If I remember correctly it was ever swinging and somersaulting Hamid Mir [in his one of Urdu columns in Jang] who unearthed that Hafeez Pirzada was one of the beneficiary of Mehran Bank “booty” and Akram Sheikh was hired by General Aslam Beg. Keep it up:)

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Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan also lie very shamelessly because his very own leader Nawaz Sharif said that cases were fabricated against Late. Benazir Bhutto and Zardari was Co Accused in every case.

What a joke “Nawaz Sharif Demads Treason Trial against Musharraf” and his younger brother holds “Political Meeting” with “Musharraf League” PML-Q leaders discuss political crisis with Shahbaz Sunday, 17 Oct, 2010 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/12-pml-q+leaders+discuss+political+crisis+with+shahbaz–bi-02

How the Q-League came into being:)

ISLAMABAD: The main wheeler and dealer of the ISI during the 2002 elections, the then Maj-Gen Ehtesham Zamir, now retired, has come out of the closet and admitted his guilt of manipulating the 2002 elections, and has directly blamed Gen Musharraf for ordering so. 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. Zamir’s blaming Musharraf for creating this unnatural alliance rings true as another former top associate of Musharraf, Lt-Gen (retd) Jamshed Gulzar Kiyani has already disclosed that majority of the corps commanders, in several meetings, had opposed Musharraf’s decision of patronising the leadership of the King’s party. “We had urged Musharraf many times during the corps commanders meeting that the PML-Q leadership was the most condemned and castigated personalities. They are the worst politicians who remained involved in co-operative scandals and writing off loans. But Musharraf never heard our advice,” Kiyani said while recalling discussions in their high profile meetings. REFERENCE: The man, who rigged 2002 polls, spills the beans By Umar Cheema Sunday, February 24, 2008 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=13159

He said one of their colleagues, who was an accountability chief at that time, had sought permission many times for proceeding against the King’s party top leaders but was always denied. Kiyani asked Musharraf to quit, the sooner the better, as otherwise the country would be in a serious trouble. Ma-Gen (retd) EhteshamZamir termed the 2008 elections ‘fairer than 2002’. He said the reason behind their fairness is that there was relatively less interference of intelligence agencies this time as compared to the last time. But he stopped short of saying that there was zero interference in the 2008 polls. “You are quite right,” he said when asked to confirm about heavy penetration of ISI into political affairs during the 2002 elections. But he said he did not do it on his own but on the directives issued by the government. Asked who directed him from the government side and if there was somebody else, not President Musharraf, he said: “Obviously on the directives of President Musharraf.” Asked if he then never felt that he was committing a crime by manipulating political business at the cost of public wishes, he said: “Who should I have told except myself. Could I have asked Musharraf about this? I was a serving officer and I did what I was told to do. I never felt this need during the service to question anyone senior to me,” he said and added that he could not defend his acts now. REFERENCE: The man, who rigged 2002 polls, spills the beans By Umar Cheema Sunday, February 24, 2008 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=13159

“It was for this reason that I have never tried to preach others what I did not practice. But I am of the view that the ISI’s political cell should be closed for good by revoking executive orders issued in 1975,” he said. Responding to a question regarding corruption cases that were used as pressure tactics on lawmakers, he said: “Yes! This tool was used, not only by the ISI. The NAB was also involved in this exercise.” Former corps commander of Rawalpindi, Lt-Gen (retd) Jamshed Gulzar Kiyani said majority of corps commanders had continued opposing Musharraf’s alliance with top leadership of the PML-Q. “Not just in one meeting, we opposed his alignment with these corrupt politicians in many meetings but who cared. Now Musharraf has been disgraced everywhere, thanks to his political cronies.” REFERENCE: The man, who rigged 2002 polls, spills the beans By Umar Cheema Sunday, February 24, 2008 http://www.thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=13159

Watch the Dawn News on “Horse Trading” and back-door Politics to remove the government with a tacit approval of “Judiciary” in 21st Century: Rigging Pakistan’s Election: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.
http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/10/rigging-pakistans-election-justice.html

There has been a gross violation of rules and regulations in the bid
to renovate and reconstruct the Clifton sewage pumping station which
was destroyed in the November 11 CID centre bomb blast. The News has
learnt that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) has awarded a
multi-million rupee contract for the provision of pumps to a
relatively unknown company.

Sources informed this correspondent that Rs 30 million were awarded in
advance to a local pumps manufacturing firm for four motor pumps to
make the facility operational again. According to sources, the pumps
that have been procured are not worth more than Rs 5.5 million.

The pumping station was badly damaged in the blast and it had stopped
pumping sewage from important areas like Saddar, Clifton, Urdu Bazar,
II Chundrigar Road, Bath Island and red-zone areas like the Governor
House, Chief Minster House, Sindh Assembly, Sindh Secretariat,
Pakistan Secretariat, several five star hotels and the State Guest
House. Within a day of the blast, many VIP areas of the centre of
Karachi were flooded with sewage.

The pumping station had the capacity to treat 20 to 21 million gallons
per day (MGD) of sewage. It had six motors which could handle sewage
at the speed of 10,000 gallon per minute (GPM).

After processing the sewage, the treated waste was transferred to
Treatment Plant (TP)-2 which is situated in Mehmoodabad.

The bomb blast caused massive damage to the pumps, its lines and also
destroyed the KESC supply line to the pumping station.

Keeping in view its importance, the Government of Sindh, on the
request of the KWSB Managing Director, released Rs 30 million to the
water utility to reconstruct the facility on an emergency basis.

While exercising Para 58, the management of KWSB, without seeking
tenders from other pump manufacturing companies, awarded the contract
for the provision of pumps to Mehraj Limited, located in the Korangi
Industrial Area. Under the emergency clause of the Sindh Public
Procurement Authority Rules, 2010, the organization was bound to
invite quotations from three pump manufacturing companies for the
provision of pumps.

However, instead of asking other companies, the KWSB management
obliged just a single company and paid an amount of Rs30 million to it
in advance.

According to sources, a 100 per cent advance payment to any
manufacturer is also in violation of rules and regulations.

The company provided three pumps of six-inch diameter and one pump of
12 inches diameter (suction and disposal lines temporary PVC made) to
KWSB. According to sources, the company which is basically known for
manufacturing water bowsers, fire fighting equipment, fire tenders,
snorkels etc used Cummins China engines for the manufacture of the
pumps. The well-known Cummins engines company is actually UK-based and
its products are also available in Pakistan. The Chinese company, on
the other hand, started manufacturing just a year ago.

The destroyed sewage pumping station was set up more than three
decades ago by the Karachi Development Authority (KDA) at a cost of
Rs1 billion which was loaned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The
station was part of the Greater Karachi Sewerage Scheme No2, which is
commonly known as S-2. After developing the pumping station, the KDA
handed it over to the defunct Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC).
It was handed over to KWSB in 1982, after its emergence as a utility.

This correspondent made numerous attempts to contact the MD KWSB to
get his version of the story but he was inaccessible.