-lugar bill fiasco now you say US has asked ISI to clip wings of the president? This means you are full of crap Please stop advertising your blog.
Thanks
Patriotic Pakistani
-Ali
December 13th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
PAKISTAN PRESS FOUNDATION ON JAVED KANWAL
http://www.pakistanpressfoundation.org/usermediafileswithoutpics.asp?uid=12023
BARCELONA, Spain: The Barcelona police kept the co
BARCELONA, Spain: The Barcelona police kept the correspondent of Geo TV, Dr Javed Kanwal, in custody/detention here on Wednesday and released him after more than two hours. Dr Javed had gone to Spain three days earlier from Italy for preparing a report about the 10 Pakistanis, who were arrested there on suspicion of terrorism.
The police intercepted Javed when he was about to enter the underground railway station to travel to his place after interviewing the caretaker of the Masjid Abu Ayub Ansari. The cops grabbed him, tied his hands behind his back and took him to a police station, where he was questioned on different matters. They also checked him with the help of sniffer dogs. The police also obtained a copy of the two audio-video cassettes on which Dr Javed had recorded the interview.
Immediately after receiving information about the police mistreatment to Dr Javed, the journalist community in Barcelona held an emergency meeting and demanded of the Pakistan government to seek explanation from the Spanish government over the matter.
SOURCE: The News
Date: 1/31/2008
December 13th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
@fawad: Fawad you are a stupid ISI agent who doesn’t even know how to write english. Read his article idiot and read this line: “I am not sure if Wajid Shamsul Hasan is guilty of any crime or not; I feel jury is still out. If he has breached law and if the story is accurate than I hope he will resign and face the legal consequences. But I condemn the way he was framed.”
Are you completely crazy? he is asking his mentor to resign if he has done anything wrong. do you have the courage to ask Gen Kayani to resign for handing over Afia Siddiqi to CIA?
December 13th, 2009 at 9:40 pm
@Arshad: author is saying the same thing. what is your issue? “I am not sure if Wajid Shamsul Hasan is guilty of any crime or not; I feel jury is still out. If he has breached law and if the story is accurate than I hope he will resign and face the legal consequences. But I condemn the way he was framed.”
December 13th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Sajid you are very courageous. May Allah protect from these ISI and army monsters. apna khayal rakhao yeah loog bohat zalim hain.
December 13th, 2009 at 9:47 pm
Dear Malick, our state is still safe because of ISI otherwise the group of greedy politicians (Wajid shams ul Hasan has benefitted from NRO) supported by ppl like u might have sold dis country long long time ago..
Regards,
December 13th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
@Ali Bajwa: do you know how to read? He writes: “Because of the direct orders from their American masters this time around they are being subtle about this sudden change.Instead of removing the elected President Asif Ali Zardari in the middle of the night, they have clipped his wings in broad day light.”
Do you know the meaning of subtle? I guess not. Read both articles together again. If you need help come to NCA, Lahore and ask for Mustafa.
Thanks
December 13th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
There’s absolutely no-doubt about the indecent establishment’s involvement in destabilize democracy – I laughed when our Army Chief met Shabaz Sharif and Chaudry Nisar when he himself put a ban of uniformed men meeting any politicians.
Having said, the whole “fixing” the documents fiasco is “criminal” to say the least; the argument that somehow this will destroy democracy in Pakistan is non-sense and a thinking of a feudal elite. How could one-man’s ouster from office (if he’s going) if he’s found to be corrupt destruction of the whole democratic process? At a same time, the whole argument on NRO that if Supreme Court’s decision might hurt democracy in Pakistan is ridiculous. Instead the President should implement what he promised during his two speeches in the parliament and abolish 58.2b and give full provincial autonomy to the smaller provinces. That would strengthen democracy – do what you could do and not speculate what other could have done or are doing.
As for the Army, it’s time for us Pakistanis to get united and support our Armed Forces in fighting the talibans with all her drawbacks. Army should to now not pay-double with the citizens of Pakistan and wipe out Talibans be it, Pakistani, Afghani or Foreign Taliban.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
Bechara Sajid Malik…..listen hat man…what the hell they are doing in geneva ? simple question ? any answer?
December 13th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
ONE MESSAGE : STOP spreading HATE !!!!
December 13th, 2009 at 10:44 pm
@Bilal: atleast he is standing up for what he believes in. ISI gundas have to hide behind the cover
December 13th, 2009 at 11:46 pm
pak army is the only institution ,sincere to this country,pak army zindabad,pakistan zindabad
December 14th, 2009 at 12:12 am
ur kind of people is big disgrace to the country
u just want to disgrace ISI and pak army to earm some american shoty dollars
ur kind of people can even sell there mother(land)for money
plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz go to hell
pak army zindabad
asif zardari and his bank accounts and money will help him burn quickly in fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 14th, 2009 at 12:15 am
@ Bilal
Brother i got an answer sajid malick will be gasping for air after listening to the word I am going to say, here it goes “he is in Geneva because he is one of the big time freemason, and happily serving Masonic agenda”. what happened Malick cats got your tongue now.
@ Mustafa
Brother i know you’re concerned about malick but the thing is he concerned about you, I am hoping that you have got my point. i do admire your courage upon defending a person that you don’t even know but you see that everybody who have read this blog is against him, but the fact is fact. Mustafa the world you live in would not be even near to reality. First do some extensive research a profiling of a person that who you are in favour or against.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:32 am
I would agree with NIGHAT YASMIN .. She/He is absolutely right .. Sajid Malick is nothing more than a TATTU for the FreeMasons …
@IBRAHIM KHAN ..
Its just my point of view brother .. and i already did translate it to URDU .. thats what we PAKISTANIs do ..
as Urdu is our Maternal language which we best understand too..
i would like to make one more point thou ,, What is democracy??
If the MOnkeys have the HIGHEST population in the JUNGLE .. WILL LIONS START EATING BANANAS???? or WILL GIRRAFFES START HANGING FROM TREES ?? cuz that would be the rule of law then wouldn’t it?? Isn’t it Democracy? Law making for the people by the people .. simply point If 5 million idiots get together and say something .. it doesn’t mean they are right!
Democracy is the Height of Stupidity which man, unfortunately has arrived at.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:01 am
This is all crap. Sajid malick write this topic to get visa of US for him and his family. Sajid malick like people are real shame of pakistan who are defending corrupt president zardari CRAP.
malick is also a crap and will burn in fire soon.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:52 am
Oh dear, could you people ‘try a little too little’ to being tolerant to one another, please? Say whatever you want to, spread whatever you wish to but, gracefully.
Thank you.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:21 am
hahaha the people u degrade so formally and completely in this article are the ones fighting in nwfp, dieing there and not even complaining but saying we’ll get it done. Secondly democracy is a joke may it be the one in US or Pakistan logically thinking voices of millions cannot be heard by the few in charge especially because of the way they hide behind cars and cars of protocol and meeting with each other behind closed doors to decide our fate. To be frank and attempting to be unbiased i’ll agree on one thing a military dictatorship is definitely not the best solution but in the case of our country where most of the population is uneducated and worst uninformed, its the best way to go. For a democracy to work the people voting should be updated with the current affairs and be united enough to consider the needs of the whole country not just their race or province This is the reason why we need someone educated, someone whose fought to save this country from hell come in and save the situation, it has happened in the past and i hope it will happened again. To be practical and keeping the interest of this country first in the agenda i’ll say military ruling is a must in this country because that is the only way we all may it be sindhi, punjabi, pathan or balochis will accept a leader especially when he has a danda in his hand!!
Kapesh!
December 14th, 2009 at 4:08 am
@Salman: you are a disgrace. you want military rule? baba if you want to sell ur sister to fauji than go ahead. our sindhi pride doesnot allow us to be subservient to punjabi millitary.
@Nighat Yasmin: bib you need to understand where he is coming from. he is defending democracy. are u against democracy? did u have zardari so much that you will live under martial law?
@Farrukh: you are a monkey if you don’t understand the value of democracy please read some basic history and political science books.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:15 am
Bravo Mr. Malick for speaking so loudly and clearly in support of democracy.
To all the naysayers and non-believers of democracy- do you know why this form of government has always failed in Pakistan? India and Bangladesh, which sharing a number of cultural and demographic traits with Pakistan, have enjoyed a number of subsequent democratic governments chosen through free and fair elections. Here are four explanations:
1.Insufficient assertiveness by legislators – The elected representatives were by and large not aware of their rights and responsibilities and no effective system was evolved to make these representatives aware of their responsibilities.
2.Cultivation of democratic elites disrupted by military governance – During the periods of military rule, the political process which on its own momentum develops new leadership in the country came to a halt. Whenever democracy was restored, the process did not continue long enough to allow new leadership to emerge.
3.Alienation and disengagement of educated middle classes from politics – The educated classes mostly from the middle class remained largely unconcerned about the political process. They were either ignored or got disillusioned because they saw no prospects for them in the process. The political activity remained largely confined to the moneyed class or the street toughs. The educated middle class, professionals, scholars, minorities and women need to be encouraged to join the political process more actively.
4.Lack of active citizenry exercising accountability – There had been no initiative taken by the citizens to monitor the performance of the elected representatives and elected bodies and to hold them accountable to their voters on the basis of their track record.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:19 am
@Nighat Yasmin: if mr. malick is gasping for air maybe u should give him mouth-to-mouth
December 14th, 2009 at 4:33 am
Malick sahab, get a life.
I know youre being paid to write this shit. BUt I think its time you start being honest to the world, if not honest to your profession.
And yes, its coz of the ISI that we stand with confidence today. Not coz of idiots like you or zardari-cocksucker!
So its time to go to hell. Please make a line.
Regards.
Sheikh
December 14th, 2009 at 4:46 am
@Qadeer: General Kiyani is our “Jan”, he is our “beloved”, Mind your language about him or I will rip your tongue from your throat, Mind it.
December 14th, 2009 at 4:50 am
Everyone as a right to come out with their opinions. All i ask is to wait and support the army till they’re fighting on the western borders. Please? After all, don’t we all agree that this time around the operation is backed by the whole nation? Are you not part of it?
December 14th, 2009 at 4:55 am
People people, love each other….. stop fighting… do i need to remind you of the Holy saying “Aur apis mein tafaruqa na phelao” meaning “don’t create discrimination and differences amongst yourselves”…
Try to stand united people…. be graceful, be nice, follow “H-U-D-F” (Honour, Unity, Faith, Discipline), it’s gonna help you a lot.
People one more thing, there’s a lot out there today, which you see, which you read, which you watch. Not all of it is what you should swallow blindly. Try to be more open minded, try to look, think then act. People, small things can create hatred, some things which are subtle, which underlying some nice words, may actually do something else.
What’s gonna help us and this country (if we really want to do something), is do demolish all differences, hatred, and other bad things amongst us. Don’t listen or read crap (u know wat i mean), and stay united. United we stand divided we fall….
Gracias !
December 14th, 2009 at 5:46 am
@Falak Sher Khan: he souns like more than your ‘jan’. maybe he is your lover? he is a corrupt general who ran this country to ground as ISI chief.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:11 am
hahahaha..operation ‘kill democracy’
this is the most ridiculous thing i’ve ever ever heard lolzzz
December 14th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Sindhi, Baluch and Pushtun are united against Punjab’s imperialist army. Kayani and Shuja are like Bush and Cheney.
Stop killing and looting the indigeouns people… Death to Punjabi army!
December 14th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Now somebody tell this pathan something….. i can’t stand such people i am allergic to bullshit..
December 14th, 2009 at 10:30 am
Well the advertisements of this person not only appear on facebook but in google adds services and other high traffic sites.The question is what is the aim of spending money on advertisements and providing free blog services?
May be he is sponsored and with mission to brainwash patriotic Pakistanis against Army etc.
Readers please note that some readers comments may come from other country disguising their self and showing that they are pakistani like Pathan.
December 14th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Pakistan Army is great!!.. ISI is the world’s best organisation!.. We pakistanis are always with Army and ISI. We love our Army and ISI.. anyone who tries to abuse Army or ISI is definitely, 100% enemy of Pakistan!.. So, is you Malick!!!…….
December 14th, 2009 at 10:47 am
Well, there are few questions which can be answered by 100% population of our country..
Who is the most Corrupt/cheapest person of our country ??
Ans. ___ (hint: dog)
Well, the bastard govt is spending millions of nations money, just to make his impression better.. This blog is just an example.
@pathan.. you are an indian.. don’t hide your identity. WEll pathans know that more percentage of Pakistan Army belongs to Sind + Nwfp then its punjab + balouchistan… So, your statement “punjabi army” is sooooper pathetic like yourself…
December 14th, 2009 at 10:56 am
Again the real rulers of this country are trying to derail the fragile democracy. As always, they are using judiciary for this adventure. But this time it will cost them heavily. Army is no more strong that it can afford games. Its myth of strength is decisively questioned by continuous attacks on its high command by its own one time blue eyed boys. It is tragic that instead of empowering democratic govt to unite the nation against the evil power of terrorists, its intelligence agencies are playing their favorite power games. The real problem with this country is that our urban elite is not ready to share power with the masses. They think themselves more intelligent to decide about the future of this country. PPP has always been very popular with the rural and under privileged people, which make it very much unpopular with the urban elite. Further its leadership belongs to Rural Sindh, which make Islamabad doubtful. Establishment of this country is not ready to trust on any Sindhi.
December 14th, 2009 at 11:09 am
huh hassan u need to just learn by the fact tht this democratic government has done nothing for the country
they have just earned welath and they will again leave and go in”SELF-IMPOSED EXCILE”
they are shits and need to be killed
pak army zindabad
“democracy is the biggest revenge from the people of pakistan”
December 14th, 2009 at 11:38 am
another loose story from a looser!!!!
whr da hell did dis good for nothing writer came from?
December 14th, 2009 at 11:41 am
ibrahim sajid malick=american paid prostitue!
December 14th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
@hassan: I agree 100%
@MAK: Come to Peshawar and I will give my bull and shit both
@Jawad Khan: I would rather be Indian than Punjabi. Call me 091-9216469 and ask for Azmat Hayat Khan and I will let you know more.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
@zaraq khan: just because u don’t agree with him that makes him an agent? that is total rubbish.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
People of Pakistan have only suffered hardships and traumas at the hands of its own armed forces. The dream of an independent Pakistan has gone sour because of all the military generals who are acting no less than like a mafia or gang at national level. Imagine a mafia “legally” consuming more than 80% of the national resources and armed to the teeth with all kinds of weapons.
The country suffered a great loss in 1971 when its own Army surrendered in shame after committing one of the worst human right crimes in history and perpetrating the holocaust of three million people who were the citizens of Pakistan. That was just the beginning.
In the last six decades Pakistan Army has transformed into an organized crime syndicate and a business mafia that occupies the country it proclaims to defend. This criminal organization is the biggest stake holder and stock holder in every big business of Pakistan by virtue of the power it has.
Pakistan military has the biggest share in Pakistan’s stock exchange. It operates commercial bank, airline, steel, cement, telecom, petroleum and energy, education, sports, health care and even chains of grocery shops and bakeries.
In short, the military’s monopoly is present in every sector of Pakistan economy. To the contrary, its performance at the professional level is zero. Instead of defending Pakistan, it has undermined the very foundations of this country. Particularly, under General Musharraf, it has bankrupted Pakistan of its ideological grounds for existence. Instead of defending its physical borders, the army that is being ranked as the seventh biggest army in the world has only brought embarrassment to the nation in the battle fields of Kargil and Dhaka. On top of that, since 2001, it has started acting like occupation force in many parts of the country. Bombing homes, mosques and schools has become a routine.
Although the military permanently remained very active behind the political scene, the criminal Generals of Pakistan betrayed the nation four times by breaking their oath and constitution and overthrowing civilian governments.
They over threw elected government and captured the power to fulfill their evil desires and to protect the interests of their imperialist masters. The Pakistani Army has played an evil role in mainstream politics throughout the history with the objective to manipulate everything to their advantage.
Even though Pakistan is a republic, the military Generals have ruled the country more than public representatives. It is because of these Generals that a people’s government could not take root in Pakistan.
The Generals of Pakistan consider themselves above every law and they take pride in disobeying orders from civilian government.
If you want to respond, please do without coercing or cursing. These are the only things you guys know.
December 14th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
@Pervez: Finaly some intelliegent voice. Land of Pakistan has been suffering the rule of these ambitious and opportunist military Generals denying people their right to self-determination and dancing at the tunes from Washington and London. It is the responsibility of conscientious people from around the world to raise voice against this cruel dictatorship and show support and solidarity with the people of Pakistan who had been a victim of cruelty of its Fascist Army sine 1952.
Mr. Malick whereever you are please keep doing what you are doing. Don’t let these rats intimidate you. People of Pakistan are with you.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Hey yo pathan, watever… whoever…wherever you are, i dun care u in shit or an a hole. Listen man, i am not kind to people who are not kind to my country….
And what happened to all you people, who can speak there mind well, i have seen it (in a general sense) that people who can use good English to express there minds out, are generally against Pakistan Army, this n that. I dunno what happened to you guys.
Pak Army, army generals, army this, f this f that. I mean when you talk of Pakistan’s Army (you guys who are against it always), always condemn it’s actions like it’s something not owned by you guys, that it’s something that is not of your country. Man there are a lot of things out there that you need to condemn, there are a lot of things destroying you from the inside, that you don’t talk about.
Every one of you guys who speak against army, have you ever condemned your governmental institutions if any ??? have you spread hatred about them as you do for army ? You don’t because you know they hold the immediate power to hurt you, where army can’t hurt you because you can hide behind the wall of law. You guys put blame on army, look at your own selves bro….. WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR THIS COUNTRY ???
Doing shit ? learning, studying, getting knowledge go abroad (it’s just for discussion i know, not everyone does that), come back, do everything for your own benefit, what have you given to this country? You just criticize using fancy words, thinking you have the power to persuade so you can do everything and you are right always ?
You speak fancy words, monopolists, mafia, crime syndicate, criminals, i mean who gave you the right to speak these words who ARE you ? Are you a mother/father of a son who lost his life for Pakistan ? Are you someone who suggested a solution to a long prevailing problem in Pakistan ? Are you a true descendant of a patriot? Are you someone who’s running a non-profit organization to help people of Pakistan ? Are you the law maker of the country ? Are you an angel, above and beyond any responsibility towards your country ?
I’ll tell you who you are, you are just someone who’s dazzled by the idea of speaking against something YOU think is right. And speaking so blindly that you don’t even know where you are going !
@ Parvez : And you pervez my dear, if i am a person who doesn’t read much or know my surrounding, and if i don’t have the ability to think (which most people don’t), after seeing your post, i would feel that you are not talking about and army but group of people just after destroying the country ? Listen baby, you don’t even know about Pak army, go live with them for a while, go share views with those who are actually fighting, bombing mosques, schools eh ? Being an army personnel gives you way more pool of ground realities that would extend your vision of thinking. I am not an army personnel, but i know that it’s not right. There are many a facts out there, who we don’t even know about, and just using our words, we scold so much, believe me man, we have a very short sihted view of realities so don’t say so much when you don’t (maybe we can;t) know much.
And you pathan, hahah you are a funny guy i don’t know where you live, but i live in Pakistan. call 0900-78601 to know more… :p a hole.
For those out there, who still have a little sense remaining in the very conscious corners of their minds, please feel the need of staying united.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Yo Hamza, people of Pakistan .. man they are not with him …. and you say dancing tunes from washington, baby, what is your president doing IN washington ? he wants to hug the pretty lady ? dancing tunes, my foot.
December 14th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
ithink this article is rubish not the reality pakistan army zindabad
December 14th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
Now if you ask so i tell,
only just a fact that i know (if someone know who i am, they are gonna come after me).
You say so much about army eh ?
What is your so called Democratic institution doing ? Overthrowing rules and regulations to make their own people benefit ?
Where is this just in the whole ***ing world, that a clerk, after 10-11 years, gets a lump sum pay, and posted directly to a dupty director job in one of your own very banks in Pindi.
This is just one case man, there a lot, a lot of things that we might not know, so stop speaking with your restricted views…
People of Pakistan, know about the army, you don’t need to tell. You think, your ****ing democratic government is in place to save Pakistan ? bah ! they are not. I am not against democracy though, it’s a good idea for the people to be ruled by the people they like isn’t it.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
@MAK: Under the military rule, the whole country has become a cantonment. Military is dominating the life in Pakistan. Fascist Army has captured every civil institution including schools, universities, factories, hospitals, public offices and public utility services.
Pakistan Army has grabbed a large area of state owned land and it is being allotted to Military officers.
They are looting all resources of the nation.
Musharraf bastard sold profitable national assets at throw-away prices and got huge kickbacks. Such corruption cases were exposed before the Supreme Court but Musharraf misused his power and used every dictatorial method to control protests against his corruptions.
And, do you know was destroying the political process? Your idiot Kayani..
People of Pakistan are under a continuous state of fear because of ISI and army. People are afraid to speak as they have seen how Military rulers killed Nawab Bugti for raising voice against dictatorship. Even international media is silent because army is supported by Washington based masters. Price for the fascist acts of Generals is being paid by common Pakistanis who are suffering poverty and humility.
December 14th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
@Aamir Mughal: very interesting Mughal Sahab. so you think this kanwal charecter is suspicious or what?
December 14th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
There are many educated Pakistanis looking for jobs but GEO TV hires
an individual who does not know how to speak properly, does not have
the manners to address others and behaves like a police havaldar. This
person, out of his naive exuberance reports that Wajid Shamsul
Hassan’s collecting of documents from Zardari’s lawyer in Geneva is a
heinous criminal activity. The ISI/army is digging us deeper with
their wars against Baluch and Pukhtuns but soon the Sindhis might have
to face their wrath again. These are very troubling times for the
country.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Listen Hamza, i don’t know why are you so much against army. Like army has done something personally wrong to you. You ask for owning lands and this and that.
How do you justify one owning 31 cars ? One of your ministers ? Do you think you are able to speak againsst zardari ? If you are go out and speak out loud, someone will tell you what happens to you.
You always want to put all the blame on Musharraf, like everyone else is ana angel eh ? Atleast, he can let the people speak, if you remember one mulla speakin against him in a congregation.
And you talk of looiting, there’s much harm that your one president, or his pesticides ministers do to the state, i don’t think so i need to tell that to anyone, everyone knows about it.
Just because it’s easy to scold army, does not give you the right to speak anything, based on your personal emotions against the so respected institution.
Your president, huh, in a closed door meeting, Benazir’s will was opened and he got to lead the party as a vice ? Do you expect me to believe that shit ? A person who personally Benazir didn’t want to come into politics and abstained him from engaging in it? bah !
No one is under fear of Kayani, army, or ISI. Yeah i am under fear what your defence ministers, president or other pesticides may do to my country.
And please STOP mixing personal hatred with facts, if you please.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Againt, no one knows about the real facts, you are only told, what THEY want you to know.
About bugti there are a lot of things which you don’t know, maybe we can’t know……..
Have you ever spoken to a person under the rule of bugti’s by yourself ? Without telling them that you are doing so ? Talk to me when you’ve done that.
December 14th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
>>> Sorry, replace “Pesticide” with “Parasite”, i mean parasite…. :p my bad…. <<<<
December 14th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
the moment one see your face Mr Sajid one could see very easily what a real khabees you are like masters like a DOG wanker !!!
GET A LYF BITCH
December 14th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
@Hamza:
Dear Hamza Sahab,
Dr Javed Kanwal is just a small fish in a big game, a glimpse from 90s is as under: Kamal Azfar & Threats To The Democracy in Pakistan.
http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2009/12/kamal-azfar-threats-to-democracy-in.html
December 15th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Respected Pakistanies…… We are all Pakistanies so please dont CRY.
Thanks.
December 15th, 2009 at 1:28 am
my doggy come to me i will feed you coz you are a jew full of poisionous cospiracies in ur blood, an idiot owl baba ibrahim come to pakistan then c ur vvip treatment at thana gawalmundi drawing room dats waiting for you since you have started spreading hate for pakistan ….. don’t forget you will find the same result for u & ur family what u are planting for pakistan’s image worldwide
December 15th, 2009 at 1:48 am
You are right
Kiyani was alsi ISI head when ISI was selling pakistani’s to US
Kiyani has earned a lot from tht
These filthy generals should be hanged on constitution avenue
December 15th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Well this certainly is a lop sided assessment of the fiasco. If et all ISI is involved why go out of the way to defend AZ and his cronies. Come on Mr. Malick اس حمام میں بہت سارے بے لباس ہیں no need to side with either parties
December 15th, 2009 at 3:21 am
@MAK: Pakistani society has been militarizied and corrupted by these generals. Nowhere I have said a word against the soldiers- who are also exploited by these generals.
MAK sahab please look at the history. International Fund for Peace declared Pakistan a failed state in 2006 because of the policies of General Musharraf. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch condemned the criminal policies of the fascist General. Transparency International ranked his government as most corrupt in the history of Pakistan. But he was not willing to leave the office, ignoring protests in the country, condemnation worldwide and worsening situations of homeland security, national economy and human rights.
Like other generals before him- Musharaf sunk us so deep we can hardly breath. General Kayani was ISI chief at a time when Pakistanis were being kidnapped by this agency and were being handed over to CIA. Kayani and Musharaf sold Pakistanis to America. What happened to Dr. Afia Siddiqi and her little kids? Kindly explain…
December 15th, 2009 at 3:24 am
@Aamir Mughal: Great article Mughal Sahab. I am impressed with the depth of your knowledge. When did you work for IB?
December 15th, 2009 at 3:59 am
look at all of you deluded guys. you guys dont even know that the amercan gov has taken your pants off and ur running naked. We dont even remember that these guys including india took advantage of the Qaum’s foolery and endless bikering and permanent greed to break pakistan (east and west Pakistan that is), they all ready broke pakistan and were still deluded that pak fauj will give biffiting reply to one who castes an evil eye on pakistan. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha! God save us from our relatives, we’ll take care of our ememies ourselves!!!
December 15th, 2009 at 4:34 am
i would really like to comment on that Hamza, when i have done my homework i’ll come back to you. Actually i am having exams these days.
But then again Hamza, one point to ponder about. We CANNOT put all the blanme on Musharraf or any other single person, i mean if we can scold Musharraf so much, why don’t we scold all the other bad people out there ? Why can’t you raise fingers at Zardari ? Rehman Malik ? Nazim of karachi ? the sufi sahab in london his highness mr. Altaf Hussain ? And so many other people ? Why ? because they are in power to hurt you back if you are found raising fingers at them, in a way in broad day light, and you won’t be able to question them, that’s why.
I think rather then blaming people, if we in ourselves can inculcate true sense of patriotism, honesty and faithfulness, and in whatever positions we are, if we perform above and beyond the call of duty, i think no one, no bad person would dare to lead a NATION like it, but now, we are divided, we fight, we scold each other, we use our energies and words, to gain appreciation self content and so on. A NATION has to stand united, and let me ask you, what happens if your brother start doing wrong deeds ? Do you scold him consider him an alien in your house ? No, you care for the idea of being a family, that’s what we are, we all Pakistanis are a family, there’s no Sindhi, no punajbi no Pashtun, No Baluch, no kashmiri, all Pakistani. These are just people aspired by a different culture. So, we should treat us all like a family, like our own family, not scolding, but really DOING something to rectify, taking all the people along.
Because, you know too, it’s always easy to put the blame on others, esp to the previous establishment so that you can hide your own weaknesses. It’s a renowned fact which you can’t deny.
So treat anyone you hate like a person, not a whole institution !
Live in peace, spread love.
December 15th, 2009 at 4:43 am
@Qadeer: Yes he is, & everyone like him who is doing something for Pakistan, not like you people who mostly belong to some indian cell, paid to write against Pakistan, I know ur games, jst let us get free from these paid non muslims bastard talibans than we will see all of u bullshit spreaders & people like this writer,
December 15th, 2009 at 7:57 am
@Hamza:
Hamza Sahab,
I am proud that I served Pakistan by being an employee of Intelligence Bureau from 1990 to 2001 and honourably resigned in 2001.
December 15th, 2009 at 8:40 am
@Aamir Mughal: You should be proud. IB is a good organizatin. I wish ISI had not undermined it so much. I like your blog too
December 15th, 2009 at 8:44 am
@MAK: Please work hard and prepare for exam. We will talk later. Internet is not going anywhere
We may not agree on everything but I see that you are sensible.
You absolutely right – we should keep Altaf Hussain, Nawaz Sharif, Imran Khan, Zardari, army generals and everyone else in position of power ‘honest’.
Good luck with your exams!
December 15th, 2009 at 9:07 am
@Falak Sher Khan: I am as Pakistani as it gets. These Talibans are ISI creation anyway. If Pak army had the courage to kick India’s ass, I will be on the frontline. But how can I forget 1965, 1971, 1999? These hijras can never win a war.
Cheers,
December 15th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
@ CHANDIO …
You decide whats right and wrong by looking at History? im sorry to say this but your the monkey in this case ..
You wanna decide whats right and wrong ,, well you can’t because you are just a human .. and our standards change time to time …
You think Democracy is right .. three words for you brother ..
READ THE QURAN …
if you believe in it .. then you might even find the answer .. Democracy is just a hoax created by people who want power in this world .. thats it!
December 15th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
@Jawad Khan: IQBAL WARNED US ABT DEMOCRACY
Jamhooriat woh tarze hukoomat hai jisme bandon ko gina karte hain tola nahin karte
is raaz ko farangi(AMERICA) ne kiya fash….
harchand ke danAA ise bola nahin karte…
WHT IS THE CRAPPY SYSTEMMMM…..ALL AROUND THE WORLD WE HAVE A TOTAL OF TWO OR THREE PARTIES…..PPL JUST GET TO CHOOSE BETWEEN TWO PPL BOTH EQUALLY AS BAD…AND WE CALL THIS AN ELECTED GOVTTTT….IMAGINE YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A DICKHEAD AND A PIGHEAD!!!! I’D RATHER NOT SKIP THIS RIGHT TO CHOOSE!!!!
December 15th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
@lollzz: In his 6th speech on ‘Reconstruction of religious thought in Islam’, Allama Iqbal stated that Islamic state is established on the principles of freedom, equality, and the absolute principles of stability. Therefore the principles of democratic rule is not only similar with the fundamental aspects of Islam rather the executing powers are enhanced in the Muslim world (Mohakabi Iqbal, Iqbal the Great Poet by Dr. Abu Said Nuruddin)
Iqbal observed, should the foundation of democracy rests upon spiritual and moral values, it would be the best political system. He wrote in the “The New Era” on its 28th July, 1917 issue: that democracy was born in Europe from economic renaissance that took place in most of its societies…….But Islamic democracy is not developed from the idea of economic advancement rather it is a spiritual principle that comes from the principle that everybody is a source of power whose possibilities can be developed through virtue and character”. [Mohakabi Iqbal ( Iqbal the Great Poet) by Dr. Abu Said Nuruddin, page -239)
That means according to Iqbal Islam prescribes democracy under the law of Allah.
December 15th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
@Farrukh: Democracy is an aspect of Islam, while dictatorship contradicts it. The tyrant acts like God, making the people submit to him and punishing them if they do not. The tyrant is never accountable to his people. The Muslim tyrant puts himself higher than the prophet Mohammed, who was democratic in his dealings with others. In this way, the Muslim tyrant indirectly claims the status of a god beside the One God. Moreover, dictatorship is also opposed to justice, which is the basic aim of all the divine messages of God. Justice is the basic foundation of Islamic laws. This means that democracy, taken as an aspect of justice, is a central part of the Islamic faith and should be considered one of Islam’s ritual commandments.
In a sura, or chapter, named Al-Shura, or democracy, the Quran describes Muslim society as one in which individuals respond to their Lord, observe their prayers, whose affairs are by consultation among them, and from whose provisions they donate (42:38).
In this verse, the commandment of shura, or consultation, appears between the two famous commandments of prayer and charity (salat and zakat). Like every ritual commandment in Islam, shura is a personal duty, which no one can perform on behalf of another. Put another way, no one can represent anyone but himself. Shura represents the kind of direct democracy in which all the people participate in the meetings held to discuss community affairs. In addition, Muslims are urged to practice shura in their work and family lives, much like they are exhorted to pray five times a day.
The chapter on shura was revealed in Mecca, where Muslims were persecuted by the Quraysh tribe but continued to hold secret meetings in the home of Al Arkam in the spirit of shura. And they continued to practice it publicly in their new state of Al Madina.
Yet the tradition of attending open meetings with the prophet and discussing their affairs was a new one for the inhabitants of Al Madina. Some of them left the meetings with or without excuse. Because it is a ritual commandment in Islam, God strongly warned Muslims that He would punish them in this life and in the hereafter if they abandoned their meetings.[24:62-to 64]
December 16th, 2009 at 12:24 am
Dear Editor
The Funniest Thing rather a Fact that Jang Group of Newspapers had raised hell against the Former Senator Saifur Rehman during 1999
Senator Saifur Rehman (PML-N) VS Jang Group of Newspapers. [http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2009/11/senator-saifur-rehman-pml-n-vs-jang.html ] and in 20009 it is the same Jang Group of Newspapers i.e. Mir Shakilur Rehman [MSR] Dr Shahid Masood, Muhammad Saleh Zaafir, Kamran Khan, Ansar Abbasi, Muhammad Ahmed Noorani AND OTHERS who are making a Hero out of Saifur Reham [as per law a proclaimed offender and fugitive] him, and telecasting his live program on Meray Mutabiq GEO TV DATED 14 DEC 2009, watch the program, read the news and lament on the hypocrisy of Pakistani media:
Meray Mutabiq 14 December 2009 [Free Video]
http://thecurrentaffairs.com/meray-mutabiq-14-december-2009.html
Post subject: Meray Mutabiq – 14 Dec 2009 (Saif ur Rehman) Must Watch
http://www.siasat.pk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=14096
in Meray Mutabiq Dr. Shahid Masood brings a fresh episode of Meray Mutabiq discussing corruption issue with Saif ur Rehman.
http://pkpolitics.com/2009/12/14/meray-mutabiq-14-decemebr-2009/
Article of Shahid Masood in Dail Jang Dated 15-12-2009 WAS PUBLISHED ON INTERNET BUT NO MORE ON JANG SITE BUT IT MUST BE ON HARD COPY. It is removed at 1939 dated 15-12-2009.
More on Senator Saifur Rehman:
December 17th, 2009 at 12:34 am
Roedad Khan filed petition against NRO but who will look into the affairs of Roedad Khan???
Now, my friend Roedad Khan, perpetual bureaucrat steeped in the art of bureaucracy, yet again ready to serve his country, has reacted in a letter printed in this newspaper on July 26. Apparently, his innocence has been injured. He denies having had any connection with those in President Ghulam Ishaq’s secretariat who were paid to ‘fix’ the 1991 elections. We never learn from history-3 By Ardeshir Cowasjee 11 August 2002 Sunday 01 Jamadi-us-Saani 1423 http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/20020811.htm
December 17th, 2009 at 12:35 am
Roedad Khan and NRO
Mehrangate exposures which had recently appeared in the press, asking how the inquiry was progressing, and giving his own views. They exchanged information, each believing the other was being informed. They talked about how COAS Aslam Beg (sporter of shades in the shade) managed to get Rs 14 crore (140 million) from Yunis Habib, then of Habib Bank. This was deposited in the ‘Survey Section 202′ account of Military Intelligence (then headed by Major-General Javed Ashraf Kazi). From there Rs 6 crore was paid to President Ghulam Ishaq Khan’s election cellmates (General Rafaqat, Roedad Khan, Ijlal Hyder Zaidi, etc.), and Rs 8 crore transferred to the ISI account. We never learn from history By Ardeshir Cowasjee dated 21 July 2002 Sunday 10 Jamadi-ul-Awwal 1423 http://www.dawn.com/weekly/cowas/20020721.htm
December 17th, 2009 at 12:37 am
A quick sentence on this would do!!:)
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
December 17th, 2009 at 12:38 am
How about a sentence or two:)
What about a Sentence on this?
PAKISTAN: Corruption cases against Generals, Air Marshals and Admirals are the test of an independent judiciary http://www.ahrchk.net/statements/mainfile.php/2009statements/2332
December 17th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Fixing the Bhuttos and Zardari too!!!
It said in February 2001, the Sunday Times published a report based on transcripts of 32 audio tapes, which revealed that Qayyum convicted Benazir Bhutto and Zardari for political reasons. The transcripts of the recordings reproduced by the newspaper showed that Qayyum asked the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif’s anti-corruption chief, Saifur Rehman, for advice on the sentence: “Now you tell me how much punishment do you want me to give her?” Malik Qayyum in new row over rigging By Muhammad Ahmad Noorani AG caught on tape again; denies HRW report Saturday, February 16, 2008 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=12981
The Friday Times, Editorial by Najam Sethi, Feb. 15, 2001
http://www.chowk.com/interacts/4948/1/0/a
The Sunday Times of London has recently published a story that damns politicians and state institutions alike in Pakistan. The report suggests that an official of the Intelligence Bureau was ordered in 1998 by the head of the Accountability Bureau, Mr Saif ur Rehman, to tap the telephones of Justice Abdul Qayyum of the Lahore High Court (illegal order by politicians, illegal implementation by IB). The IB official later pocketed the tapes and decamped to London, eventually handing them over to the British newspaper. If true, the conversations between Justice Qayyum and Saif ur Rehman, Khalid Anwar (then law minister), Mrs Abdul Qayyum and others are fascinating because they reveal the political bankruptcy of the system and those who are elected or nominated to make it work.
The tapes suggest that Justice Qayyum was bullied by the then prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his minions into convicting former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and her spouse Asif Zardari for corruption in 1998. This means that – irrespective of the substantial evidence laid against the two accused – the trial wasn`t conducted entirely in a free or fair manner as required by law. Ms Bhutto shrieked as much during and after the trial but critics, including TFT, dismissed her allegations against Justice Qayyum as inconceivable. Hence when the review petition comes up for hearing before the Supreme Court on February 26, the court will be hard put to choose between acquitting the couple or ordering a fresh trial. If it clings to a third option – upholding the verdict – it risks being tarred by the same brush.
December 17th, 2009 at 9:35 am
@Aamir Mughal: Oh my God! I didn’t know Pakistani generals were corrupt
Of course everyone knows that but Mughal sahab thanks compiling all this information. I can now send it to all the Army Lovers
December 17th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
TRAITORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
Sajid Malick You are getting funds to write against Pakistan.
We love Pakistan Army and ISI. They are the defenders of our Mother land.
Pakistan Zindabad
Pakistan Army & ISI Zindabad
December 17th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Sajid Malick , wajid ya haqqani Pakistan Aayaa to tumsaab ko qatal kar daingay RAW, CIA aur MOSSAD—-You are getting funds to write against Pakistan.
We love Pakistan Army and ISI. They are the defenders of our Mother land.
Pakistan Zindabad
Pakistan Army & ISI Zindabad
December 18th, 2009 at 5:21 am
@100 Patriotic Pakistani:
Indeed Zindabad with a Track Record like this!
The series of assassinations in Former East Pakistan [now Bangladesh] was started from 1969 when a Shams Duaa-Haa, professor of Chemistry in Rajshahi University, was assassinated in daylight. Let me explain what the Al-Badar and Al-Shams were and are? Al-Badar was and is militant wing of Jamait Islami and a paramilitary force formed in Bangladesh in 1971 by General Yahya INC. Al-Badar forget that what the real Jihad is ? And fight against the Muslims in Bangladesh, Bengalis use to call Al-Badar as “Butcher of Bangladesh.” The Al Badar was assigned a variety of combat and non-combat tasks including taking part in the operations, spying against Bengali Intellectuals, interrogation, working as the guides for Tikka Khan and Niazi, assassination, detecting and killing Bengali intellectuals. The force was composed of madrassah students-teachers, supporters of Muslim League and Jamait Islami. History tell us that killings which began on 25 March 1971 and sparked the Bangladesh Liberation War and also led to the deaths of at least 26,000 people as admitted by Pakistan on one hand (by the Hamoodur Rahman Commission) and 3,000,000 by Bangladesh on the other hand, (From 1972 to 1975 the first post-war prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, mentioned on several occasions that at least three million died).
Doctor Fazl Rabbi was an eye specialist; he was kidnapped by Al-Badar. Next day his body was found from a drainage line. His both eyes were vanished and there were marks of switchblade. “What should we think about such peccadilloes?”
Ex-militants of Al-Badar are settled in UK and other European countries and they are appointed as cleric of mosques there. And I want to remind the readers that too, “Jamait Islami’s former leader Maulana Modudi had rejected the theory of Pakistan but since 1947, when Pakistan came into being, it is claimed by the leaders of Jamait Islami that they are playing leading role of toady.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:23 am
@100 Patriotic Pakistani:
Indeed Zindabad with a Track Record like this!
Let give you a glimpse as to who is ruling and ruining and running the country:
Read…
Hamoodur Rahman Commission Report
http://www.bangla2000.com/Bangladesh/Independence-War/Report-Hamoodur-Rahman/default.shtm
Chapter 1
The Moral Aspect
Introductory
In Chapter I of Part V of the Main Report, we have dealt at some length with the moral aspect of the causes of our defeat in the 1971 War. This became necessary in view of the vehement assertions made before the Commission by a large number of respectable witnesses drawn from various sections of society, including highly placed and responsible Service Officers, to the effect that due to corruption arising out of the performance of Martial Law duties, lust for wine and women and greed for lands and houses, a large number of senior Army Officers, particularly those occupying the highest positions, had not only lost the will to fight but also the professional competence necessary for taking the vital and critical decisions demanded of them for the successful prosecution of the war. It was asserted by these witnesses that men given to a disreputable way of life could hardly be expected to lead the Pakistan Army to victory http://www.bangla2000.com/Bangladesh/Independence-War/Report-Hamoodur-Rahman/chapter1.shtm
December 19th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
@Kashif Naqvi:
sorry brother why you saying only politicians have you forgotten who sold Army ISI shame on you we always forget the facts.
December 19th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
@khan: @khan:
December 19th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
@khan:
Where is CJ and day to day proceedings like NRO on this case, watch the BBC documentary.
’سیف اللہ پر نیو یارک میں مقدمہ نہ چلائیں‘
ریاض سہیل
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچ
آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعـء, 18 دسمبر, 2009, 18:52 GMT 23:52 PST
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/pakistan/2009/12/091218_paracha_icrc_rh.shtml
December 20th, 2009 at 4:25 am
@Pathan..
You *** indian, you bitch.. I called that number, the guy replied he loves Punjab.. His daughter’s are married with punjabi boys. Why would he bullshit like that..
December 20th, 2009 at 8:16 am
PAKISTAN ARMY JUSTICE:
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 21st, 2009 at 10:30 pm
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
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