CJP to stop drone attacks? How…?
Imran Khan has filed a petition with the Supreme Court against the series of ongoing drone attacks. He believes there will be international repercussions of the decision of the Supreme Court against drone attacks. May we know how? Why doesn’t Imran Khan press the Supreme Court to stop suicide attacks on mosques, police stations, hotels etc? As far as the Supreme Court is concerned, it will get another chance to listen to headline making petitions. I can imagine CJP, Justice Ramday and Justice Javed Iqbal coming up with thunderous remarks while listening to the petition.
Imran moves SC against drone attacks
The News, July 1, 2010
By Mumtaz Alvi
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf Chairman (PTI) Imran Khan has filed a petition in the Supreme Court against the ongoing series of drone attacks in the tribal areas, making the Federation of Pakistan and the four provinces respondents.
Talking to media persons here at the party’s Central Secretariat afterwards, Imran said the Ministries of Defence, Foreign Affairs and Interior had also been made respondents in the petition.
“It is the job of the Supreme Court to safeguard the fundamental rights of the citizens of Pakistan and I believe an apex court verdict against the drone attacks will further add to its popularity among the people,” he said replying to a question.
Imran explained majority of Americans were also opposed to the drone attacks and the US senators had raised their voice against the practice. “I believe the apex court’s decision will have international repercussions,” he maintained.
The PTI chief described the drone attacks on Fata as a clear violation of the UN charter, international law as well as the resolutions of the Geneva Convention. He added in 107 drone attacks, 1,153 people had died so far, whereas in revenge, innocent citizens and security forces personnel were targeted.
He made it clear they had knocked at the doors of the Supreme Court as a last resort after the government and opposition failed to help halt the strikes, which had claimed 1,153 lives, whereas only 10 of those killed were suspected militants.
The PTI chairman alleged that both the ruling coalition and opposition parties were trying to outdo one another to please the US. “The US knows it very well that the Government of Pakistan just for the sake of words condemns such strikes,” he said.
Reiterating his opposition to the attacks, Imran said on both sides, Pakistanis were being killed: be they common citizens, personnel of security forces or militants. Answering a question, Imran said the government was following a policy of hypocrisy by saying repeatedly that it was implementing the verdict of the apex court on the NRO, whereas on the ground, it was openly defying it.
To another question, the PTI chief said after getting scrapped the ban from parliament on becoming prime minister for third time, PML-N would now assume the role of a real opposition.
“Zardari should be ready now, as Mian Nawaz Sharif is going to play the part of a genuine opposition leader for his party helped passage of 18th Amendment that also infringed upon the concept of separation of powers of the executive and the judiciary,” he pointed out. He alleged by doing so, the PML-N leader had exploited the movement in support of the judiciary and the chief justice.
Imran Khan should also file a petition in the Supreme Court to investigate the ongoing patronage of the ISI for various jihadi and sectarian parties, e..g. Lashkar-e-Taiba, Sipah-e-Sahaba, “Good” Taliban etc.
Imran khan is the last hope of ISI Zia group ,Drones are really damaging Alqaida-Taliban ….. The Ziaist forcing IK to do some thing ..plzzz
I agree to stop this kind of Drone Attacks
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Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry met visiting US envoy Richard Holbrooke in the Supreme Court building on FridayBy Matiullah Jan Saturday, 06 Jun, 2009 05:29 AM PST http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/13+cj+receives+holbrooke+calls+on+zardari-za-12
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U.S. forces step up role in Pakistan Special Operations teams begin venturing out on aid missions with Pakistani troops, but keep a low profile By JULIAN E. BARNES ASIA NEWSJULY 22, 2010 Printed in The Wall Street Journal Asia, page 8 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB30001424052748704723604575379132838698738.html
WASHINGTON—U.S. Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani forces on aid projects, deepening the American role in the effort to defeat Islamist militants in Pakistani territory that has been off limits to U.S. ground troops.
The expansion of U.S. cooperation is significant given Pakistan’s deep aversion to allowing foreign military forces on its territory. The Special Operations teams join the aid missions only when commanders determine there is relatively little security risk, a senior U.S. military official said, in an effort to avoid direct engagement that would call attention to U.S. participation.
The U.S. troops are allowed to defend themselves and return fire if attacked. But the official emphasized the joint missions aren’t supposed to be combat operations, and the Americans often participate in civilian garb.
Pakistan has told the U.S. that troops need to keep a low profile. “Going out in the open, that has negative optics, that is something we have to work out,” said a Pakistani official. “This whole exercise could be counterproductive if people see U.S. boots on the ground.”
Because of Pakistan’s sensitivities, the U.S. role has developed slowly. In June 2008, top U.S. military officials announced 30 American troops would begin a military training program in Pakistan, but it took four months for Pakistan to allow the program to begin.
The first U.S. Special Operations Forces were restricted to military classrooms and training bases. Pakistan has gradually allowed more trainers into the country and allowed the mission’s scope to expand. Today, the U.S. has about 120 trainers in the country, and the program is set to expand again with new joint missions to oversee small-scale development projects aimed at winning over tribal leaders, according to officials familiar with the plan.
Such aid projects are a pillar of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy, which the U.S. hopes to pass on to the Pakistanis through the training missions.
U.S. military officials say if U.S. forces are able to help projects such as repairing infrastructure, distributing seeds and providing generators or solar panels, they can build trust with the Pakistani military, and encourage them to accept more training in the field.
“You have to bring something to the dance,” said the senior military official. “And the way to do it is to have cash ready to do everything from force protection to other things that will protect the population.”
Congressional leaders last month approved $10 million in funding for the aid missions, which will focus reconstruction projects in poor tribal areas that are off-limits to foreign civilian aid workers.
The Pakistani government has warned the Pentagon that a more visible U.S. military presence could undermine the mission of pacifying the border region, which has provided a haven for militants staging attacks in Pakistan as well as Afghanistan.
The U.S. has already aroused local animosity with drone strikes targeting militants in the tribal areas, though the missile strikes have the tacit support of the Pakistani government and often aid the Pakistani army’s campaign against the militants.
Providing money to U.S. troops to spend in communities they are trying to protect has been a tactic used for years to fight insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The move to accompany Pakistani forces in the field is even more significant, and repeats a pattern seen in the Philippines during the Bush administration, when Army Green Berets took a gradually more expansive role in Manila’s fight against the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf in the southern islands of Mindanao.
There, the Green Berets started in a limited training role, and their initial deployment unleashed a political backlash against the Philippine president. But as the Philippine military began to improve its counterinsurgency skills, Special Operations Forces accompanied them on major offensives throughout the southern part of the archipelago.
In Pakistan, the U.S. military helps train both the regular military and the Frontier Corps, a force drawn from residents of the tribal regions but led by Pakistani Army officers.
The senior military official said the U.S. Special Operations Forces have developed a closer relationship with the Frontier Corps, and go out into the field more frequently with those units. “The Frontier Corps are more accepting partners,” said the official.
For years the Frontier Corps was underfunded and struggled to provide basic equipment for its soldiers. A U.S. effort to help equip the force has made them more accepting of outside help.
The regular Pakistani military also operates in the tribal areas of Pakistan, but they are less willing to go on missions with U.S. forces off the base, in part because they believe appearing to accept U.S. help will make them look weak, the senior U.S. military official said. The Pakistani official said the military simply doesn’t need foreign help.
During the past two years, Pakistan has stepped up military operations against the militant groups that operate in the tribal areas. Although Washington has praised the Pakistani offensives, Pentagon officials have said Pakistan’s military needs help winning support among tribal elders. If successful, the joint missions and projects may help the Pakistani military retain control of areas in South Waziristan, the Swat valley and other border regions they have cleared of militants.
In Pakistan, the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad will retain final approval for all projects, according to U.S. Defense officials.
But congressional staffers briefed on the program said the intent is to have Pakistani military forces hand out any of the goods bought with the funding or pay any local workers hired.
“The goal is never to have a U.S. footprint on any of these efforts,” said a congressional staffer.
WASHINGTON: US Special Operations Forces have begun venturing out with Pakistani troops in the areas that have so far been restricted to them, the American media reported on Wednesday. The goal of the mission is to aid local forces and determine the security risks, the Wall Street Journal reported. US troops reportedly wear civilian clothes and are allowed to use their weapons only if they are attacked. US personnel venture out in Fata: WSJ Thursday, 22 Jul, 2010 http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/the-newspaper/front-page/16-us-personnel-venture-out-in-fata-wsj-270-hs-04