Showing posts with label Parliament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parliament. Show all posts

Saturday, January 20, 2018

Accursed Parliament of Pakistan and Blessed Sham Referendum



The joint opposition’s gathering to seek ouster of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government ended abruptly on Wednesday after Sheikh Rashid’s repeated cursing of parliament and announcement of resignation from his National Assembly seat prompted Imran Khan to consider quitting the assemblies on the grounds that parliament had lost its utility in protecting people’s rights. (Lahore rally yields no concrete plan to oust Sharif's Dawn Ahmad Fraz Khan January 18, 2018) In an unusual turn of events, lawmakers in the National Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday slamming two of their own colleagues — Imran Khan and Sheikh Rashid Ahmad — for cursing parliament during Wed­nesday’s protest in Lahore. But at a press conference held shortly afterwards, a defiant Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief brushed aside the criticism and doubled down on his remarks, saying he didn’t care if the assembly passed a hundred resolutions against him. (NA slams Imran, Rashid for ‘cursing parliament’ (Dawn Amir Wasim | Iftikhar A. Khan January 19, 2018) Addressing a large gathering on Mall Road in Lahore, Imran Khan voiced his wrath against the Parliament for allowing Nawaz Sharif, who he called money-launder, to head his political party. Imran Khan justified his slur in a couple of tweets on micro-blogging website, Twitter, saying, “When a Parliament, which must protect nation's interests, passes a person-specific law allowing a disqualified person guilty of Rs 3 bn money laundering, tax evasion, concealment of assets, forgery & perjury to become head of a political party, then such a law is a "laanath" on Parliament.” Reference: (Imran Khan justifies ‘lanat’ to Parliament January 18, 2018 By Samaa)


Imran Khan justifies ‘lanat (curse)’ to Parliament and Hero of Aitzaz Ahsan



How USA Backed Military Dictator General Ziaul Haq Ruined Pakistani Politics




“What is the Constitution? It is a booklet with ten or twelve pages. I can tear them up and say that from tomorrow, we shall live under a different system. Is there anybody to stop me? Today the people will follow wherever I lead. All the politicians, including the once mighty Mr Bhutto, will follow me with their tails wagging.” — General Ziaul Haq: Reported by Iranian publication, Kayhan International, on September 18, 1977. Reference: (A leaf from history: Furious Zia gets Bhutto re-arrested by Shaikh Aziz June 15, 2014 Dawn)



He also condemned the statements of Benazir Bhutto whose recent remarks were solely directed to undermine Pakistan’s interest only to seek the blessings of her foreign masters in her quest for power. (Imran flays Bush for pressurizing Pakistan - Dawn June 01, 2002) While commenting after a huge bomb blast in PPP rally resulted in numbers of casualty , the Einstein aka Imran Khan had to say this "I'm sorry to say this, but the bombing of Benazir Bhutto's cavalcade as she paraded through Karachi on Thursday night was a tragedy almost waiting to happen. You could argue it was inevitable.Everyone here knew there was going to be a huge crowd turning up to see her return after eight years in self-imposed exile. Everyone also knows that there has been a spate of suicide bombings in Pakistan lately, especially in the frontier region where I am campaigning at the moment. How was it ever going to be possible to monitor such a large crowd and guarantee that no suicide bombers would infiltrate it? This may sound equally harsh, but she has only herself to blame. By making a deal with Musharraf's government — a deal brokered by the British as well as the Americans, by the way — she was hoping to get herself off the corruption charges that have been levelled against her. Reference: (Benazir Bhutto has only herself to blame by Imran Khan 21 Oct 2007 Telegraph)


Imran Khan on Gentleman Musharraf and Accursed Parliament


Imran Khan while condemning Benazir Bhutto for being Pro American had almost declared her traitor whereas he himself backed, voted and campaigned for US backed General Pervez Musharraf's sham and fraudulent referendum in 2002  ----> Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaaf, Awami National Party and Millat Party leaders are likely to meet the president in the next couple of days to extend their support, the sources said. Thus, while the pro-Musharraf parties, i.e. PML-QA, Tahirul Qadri’s PAT, Farooq Leghari’s Millat Party, the ANP, and Imran Khan’s PTI have already given their consent to the referendum proposal, the opposition parties have expressed their dissent against it. (Dawn Opposition parties may boycott referendum March 22, 2002) Information Minister Nisar Memon said on Tuesday that turnout in the referendum was “beyond our expectations” as silent majority had come out to cast its votes. He told a press conference that in the last general election only 16 per cent votes had been polled which was interpreted as heavy mandate. He said that was the minimum target they had in mind. But, he pointed out, the turnout in referendum was at least double of the votes polled in the last general election. (Nisar terms response beyond expectations - Dawn May 01, 2002) Information Minister Nisar Memon on Wednesday dismissed the coverage of referendum by national press and international news agencies, describing the reports of low turnout and irregularities as “inaccurate and exaggerated”. The minister told a news conference that he had gone through the newspapers and often wondered about the decline in the objectivity. He also rejected the reports of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and other independent sources. (Nisar unhappy with press coverage - Dawn May 02, 2002)

Imran Khan on Blessed Sham Referendum of Musharraf and Accursed Parliament



Imran Khan and Gang jointly sent curse to the Parliament of Pakistan and conveniently forgot that they had supported this Notoriously sham, rigged, fraudulent referendum of General Pervez Musharraf and that too after the start of US War on Terror ------>  PAKISTANIS vote in a referendum today on extending Gen Pervaiz Musharraf's term as president for five years, but opposition is growing to the continuation of what many see as undiluted military rule. Gen Musharraf, who has mobilised the army, the intelligence services, the bureaucracy and industrialists to ensure a solid turnout for a Yes vote, is likely to win easily. But his credibility among voters has fallen sharply after his announcement last month that he would not share power with a civilian prime minister after elections scheduled to be held in October. Pakistan's major opposition parties started their anti-referendum campaign on Saturday with a rally in Lahore called by the Alliance to Restore Democracy. All the large Islamic groups were among the 33 political parties taking part in the rally. They have condemned today's referendum as unconstitutional, urged the public to boycott it and demanded an immediate general election. Reference: Army mobilised to ensure vote for Musharraf By Ahmed Rashid in Lahore 30 Apr 2002) Talking to The News, the head of the ISI’s political cell in 2002, admitted manipulating the last elections at the behest of President Musharraf and termed the defeat of the King’s party, the PML-Q, this time “a reaction of the unnatural dispensation (installed in 2002).” Zamir said the ISI together with the NAB was instrumental in pressing the lawmakers to join the pro-Musharraf camp to form the government to support his stay in power. Looking down back into the memory lane and recalling his blunders which, he admitted, had pushed the country back instead of taking it forward, Zamir feels ashamed of his role and conduct. Massively embarrassed because he was the one who negotiated, coerced and did all the dirty work, the retired Maj-Gen said he was not in a position to become a preacher now when his own past was tainted. He said the country would not have faced such regression had the political management was not carried out by the ISI in 2002. But he also put some responsibility of the political disaster on the PML-Q as well. The former No: 2 of the ISI called for the closure of political cell in the agency, confessing that it was part of the problem due to its involvement in forging unnatural alliances, contrary to public wishes. Reference: The man, who rigged 2002 polls, spills the beans February 24, 2008 Umar Cheema , The News) The elections in Pakistan tomorrow are being "blatantly rigged" by the military regime, says the nation's most-respected human rights group. The credibility of the vote will be undermined and the implications for the army and the country will be grave, it adds. "The blatant manner in which the electoral process is being vulgarised and the will of the people mocked is extremely worrying," Afrasiab Khattak, chairman of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) told a press conference in Islamabad. The pre-election report details the harassment of opposition candidates, intimidation by army and police officers to ensure that pro-government candidates win and criticises the long list of amendments to the constitution made by President Pervaiz Musharraf to ensure that the army continues to run the country after the elections. Reference: Elections 'rigged' in Pakistan by military regime By Ahmed Rashid in Lahore 09 Oct 2002 Telegraph) 

Imran Khan on GHQ and Musharraf on 100 Seats to Imran Khan



Speaking at ‘Democracy: For the People or in Spite of Them’, a seminar organised by the Awami Workers Party (AWP) at the National Press Club, the former senator used the example to highlight just how incapacitated politicians were in the face of the military. To illustrate his point, Mr Khattak quoted the example of former military ruler, retired General Pervez Musharraf, who had once mentioned that Imran Khan was demanding 100 seats from him, but that he (Musharraf) was only willing to give him 10 seats. “Musharraf is not capable of winning a single seat if he contested the election himself. He negotiated with Imran Khan because he knew the agencies would engineer the elections for him,” he said. Talking about the state of democracy in Pakistan, he said that the system in the country was a “controlled democracy”, adding that a certain group was running the system at the behest of the ‘state’. Reference: (Politicians helpless in the face of ‘controlled democracy’ Ikram Junaidi February 24, 2017 Dawn)

Imran Khan didn't want Pathological Liar Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad to be even his Peon




LAHORE, May 17: President Pervez Musharraf will seek another term after his current tenure ends in 2007, federal Information Minister Sheikh Rashid told newsmen here on Tuesday. “He (Gen Musharraf) will continue as president even after 2007. However, nothing can be said at this stage whether he will retain his army chief’s office as well,” the minister said. About talks with various political leaders, Sheikh Rashid said the government was engaged in ‘indirect dialogue’ with several leaders, including Ms Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari and Shahbaz Sharif, but not with Nawaz Sharif and Qazi Husain Ahmed. He, however, refused to give reasons why the government did not talk to the MMA president whose alliance was in power in the NWFP and Balochistan. He denied reports that there was any rift in the ruling Pakistan Muslim League. “There is no rift in the PML and Chaudhry Shujaat Husain will continue as its president,” he added. Reference: (Musharraf to continue after 2007: Rashid by Zulqernain Tahir May 18, 2005 Dawn) Sheikh Rashid: Veteran politician, party-hopper and PTI's nominee for PM ---> Rashid was born on November 6, 1950 in Rawalpindi and obtained his early education in his hometown. He later graduated from the famous Gordon College and went on to study law in Lahore. Rashid’s political career started during his student years when he became involved in activism against the regime of former military ruler Ayub Khan. In 1985, he contested elections held during Ziaul Haq’s regime and won a seat in Rawalpindi. He continued winning from that seat on various platforms — from the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid (PML-Q) and also as an independent — until he finally lost in the 2008 general election by a wide margin to a PML-N candidate. His defeat from NA-55 on a PML-Q platform led him to part ways with the league and launch his own political party, which he called the Awami Muslim League Pakistan (AMLP). Rashid is the chief of AMLP and holds the office of party president. (Dawn July 31, 2017) Did He Help Train 3,500 Militants?He supported the JKLF, and helped train militants. Thanks to Yasin, Sheikh Rashid's dirty secret is out. BY AMIR MIR 27 JUNE 2005 https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/did-he-help-train-3500-militants/227765


Meet the Pious and Sagacious Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad



Awami Muslim League (AML) chief Sheikh Rasheed on Friday gushed over Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan’s former wife Jemima Goldsmith, saying that after Allah, she saved Imran in the disqualification reference. Talking to Geo News, the AML chief said that in the above case, Jemima Khan played a key role in the proceedings, adding that the way she provided documents was remarkable. Sheikh Rasheed said that Jemima comes from a good family, adding, "If there are no religious obstacles, then Imran should remarry Jemima." Reference: (Sheikh Rasheed advises Imran to remarry Jemima December 16, 2017 The News) Glamorous Jemima Khan turns out in a racy white ensemble as she supports ex-boyfriend Hugh Grant at the London premier of Florence Foster Jenkins (By JJ NATTRASS FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 12 April 2016) Jemima Khan 'dating Matthew Freud after years of friendship': Will famous families the Freuds and Goldsmiths unite? (By Rebecca Pocklington 21 APR 2016 Mirror) Jemima's outrage after police investigate £500 birthday massage visit to boyfriend Russell: 'Big, beautiful' masseuse complained over web booking and 70-mile trip (By SIMON MURPHY AND NICK CRAVEN 2 August 2014 Daily Mail) Model Kate Moss kissed Jemima Khan for 60 seconds. Reference: (May 16, 2011 Vogue / By Mirror 16 MAY 2006) Please note in the clip above that Former Governor Punjab Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar is with Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, and he is the same Sarwar who visited Altaf Hussain (MQM Founder) in London and from London the demand of Two Year Technocrat Government was raised by Altaf Hussain in 2014 during the peak of Imran Khan's Dharna (sit-in) and lets not forget that Altaf Hussain and MQM time and again have demanded that "Honest and Patriot Generals" should sack the government and take over and this demand is often repeated by that Canadian Charlatan Dr Tahirul Qadri and he even incited Junior Army Officers to revolt! We should also not forget that Imran Khan has always established contacts with Altaf Hussain and MQM London whenever need arose and that also happened during PPP's last tenure, when to hold a rally in Karachi he used the good office of Babar Khan Ghauri (MQM London Leader) and a NATO Contractor who is a relative of General Pervez Musharraf (also reported by Nusrat Javed in one of his Aaj TV Segment of Bolta Pakistan)

Alleged Liberal and Secular PPP Deserve the Company of Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad




In a television programme aired recently, former chief of the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) and an important leader of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) General (retd) Hamid Gul cast doubts over the authenticity of a picture run by the website of The Express Tribune. The picture in question was that of Malik Ishaq, commander of the banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ), who was shown to be in attendance at the DPC meeting in Multan – a meeting also attended and addressed by General Gul. During a talk show on Aaj TV, host Wajahat S Khan showed Gul the picture on The Express Tribune’s website as evidence of Ishaq’s attendance – in response to which the retired general alleged that the photo had been doctored. When he was further challenged by the show’s host, Gul resorted to questioning the reporter of the story. The Express Tribune takes strong exception to General Gul’s allegations and contends that the picture is authentic. It was taken by our photographer, who was assigned to cover the gathering. In fact, the picture was also run by other newspapers. If Gul has the slightest doubt regarding the authenticity of the photograph, we ask him to take the matter to court. Express Media Group Published in The Express Tribune, February 16th, 2012.

Mr Imran Khan , PTI and their Yahoo Crowd of Supporters on Social Media, Electronic Media are very fond of name calling and declaring traitor anyone who differ with their Fascist Leader and PTI's Fascist ideology whereas Imran Khan unload all kind of crap Internationally and nationally without even bothering about the proper context and sense of history , here is the clip watch attentively and note his bark and then compare his rant with the company and allies he and his party have 
Everything is Kosher for Imran Khan to say Internationally and Nationally against Pakistan Army



Imran Khan while declaring any moving thing a traitor conveniently forgot what he unloaded against Pakistan Army and that too in front of US Congressional Delegation, "Quote" Noting that he was recently in Swat, he went on to accuse the Pakistan Army of extrajudicial killings, summary executions, and "sexual humiliation" of residents in some villages. Khan urged the USG to seek "alternative points of views" about what is happening in the tribal areas of Pakistan, and he recommended speaking with General Orakzai, former NWFP Govenor, for starters. Khan charged that the GOP is "blinded by dollars," and consequently lacks an accurate view of what is happening on the ground. He further claimed that the GOP "whips up the threat of the Taliban" in order to get more money from the U.S. He claimed last year's Swat operation, which he termed a "debacle," was one such exaggeration that was "stage managed" in order to gain U.S. funds; there was no imminent threat of militants marching on Islamabad, he said. Reference : CODEL LYNCH'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN TEHREEK-E-INSAF (PTI) PARTY LEADER IMRAN KHAN Date:2010 February 6, 11:26 (Saturday) -------> Cricketer-turned politician,Imran Khan has charged the PPP-led government of being subservient to the United States,saying that government has rented out the country’s army to the US in exchange of 1.5 billion dollars. “We have rented our military out to US in exchange of mere 1.5 billion dollars while US is spending sixty billion dollars on its army comprising 55,000 troops in Afghanistan,” ‘The News’ quoted Khan,as saying. Addressing party workers in Manshera,the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief accused certain ‘elements’ in the government of forcing a war on people of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) just for pocketing billions of dollars from the US. Khan also warned the government that people in Swat and Malakand Divisions would take to streets in protest against the military offensive,if the military operation was not called off by July 31. Reference: Pak army rented out to US for $1.5 bn: Imran Khan Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan has charged the PPP-led Govt of renting out the country’s army to the US in exchange of $1.5 billion. July 7, 2009 http://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/print/pak-army-rented-out-to-us-for-1-5-bn-imran-khan/ "Unquote"

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Dirty Past of Supreme Court Advocate Qazi Anwar & Lawyers Movement.


ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the judicial commission on judges’ appointment. Talking to media outside Supreme Court, President SCBA Qazi Anwar said that Hamid Khan, Rashid A Rizvi and he himself will appear before the court. He said the present assembly is not constitutional making body but a legislation making institution. Qazi Anwar said the Indian Supreme Court had also declared constitutional amendments as void. Replying to a question about Aitizaz Ahsan and Ali Ahmad Kurd, he denied to give the reply and said lawyers community from Chitral to Karachi stands behind them. REFERENCE: SCB challenges judges commission Updated at: 1545 PST, Wednesday, April 21, 2010 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=103340
Wednesday, April 21, 2010, Jamadi-ul-Awwal 06, 1431 A.H
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/apr2010-daily/21-04-2010/u28424.htm


Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) president Qazi Anwer said that neither he is an agent of the Chief Justice nor he termed all the Parliamentarians as ‘smugglers’. He said that he would be happy if the Parliament handed him death sentence. Talking to media outside the Supreme Court, he said that ‘smugglers’ can be part of the Parliament but without verification; they were abused in the National Assembly, Senate and provincial assemblies. He said that Fauzia Wahab called him mad and also said that ‘I need treatment in hospital.’ He said that judiciary is a professional institution whereas the Parliament can do law-making under the limits. Qazi Anwer said that he always advocated the oppressed and nobody would be allowed to interfere in works of independent judiciary. REFERENCE: SCBA President Says He Is Not Agent Of CJP Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 1:06 pm under Pakistan News http://www.apakistannews.com/scba-president-says-he-is-not-agent-of-cjp-173247

LAHORE: Qazi Mohammad Anwar was elected president of the Supreme Court Bar Association on Wednesday. According to unofficial results of the elections held for offices of the association, Qazi Anwar got 401 votes in Lahore, 118 in Karachi, 19 in Abbottabad, 25 in Bahawalpur, 32 in Quetta, 133 in Islamabad, 55 in Multan, 43 in Peshawar and five in Sukkur. His rival Barrister Bachaa bagged 340 votes in Lahore, 73 in Karachi, 11 in Abbottabad, 21 in Bahawalpur, 31 in Quetta, 137 in Islamabad, 26 in Multan and 50 in Peshawar. He did not get any vote in Sukkur. Talking to newsmen, Qazi Anwar, who belongs to the Professional Group, vowed to keep the lawyers’ movement intact because, he said, there were still many challenges for the nation. Raja Zulqarnain and Syed Rifaqat Hussain, also belonging to the Professional Group, were elected as secretary and finance secretary, respectively. Mian Waheed Akhter, Malik Manzoor Hussain and K.A. Wahab were elected as vice presidents for Punjab, the NWFP and Sindh, respectively. Amanullah Kanrani Baloch and Ahsanuddin Sheikh had been elected unopposed as vice president and additional secretary, Balochistan, respectively. - PESHAWAR: The Awami National Party (ANP)-backed Malgary Wakeelan has nominated senior advocate and former senator Qazi Muhammad Anwar for the office of president in the forthcoming election for the Supreme Court Bar Association. It has been learnt that a meeting of Malgary Wakeelan, chaired by its provincial president Abdul Lateef Afridi, decided to field Qazi Anwar for the contest. The post of SCBA’s president is filled on rotational basis and this time it is the turn of the NWFP. The annual SCBA election would be held in October for which the date would be announced later. The meeting was attended by senior members of the association, including its provincial secretary general Rafiq Mohmand, Fazlur Rahman Khan, Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Sher Afgan Khattak, Qaiser Rasheed and Raza Khan. The meeting considered the names of Qazi Anwar and Barrister Baachaa for the office and opted for the former. It was learnt that Barrister Baachaa would be contesting for the office without the ANP’s support after being assured of backing by certain lawyers’ groups. Qazi Anwar is member of the Pakistan Bar Council and has also served as NWFP advocate general. He was also elected to the Senate on ANP ticket. He was one of the six lawyers who had represented Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry when General (R) Pervez Musharraf filed the controversial reference against the top judge in March 2007. REFERENCES: Qazi Anwar elected SCBA president Thursday, 29 Oct, 2009 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-qazi+anwar+elected+scba+president--bi-10 ANP names Qazi Anwar for SCBA top office Friday, August 07, 2009 Bureau report http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=191908


ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has issued notice to Qazi Muhammad Anwar, President, Supreme Court Bar Association, to appear on February 14 and submit reply for his alleged involvement in possessing explosives and detonators. Barrister Bacha, a leading lawyer of the Peshawar High Court, had filed an application with the PBC, seeking disqualification of Qazi Muhammad Anwar for being a convicted person in a case of possessing hand grenades and detonators. The Executive Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has issued notice to Qazi Anwar to explain his position, Barrister Bacha told The News on Monday in the Supreme Court. The PBC, the main forum of the country’s legal community, is the main licence issuance authority to the lawyers of the country. Qazi Anwar is also facing rigging charges in the last annual elections of the association. His opponent and runner-up in the SCBA elections, Barrister Bacha had also moved an application to the committee for probing the matter. In his application, Barrister Bacha has alleged that Qazi Anwar is a convicted person for having grenades and detonators in his possession thus a convicted person can neither be an advocate of the Supreme Court nor could and should represent the SCBA as president as he is patently disqualified. Qazi Anwar, however, reportedly said that the Lahore High Court had set aside his conviction in the case. Meanwhile, Barrister Bacha told reporters that Qazi Anwar was sentenced nine monthsí imprisonment by a military court for possessing explosives in 1979, adding that the Lahore High Court curtailed his punishment; however, his conviction was still intact. REFERENCE: PBC issues notice to Qazi Anwar By Sohail Khan Tuesday, February 02, 2010 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=27023


ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) will be moved today (Sunday) for disqualification of Qazi Muhammad Anwar, President, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), for being a convicted person possessing grenades and detonators in the past. The Executive Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) is meeting today (Sunday) in the Supreme Court and, besides other issues, would focus on the rigging complaints, filed by Barrister Baacha, the runner-up and opponent of SCBA President Qazi Muhammad Anwar. As dark clouds surrounding the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President, Qazi Muhammad Anwar, for alleged rigging in its annual election, his opponent Barrister Baacha is moving another application against the sitting president, seeking his disqualification. “Qazi Muhammad Anwar is admittedly a convicted person for having grenades and detonators in his possession, thus a convicted person can neither be an advocate of the Supreme Court nor could and should represent the SCBA as president as he is patently disqualified,” says Barrister Baacha in his application.

The copy of the application available with The News further reads that the respondent, Qazi Muhammad Anwar, has admitted his conviction and sentence, which is placed on Pakistan Law Journal (PLJ) 1998, Peshawar, page No 200. The applicant (Baacha) requested the Executive Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council that as Qazi Muhammad Anwar was a convicted person, therefore, an order may be passed immediately, restraining him from acting as the Supreme Court Bar Association president. He also prayed to the committee to direct the senior vice president of the Supreme Court Bar Association to act as SCBA president till such time that the appeal against the election of Qazi Anwar was finally decided as was done in the case of controversial election between Malik Muhammad Munir and Raja Haq Nawaz. Barrister Baacha said that in 1979, some grenades and detonators were recovered from the possession of Qazi Muhammad Anwar, and he was later convicted in the case and sentenced to nine months imprisonment. Barrister Baacha was the opponent of Qazi Muhammad Anwar in the last annual election of the Supreme Court Bar Association and had challenged the victory of the sitting president and had filed a complaint with the Executive Committee of Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), alleging vast rigging in the election. The PBC Executive Committee, which is meeting today (Sunday) with its Chairman Chaudhry Nasrullah Warraich, is also expected to take up the application filed by advocate Hashmat Habib, alleging that senior lawyers of the Supreme Court, including Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Malik Muhammad Qayyum, Law Minister Dr Babar Awan and Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, had received millions of rupees in Haris Steel Mills scandal. He had submitted that these lawyers had violated Article 10 of the Cannons of Profession Conduct and Etiquettes. REFERENCE: PBC being moved for Qazi’s disqualification By Sohail Khan Sunday, January 31, 2010 http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=221755

Qazi Anwar says that Smugglers are sitting in the Parliament but failed to remember that one of the party which is in the Parliament i.e. Awami National Part had nominated him for the Bar Election:))) REFERENCES: Smugglers in Parliament cannot appoint judges Updated at: 1313 PST, Saturday, March 27, 2010 http://www.geo.tv/3-27-2010/61831.htm SCBA rejects judges’ appointment by ‘smugglers’ in Parliament March 27, 2010 http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Politics/27-Mar-2010/SCBA-rejects-judges-appointment-by-smugglers-in-Parliament Fake Video of Swat Flogging, Alleged Justice & Lawyers Movement. http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/03/fake-video-of-swat-flogging-alleged.html

Barrister Ahsan accused the lawyers who used to appear before the Dogar court and PCO judges of advocating against the supremacy of the parliament, an accusation that was taken seriously by Advocate Akram Sheikh who alleged that Mr Ahsan had appeared for the independence of judiciary only once in his career by defending the chief justice against his suspension. Mr Ahsan appeared on behalf of the federal government in the 1996 Al-Jihad Trust case to oppose the independence of judiciary, said Mr Sheikh who is representing one of the petitioners who have challenged the 18th Amendment. Mr Ahsan also used to appear before the military courts, he alleged suggesting that he should not pelt stones while sitting inside a glass house. On apex court’s authority, he said that the Supreme Court could not only strike down the 18th Amendment but could also suspend it as an interim measure. Both senior counsel, Akram Sheikh and Aitzaz Ahsan, also had a brief tiff at the outer gates of the apex court. Senior counsel Abdul Hafeez Pirzada believes that parliament that had made significant changes in the constitution through the 18th Amendment is not a constituent assembly and quoted the 1975 Indian case, namely Indira Gandhi versus Raj Narayan, in which the Indian Supreme Court had struck down certain amendments. Amendments are meant to improve things and not to destroy things, he said. A.K. Dogar was of the view that the power of a judicial review of the apex court was part of a basic structure which could not be touched by the parliament. REFERENCE: Aitzaz, Akram spar over parliament By Nasir Iqbal Wednesday, 21 Apr, 2010 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/19-aitzaz,-akram-spar-over-parliament-140-hh-02

Qazi Anwar doesn't even spare his own colleague Aitzaz Ahsan

LAHORE: Lawyers have accused Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Aitzaz Ahsan of sabotaging their movement for restoration of the judiciary. Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) member Parvaiz Anayat Malik said the SCBA president had played a “double game” which did not last long. NWFP Bar Council Vice-Chairman Qazi Naeem said Aitzaz had ruined the lawyers’ long march after ending it inconclusively. On February 24, PBC members accused Aitzaz of taking a ‘solo flight’ when he announced to hold a long march to Islamabad on March 9. Withdrawing his long march call following the PBC’s reservations, he, instead, announced a black flag week between March 9 and 16. Former PBC Executive Committee chairman Qazi Anwar said that lawyers supported Aitzaz’s black flag week to maintain unity among their ranks. Relations between the SCBA president and his party, the PPP, also deteriorated when a foreign newspaper quoted him as saying on June 2 that “most corruption allegations against Asif Ali Zardari and Benazir Bhutto were justified”. However, Aitzaz denied as saying so. Lawyers have also accused him of striking a deal with the PML-N when he decided not to conclude the long march with a sit-in outside Parliament House. Aitzaz said elements against the lawyers’ movement were alone trying to sabotage it by creating rifts among movement leaders, adding that these elements would fail in their designs. He denied the impression that he had benefited from the lawyers’ movement, saying he did not avail the opportunity to contest the general elections and by-elections when his victory was evident due to his popularity during the movement. REFERENCE:‘Aitzaz sabotaged lawyers’ movement’ Saturday, October 25, 2008 rana tanveer http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\25\story_25-10-2008_pg7_36

DARK PAST OF SENATOR QAZI MUHAMMAD ANWAR [NOW PRESIDENT SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION]




LAHORE, April 25: Chief Ehtesab Commissioner Justice Ghulam Mujaddid Mirza has dropped three references against Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif as they have either no substance and merit or they don't pertain to the period with which the Ehtesab Act deals. In a fourth reference, the CEC has excluded the prime minister as respondent but has referred the matter for inquiry and investigation to the Ehtesab Bureau. The other respondent in the reference against whom the EB will now carry out investigations, is NWFP Chief Minister Mehtab Ahmed Khan Abbasi. Knowledgeable sources say that proceedings on many other references against the prime minister and others are in progress. Records summoned by the CEC in various cases have reached the Ehtesab commission and are being examined. In the light of the records, Justice Mirza will decide whether or not to refer the matters to the Ehtesab benches of the relevant high courts. A reference against Prime Minister Sharif is that he offered Rs10 million to ANP Senator Qazi Muhammad Anwar to get his support for the Shariat Bill. The CA-15 bill, though passed by the National Assembly, is yet to be approved by the Senate as the ruling party does not have the required two-third majority in the Upper House. Maj-Gen Sikandar Hayat Khan, who has recently been removed as chairman of the prime minister's monitoring and evaluation cell, is the co-respondent in the said reference. After going through the relevant evidence and record, justice Mirza ruled on Saturday that the complaint was devoid of merit and thus there was no need to initiate further proceedings on it in the light of the Ehtesab Act. "The complaint is, accordingly, ordered to be filed," the CEC said in his four-page judgment. It was alleged in the complaint that Maj-Gen Hayat, on the direction of the prime minister offered Rs 10 million to Sen Qazi Anwar to support the CA-15 Bill in the Senate. The complainant, a PPP leader, appeared before the CEC on April 21 at Islamabad in response to the commission's notice. He made an application under section 20 of the Ehtesab Act for summoning Sen Anwar, an advocate of the Supreme Court. He also said that Gen Hayat and the editor and reporter of weekly Tribune, Islamabad, be summoned. In addition to this application, he also produced a copy of the weekly, dated November 22 to 28, 1998, which carried an article on the subject.

Having gone through the article, the CEC said: "In my considered view the article does not advance the complainant's case. On the contrary there are substantial and material discrepancies and contradictions in the narration of the Tribune's article and the contents of the complaint. "For example," the CEC said, "in the complaint it is stated that it was Maj-Gen Sikandar Hayat who had offered bribe to Sen Qazi Anwar in Peshawar in the last week of October, 1998, and that the former was sent by the prime minister to negotiate the deal and to offer Rs10 million which the general was carrying as a token money in a briefcase". However, the CEC said in his order that the article did not substantiate that it was the Gen Hayat who had contacted the ANP leader and offered him the bribe. The CEC observed that "it is quite obvious that the stance taken in the complaint is irreconcilable with the interview given by the senator to the weekly and cannot be conformed on any plain. It also does not stand to reason that the token money of Rs10 million was offered and that too for one vote. It also does not stand to reason that the bribe was offered to Qazi Anwar when he was present on the premises of the Peshawar High Court.

Justice Mirza said: "In view of the above, I am of the opinion that the complaint is devoid of merit and, therefore, it is not necessary to initiate proceedings on it under the Ehtesab Act, 1997. The complaint is, accordingly, ordered to be filed". Yet another case dismissed by the CEC is that the prime minister, without any authority, had allotted 18 plots to a single family. A similar reference dismissed by the CEC says that the PM allotted plots to Ms Fatima Ishrat Iqbal and her daughter Nuzhat Iqbal in the Area Development Scheme 1, Rawalpindi. Justice Mirza said the case did not pertain to the period the Ehtesab Act deals with and was thus dropped. Another reference closed by the CEC was based on the allegation that the prime minister had awarded Senate ticket to law minister Khalid Anwar. Justice Mirza ruled that the proper forum for this matter was the chief election commissioner and not the chief Ehtesab commissioner. The fourth case pertained to illegal acquisition of precious lands in Abbottabad district. The CEC ruled that the matter was examined but due to lack of substantial evidence against the prime minister, his name was deleted as respondent. However, he referred the matter against NWFP Chief Minister Mehtab Abbasi to the Ehtesab Bureau for investigation. REFERENCE: CEC drops 3 references against Nawaz Ashraf Mumtaz DAWN WIRE SERVICE Week Ending:01 May 1999 Issue:05/18 http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1999/01May99.html


PESHAWAR, July 17: Awami National Party (ANP) has again expressed dissatisfaction over the government policies, and resolved that unless it is removed, the country could not be steered out of present predicament. The Deputy Secretary General of the ANP, Qazi Mohammed Anwar, a dissident of the PPP and a former advocate general of the NWFP, at a Press conference here on Monday released decisions taken at ANP's Central Committee's meeting held under the presidentship of the party's chief, Mohammed Ajmal Khattak, at Rawalpindi on Friday last. Replying to a question regarding MQM's demand for a separate province, Qazi claimed that the MQM chief, Altaf Hussain had given a written assurance to the ANP that his party would never demand for the division of Sindh and termed it a propaganda by the government to portray MQM's negative impression to achieve its 'nefarious designs'. REFERENCE: No demand for separate province, Altaf assures ANP From A Correspondent DAWN WIRE SERVICE Week Ending:20 July, 1995 Issue:01/28 http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/1995/20Jly95.html

Qazi Anwar was sentenced nine months in jail for possessing explosives in 1979, adding Lahore High Court curtailed his punishment; however, his charge was kept unchanged. PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court’s Barrister Bacha requested Pakistan Bar Council’s Executive Committee for the ineligibility of Supreme Court Bar Association President Qazi Muhammed Anwar, Geo News reported Monday. Talking to Geo News, Bacha said Qazi Anwar was sentenced nine months in jail for possessing explosives in 1979, adding Lahore High Court curtailed his punishment; however, his charge was kept unchanged. Bacha said a convicted person cannot be the representative of the lawyers; therefore, he demanded the removal of Qazi from his office. He said the PBC’s executive council directed Qazi Anwar to appear before the body on February 14 for explanation in this connection. REFERENCE: PBC approached for Qazi Anwar’s ineligibility Updated at: 1445 PST, Monday, February 01, 2010 http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=97613

Monday, February 01, 2010, Safar 16, 1431 A.H
http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/feb2010-daily/01-02-2010/u19629.htm



Rogue AND Anarchist Lawyer of Supreme Court Bar Insults Pakistani Voters.

Sindh Assembly members on Monday took strong exception to the statement of President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Qazi Anwar and termed it an insult to the august house. PPP’s parliamentary leader Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq said that the SCBA president had breached the privilege of legislators by saying that “smugglers and rogues” were sitting in the parliament. He condemned such attitude of the leader of lawyers’ body, saying that the lawyers were supposed to follow their code of conduct, which calls for using cautious language and avoiding allegations. He said that good and bad people happen to be everywhere but it was not advisable to generalize the matter. Minister for Law Mohammed Ayaz Soomro said that parliament was a supreme body that makes the constitution. MQM’s Shoaib Bukhari said that Qazi Anwar has “belittled” his stature by using such awkward language. He said that Supreme Court exists because of parliament, adding, if the lawyers continued this attitude the people might stop respecting them. Speaker Nisar Ahmed Khuhro observed that the legislators could move a privilege motion to summon the SCBA president before the PA body. -
ISLAMABAD: The statement of President Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Qazi Anwar in which he labelled the parliamentarians as “smugglers” made the legislators protest strongly against these remarks in the National Assembly and urged the House to move a joint privilege motion against these remarks. Raising the issue on a point of order on Monday, PML-Q legislator Waqas Akram Sheikh contended that the SCBA president had declared all the parliamentarians “thieves and smugglers” without any evidence and thus insulted parliament that is a supreme body. He proposed for a joint privilege motion of the House against such remarks so that no body could level charges against parliamentarians without any evidence.PML-N legislator Khawaja Saad Rafiq declared the SCBA president as an unbalanced person, who should not be taken seriously yet he opposed any motion against him. But PPP legislator Nadeem Afzal Gondal, who supported Sheikh Waqas Akram’s view of presenting the joint privilege motion against the SCBA president’s remarks, at the same expressed the desire that some anchor persons and a section of the media should also be included in it. However, independent legislator Saima Bharwana and PPP legislator Syed Zafar Ali Shah opposed the proposal to move a privilege motion. Saima Akhtar Bharwana said rather than focusing on these remarks there is a need to question those legislators, who spent two years in the House with fake degrees. “The government should go into a review petition with a plea to put a life ban on those who got fake degrees and recover all the money from them spent in two years on their perks and privileges,” she added. While Syed Zafar Ali Shah was of view that rather than focusing on this issue there is need to consume the energies on the issues relating to people. Earlier, raising the issue on a point of order, Sheikh Waqas Akram suggested that the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms was still working so they should be requested to add a clause to the Constitution that anybody who accused the parliamentarians without any evidence would be liable to contempt of parliament. REFERENCES: MPAs take strong exception to SCBA president’s comment By our correspondent Tuesday, March 30, 2010 Karachi http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=231614 Qazi Anwar under fire in NA By Asim Yasin Tuesday, March 30, 2010 http://thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=28072

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Zardari's Knack For Issuing Ordinances


On Mon, 3/2/09, Hasan Shabbir wrote:

From: Anas Mahmood

وسعت اللہ خان
بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد

صدر زرداری کے اس تاریخی جملے سے اور کچھ ہو یا نہ ہو جسٹس محمد منیر ، جسٹس مولوی مشتاق حسین، جسٹس انوارالحق اور جسٹس ارشاد حسن خان کے فیصلے متنازعہ نہیں رہے۔یوں مولوی تمیز الدین اور بیگم نصرت بھٹو کے مقدمے اور ذوالفقار علی بھٹو کے ساتھ جو ہوا وہ عین انصاف تھا۔
تھینک یو پریذیڈنٹ زردادی۔۔۔۔تھینک یو ویری مچ۔۔۔۔


http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/miscellaneous/story/2009/03/090301_baat_say_baat_nj.shtml

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Dear Hasan Sahab,

Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818 – March 14, 1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, sociologist, humanist, political theorist and revolutionary credited as the founder of communism. [Courtesy: Wikipedia]

Karl Marx had said , "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Aziz Narejo A freelance writer currently living in USA. Editor quarterly Sangat. Ex Editor daily The Chronicle, Islamabad.

A very dear and learned friend of mine, Mr Aziz Narejo had commented in August 2008 regarding our current President Mr Asif Ali Khan Zardari

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I am sure Zardari will make his two predecessors proud with his work. Also if any one thinks that Pakistan has seen its worst or is going through the most terrible crises of its life, should wait until Zardari assumes presidency. As it is said in USA , “you ain’t seen nothing yet”! Good luck to the luckless people in Pakistan.

"UNQUOTE"

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday promulgated an ordinance to amend the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898, authorising setting up of mobile courts and appointing district magistrates. [1]

Parliament has become irrelevant because in view of President Zardari knack for Issuing Ordinance [what was the need of General Election 2008 when the country is to be run through Ordinances instead of debate and legislation in the Parliament]. Lest we froget that during General Musharraf Military Regime the National Assembly passed 51 bills/ordinances in five years, compared to 134 ordinances promulgated by the President. Twenty-seven bills were passed without debate, including the first two annual budgets. In a display of parliament’s irrelevance Musharraf issued four ordinances in July, one day before the NA was to meet. [Courtesy Human Rights Commission of Pakistan - the text in bracket above is written by myself and not of HRCP].

General Musharraf’s preference for ruling by presidential decree instead of legislation by parliament led to some Relative Democracy US President George W. Bush said that democracy was a “lot more stable in Pakistan” than in some other countries. “Well,democracy is – it’s a lot more established in Pakistan than someof the other nations I mentioned,”Bush said in Heiligendamm,Germany.

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

When late Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ascended the throne after 1971 election, he appointed Ghous Bux Raisani as Balochistan governor and Hayat Khan Sherpao as NWFP governor. This decision sowed the seeds of misunderstanding between Bhutto and the two ruling parties in both Balochistan and NWFP, which were then governed by National Awami Party (NAP) and Jamiat Ulema Islam (JUI-Mufti Mehmood). [2]

Bhutto attempted reconciliation with these two parties when the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) started the implementation process of the 1973 constitution. An amicable resolution to the matter was eventually reached, as the previously appointed governors were replaced by Ghous Bux Bezenjo in Balochistan and Mufti Mehmood in NWFP. [2]

However, the establishment wasn’t happy with this political reconciliation, and tried to create schisms between Bhutto and NAP-JUI alliance by blaming the Balochistan government for creating problems. A drama was staged in Islamabad in 1973 where a larch cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from the Iraqi Embassy, and it was claimed that weapons were going to be routed to Balochistan to create trouble. [2]

Later on, disturbance broke out in Lasbella and despite repeated request by Balochistan government for sending armed forces to help, it was rejected by the federal government. As a protest, both provincial governments resigned and an army operation was launched in Balochistan. Similarly, when ZA Bhutto had to ban NAP after the Supreme Court’s verdict declaring the party as anti-Pakistan, Bhutto continued to make reconciliatory efforts. [2]

Barrister Ahmed Raza Kasuri [Murderer of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Toady of Military Dictators like General Zia and General Musharraf and now a toady of Asif Ali Zardari son-in-law of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]

The present scenario evokes shades of similarities with the past, as Ahmed Raza Kasuri is turning out to be the protagonist in creating misunderstandings between President Asif Zardari and Nawaz Sharif. It was Kasuri who lodged an FIR for murder against ZA Bhutto on the advice of establishment, which led to the arrest, and later on hanging of the PPP founder. This time round, Kasuri was the lawyer in the case against Mian Nawaz Sharif in Supreme Court. [2]

References:

1 - Mobile courts to conduct summary trials Monday, March 02, 2009 Ordinance promulgated; district magistrates to be appointed; lawyers smell a rat on timing of ordinance [1]

http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=20666

2 - Is history repeating itself? By Tahir Hassan Khan Sunday, March 01, 2009 Karachi [2]

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=165133