Hello Mr ‘Azaad Adliya’ – by M Usama Kabbir
1. After the proclamation of Provisional Constitutional Order, on January 26, 2000 an order Oath of Office (Judges) Order, 2000 was issued that required that judiciary take oath of office under PCO. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and eighty nine (89) other judges in a total of one hundred and two (102) judges of super…ior judiciary, took oath on PCO while thirteen (13) refused to take oath on PCO.
2. Just prior to the holding of the October 2002 General Elections a five member bench the Supreme Court of Pakistan that Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was a member of dismissed a petition which challenged the promulgation of the Legal Framework Order(LFO)2002 by Chief Executive and President General Pervez Musharraf. Under the LFO General Musharraf announced amendments to the constitution which restored executive powers to the President, including the right to dismiss the National Assembly, appoint Governors and Service Chiefs and created a National Security Council (NSC)
3. On April 13, 2005, in the “Judgment on 17th Amendment and President’s Uniform Case”, Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was one of 5 Supreme Court judges who dismissed all petitions challenging President Musharraf’s consistitutional amendments. In a wide ranging judgement they declared that the Legal Framework Order (LFO) instituted by General Musharraf after his suspension of the constitution, the 17th amendment which gave this constitutional backing, and the two offices bill which allowed Musharraf to retain his military uniform whilst being President were all legal because the Parliament had approved the amendments. But the same Parliament had approved 18th Amendment in March 2010, which was challenged in the Supreme Court and Mr Azaad Adliya rigorously proceeded to dismiss clauses of the amendment.
4. Mr Azad Adliya is pursuing a campaign against contract employees in Government Institutions, which is by the way a prerogative of the executive of the country. Meanwhile, Justice Retired Khalil Ramday has twice been given extension by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhary.
5. The Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani has been given an unprecedented 3 years extension by the Government of Pakistan and it is likely the Director General ISI, Shuja Pasha is set to get a two year extension.
No to contract employees, Yes to contract judges , contract COAS and contract DG ISI.
Sadkay Jawaan tay kum na avaan !
Video report: Iftikhar Chaudhry taking oath under PCO – 30 June 2005
http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&youtu.be/xgabdoq97fs
This is Judicial Martial Law heade by kana dijal
Khuda Ganjey ko nakhan na dey
Shame on Mr Cheap Justice
Credit goes to no 1 hypocrite of fake civil society
Eitezaz Ahsan who has always stabbed PPP in the back
Now another one Shah Mahmood Qureshi is in his foot steps.
Aitzaz Ahsan – Duniya Ki Tareekh Gawah Hai
Asli munsif phir aayen ge
aa tau gaye hain!
Riasat ho gi maan ke jesi
Will Aitzaz Ahsan and co now save their mother (riasat) from the dajjaal of the Supreme Court?
Duniya Ki Tareekh Gawah Hai
Kab koi PCO judge thik hoa hae…
Justice Iftikhar Ch ki Buniyad mein hi kharabi hae…
Aitzaz Ahsan ko kehna chaheye tha..
Fauj ke munshi phir aayen ge
Chief Justice Pakistan’s son Dr Arsalan with Kamran Khan on GEO TV (2007) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8P-VmGvEuc
Shahid Orakzai and Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry Connections (the PCO BENCH WHICH VALIDATED PERVEZ MUSHARRAF MARTIAL LAW)
Politicians in power try to be dictators, says CJ Bureau Report DAWN WIRE SERVICE Week Ending:4 March 2000 Issue : 06/10 http://www.lib.virginia.edu/area-studies/SouthAsia/SAserials/Dawn/2000/mar04.html#poli
ISLAMABAD, March 1: The Chief Justice of Pakistan, Irshad Hasan Khan, on Wednesday observed that when the politicians are in power, they try to become dictators but when they are out of power, they become champions of the rule of law. Presiding over a 12-member bench seized of the seven petitions challenging the military takeover, the chief justice directed the attorney general to provide details of the expenditure on holding elections, including the expenses made by the candidates on their election campaigns. The Supreme Court announced that it would decide the issue of maintainability and merits of the case simultaneously. The chief justice said the court had entertained the petitions. The bench started regular hearing of the petitions on Wednesday.
The court first took up the petition of Syed Zafar Ali Shah, suspended MNA of PML from Islamabad.
The representative petition of PML would be taken next and Khalid Anwer would argue the case on behalf of the party. Other petitions before the court are of Syed Imtiaz Hussain Bukhari, challenging the PCO; Fazal Ellahi Siddiqui, challenging the PCO; Shahid Orakzai, seeking restoration of Senate, office of speakers and provincial assemblies; Al-Jehad Trust, seeking restoration of Constitution to the extent of judiciary; and Syed Iqbal Haider of MWM, seeking validation of PCO. The bench consisted of Justice Irshad Hasan Khan, Justice Mohammad Bashir Jehangiri, Justice Sheikh Ijaz Nisar, Justice Abdur Rehman Khan, Justice Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, Justice Chaudhry Mohammad Arif, Justice Munir A. Sheikh, Justice Rashid Aziz Khan, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Justice Qazi Mohammad Farooq and Justice Rana Bhagwandas.
The chief justice made it clear at the outset that the counsels should try to be relevant and unnecessary repetition of arguments should be avoided. He said the whole work of the court was suspended due to the present case. Chaudhry Farooq, the counsel of Mr Shah, said that on the last hearing the petitioner had apprehended that the judges of the court would be asked to take fresh oath under the PCO and his apprehensions proved to be true. He said the PCO (1) of 1999 and subsequent orders were unconstitutional, having no force of law. The chief justice asked the parties to avoid mud-slinging, and added that: “we will perform our function without intimidation.” He observed that the bar and the bench were integral part of the chariot of justice. He said his effort was to save the system and referred to the decisions of the Chief Justices Committee. The counsel said: “Pakistan was a gift of our forefathers, but unfortunately the rule of law had been interrupted at regular intervals. In its total life, Pakistan had suffered military rule for 30 long years”.
He said the government in its reply to the petitions had said that the elections of Feb 3, 1997, were farce. The elections in which PML obtained heavy mandate were monitored by the observers across the globe, he said, and added the armed forces were employed to supervize the elections. On the court’s query, Barrister Khalid Anwar stated that 36 per cent of voters used their right of franchise in the 1997 elections. Chaudhry Farooq said if the government of Khawaja Nazimuddin would not have been dismissed, the fate of Pakistan would have been different. He said Pakistan was created with the force of vote and not through any military operation. “Both citizens and soldiers are subject to Constitution alike.” Referring to Article 6 of the Constitution, he said abrogating the Constitution was treachery with the country. When he stated that the respondents had not replied to the Politicians in power try to be dictators: CJ challenge he raised in the petition, the chief justice observed that the counsel was trying to be hyper technical. The CJ made it clear to the counsel that notice of the case to the chief of the army staff was there.
The counsel said he was firm believer that the Kafir (infidel) could not be a friend of Muslim and Hindus being Kafir could not be trusted. When the counsel referred to a judgment from the Indian jurisdiction, the court asked him not to cite Indian judgments in the present case. When the counsel started reading an old judgment from Pakistani jurisdiction, the chief justice asked the counsel to first read the speech of the chief executive in which he had spelt out the reasons which forced him to come into power. The counsel was still reading the speech of Gen Musharraf when the court rose to assemble again on Thursday (March 2).
Past heroes, now zeroes By Ahmad Noorani Tuesday, February 16, 2010 http://www.thenews.jang.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=27286&Cat=13&dt=2/16/2010
ISLAMABAD: Some of the past heroes of the historic lawyers’ movement are now turning into big zeroes. They have started supporting the anti-independent judiciary movement and the presidency allegedly because of they see lucrative millions in government jobs and assignments as fees. According to senior lawyers who rendered numerous sacrifices during the movement for the restoration of the judiciary, this is happening because of the desires of some of the former top leaders of the lawyers’ movement to get their choice lawyers appointed as judges of the high courts.
These lawyers say that some of their colleagues also want the Supreme Court to decide each and every matter according to their will and understanding of law and the constitution. These lawyers say when the top leaders opposed the lawyers strike call in January, their opinion was sincerely considered and the boycott call was taken back.
“However, now when the Zardari-led government has violated the constitution, the lawyers leader who were made heroes by the people of the Pakistan sided with the presidency of Asif Ali Zardari and did not participate in Monday’s historic boycott by the lawyers,” a senior lawyer said.
He added: “These former leaders did not know that they became heroes because of their stance in support of the independent judiciary and because of the people. If they continue to oppose the lawyers’ struggle, not only the public but the new generation of lawyers will not forgive them”.
He said in the garb of saving the democracy, the former lawyers’ leaders are siding with worst ever dictatorship in civil dress. On the other hand four top leaders – Aitzaz Ahsan, Athar Minallah, Justice (R) Tariq Mehmood and Ali Ahmad Kurd – have their own views on the issues.
Despite absence of these leaders, Hamid Khan, Rasheed A Rizvi, Latif Afridi, Mehmoodul Hassan and present president of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Qazi Anwar, who are also the leaders of the historic lawyers’ movement in last three years, actively participated in Monday’s lawyers strike by keeping all the interests aside.
Justice (R) Tariq Mehmood was of the view that if the lawyers would have announced staging of protest in front of the Prime Minister House or the Presidency he would have been part of this protest but he is against boycott of the courts. “Now, there is an independent judiciary, so why we are boycotting the courts?”
Justice Tariq gave his reason for not participating in Monday’s lawyers’ protest. When asked that why he did not give this suggestion to the present leadership of the lawyers’ movement, he said whenever he expressed his views to this new leadership they simply listen to it and ignore it.
Ali Ahmad Kurd, when approached by this correspondent was of the view that he will not disclose the reasons for not participating in lawyers’ protest right now and will make his disclosures after three days.
Athar Minallah also said he would record his reasons later, while Aitzaz Ahsan did not respond to many calls and messages sent to him. Aitzaz was also specifically sent some questions, which also remained unanswered.
Hamid Khan said he was part of the protest and tried to defend his former colleagues, saying that Munir A Malik was out of the country for his medical check up while all other lawyers’ leaders supported the lawyers’ call to protest against unconstitutional orders of the presidency. He said though some of the lawyers did not participate in the protest due to different reasons but they never opposed the call.
column kaar – 16th oct 2010 – p1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNmgi5dL7EY
The Jang Group has become so obsessed with quickly seeing the back of the government and is probably salivating so much over the prospects of threatened long marches that sometimes it gets muddled up in its excitement… This is the heading from yesterday’s daily Jang about Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani trying to reassure people – dreading a government-Supreme Court showdown in court today (October 13) – that nothing bad would happen. The headline reads: “13 March Ko Kuchh Nahin Hoga…” [Nothing will happen on March 13…]. Crap All Round WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2010 http://cafepyala.blogspot.com/2010/10/crap-all-round.html
میڈیا اور ججز:’رد عمل ذرا زیادہ تھا‘
آخری وقت اشاعت: جمعـء 15 اکتوبر 2010 , 15:46 GMT 20:46 PST
http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/multimedia/2010/10/101015_judges_asma.shtml
Now, in this election year of 2007, and before this round of ‘free and fair’ elections takes place, before the ISI and its sister agencies once more get into the act, and before the main actors depart from this world, will the reinstated Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, take up the Retired Air Marshal’s petition and see it to its finality. It is of vital importance to the future political scenario as it should incriminate and disqualify many an aspiring public representative hoping to lord it over this nation yet again. And will the stalwarts of the Supreme Court Bar Association please help the retired Air Marshal – he needs legal representation. We never learn from history
By Ardeshir Cowasjee (DAWN)
We never learn from history-8 By Ardeshir Cowasjee
Tuesday,August 21, 2007 (DAWN)
THIS nation attained the age of 60 years on August 14. We remembered our founder and maker, Mohammad Ali Jinnah; we remembered all the intelligent men who have ruled over us; we, who have lived long enough, also remembered that at a relatively young age we managed to lose half the country (143.998 square kilometers of territory to be precise).
Most of all, we all remembered that our governments had all failed to adhere to the first edict of our founder-maker : “…the first duty of a government is to maintain law and order….”.
Eleven years ago, on June 16 1996, former air chief Air Marshal Asghar Khan wrote a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Sajjad Ali Shah, regarding a matter of great national importance – the 1990 countrywide elections and the use of public money to ‘buy’ standing candidates. He requested that the matter be adjudged and action be taken against those found guilty. The good judge took cognizance of the request, converted it into a petition (19 of 1996), and fixed it for hearing on November 3. The respondents were Mirza Mohammad Aslam Beg, former Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt General Asad Durrani, ex-Director-General of Inter Services Intelligence Directorate, and Mr Younis Habib, ex-chief of ex-Mehran Bank Ltd, then confined in Central Jail, Karachi.
CJP Sajjad Ali Shah was followed by CJPs Ajmal Mian, Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, Irshad Hasan Khan, Bashir Jehangiri, Shaikh Riaz Ahmed, Nazim Hussain Siddiqui and now Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry. But today, eleven long years later, Human Rights Petition 19/96 remains shelved. Each successive Chief Justice of the Supreme Court has found it prudent to leave the petition undecided.
Mehran Bank Scandal Case Pending for last 14 years in the Supreme Court of Pakistan – Asghar Khan: ISI Bribery of Pak Politicians -1/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r8-w5Cawrs Asghar Khan: ISI Bribery of Pak Politicians -2/2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOtna-6RZag&feature=related
Asghar Khan: ISI Bribery of Pak Politicians http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9varQhZWSUI
Asghar Khan: ISI’s Role in Pak Politics -1/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u_4vZloT68
Asghar Khan: ISI’s Role in Pak Politics -2/2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVl2w1vb7mY&feature=related
A round of applause for your article post. Awesome.