Sharifs’ Disqualification Leads to Governor’s Rule in Dubious Circumstances

On Feb 25, 2009, the Supreme Court disqualified the Sharif brothers from holding or contesting public offices. Consequently, Shahbaz Sharif also lost his office of Chief Minister of Punjab and elder brother Nawaz Sharif is barred from contesting elections.

 

‘For the reasons to be recorded later, the judgments order dated June 23, 2008 Lahore High Court in writ petitions No.6468/2008 (Noor Ellahi versus Nawaz Sharif) and 6469/2008 (Syed Khurram Shah versus Nawaz Sharif) are upheld. No ground for leave is made out. These petitions are accordingly dismissed,’ said a short order by a three-member bench comprising Justice Mohammad Moosa K Leghari, Justice Syed Sakhi Hussain Bukhari and Justice Sheikh Hakim Ali.

 

The bench was hearing the appeals of the federal government against June 23, 2008 Lahore High Court (LHC) order of disqualifying the twice-elected prime minister and PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif from the by-election for being convicted under the 1999 plane hijacking conspiracy case.

 

About Shahbaz Sharif, a separate order of the Supreme Court converted the petititions of Syed Khurram Shah into appeal and declared that Shahbaz Sharif was not qualified to be elected or chosen as a member of the provincial assembly from PP-48 Bhakkar-II.

 

It also declared null and void the June 3, 2008 notification of the Election Commission in favour of Shahbaz Sharif and ordered the commission to de-notify Shahbaz Sharif membership.

The decision comes days after the allegations leveled by top PML-N leadership that President Asif Ali Zardari was hell-bent to disqualify Sharif brothers from the court by using PCO judiciary.

 

The Supreme Court also imposed a fine of Rs100,000 each to petitioners and proposer and seconder of Sharif’s namely Mehr Zafar Iqbal and Shakeel Baig. Both were ordered to deposit the amount in the court within fifteen days or face a simple imprisonment of three months.

 

The controversial President lost no time in imposing Governor’s Rule in the Punjab under dubious circumstances. On the advice of the PM Gilani, under Article 237 of the Constitution, he imposed Governor Rule in the province of Punjab with immediate effect for a period of two months.

 

Following is the text of the proclamation: 

 

‘WHEREAS I, Asif Ali Zardari, President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, on receipt of report from the Governor of the Punjab and other information made available, am satisfied that the situation has arisen in which the Government of the Province of the Punjab cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution.

 

‘AND WHEREAS an unprecedented and unique constitutional void has been created in the Province consequent upon the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan on 25 February 2009 in the matter of disqualification/unseating of Mian Shahbaz Sharif as Member of Provincial Assembly.

 

‘Now, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 234 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, I hereby-

 

a)   ’Direct the Governor of the Punjab to assume on my behalf the functions of the Government of that Province;

b)   Make the following incidental and consequential provision which appear to be necessary or desirable for giving effect to the objects of this Proclamation:

 

i)    the Chief Minister and Provincial Ministers of that province shall forthwith cease to hold office;

ii)  in the exercise of the functions which the Governor has been directed to assume hereinbefore stated, the Governor shall act to such extent and subject to such conditions as I shall, from time to time, deem fit to give or impose. 

 

‘This Order shall, unless revoked earlier, remain in force for a period of two months.’

 

US: Damages for Possessing Child Porn

A British man living in the US has been told by a judge to pay $200,000 (£130,000 ) to a woman for possessing an indecent image of her as a child. The judge said it was the first such criminal case in which someone found possessing illegal images had to pay restitution, despite not creating them.

Briton Alan Hesketh was sentenced to 78 months in prison in October.

“We’re dealing with a frontier here,” Judge Warren W Eginton was quoted by Associated Press (AP).

‘Feeling of revulsion’
Mr Hesketh, of Stonington, Connecticut, was found with more than 2,000 images of child pornography. Images of the victim as a child were found amid the collection. “There is a feeling of revulsion about this type of conduct,” the judge said.

The defendant’s attorney said he would appeal against the decision, saying it was too high and may lead to more claims by other victims of child abuse.

The lawyer representing the victim, however, said there was no difference between the defendant and those who made the images. “The victim is a victim of sexual exploitation caused by this defendant,” Marsh was quoted as saying by AP.

Ernie Allen, president of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, said he hoped the decision would serve to act as a deterrent. “We think this is a terrific precedent,” Mr Allen said. “The photos stay out there forever. Every time they are downloaded, every time they are distributed, the victim in that image is re-victimized.”

[Source: BBC]

Sharifs’ Disqualification: The Sound of Boots is in the Air

Its not the first time that the country is in a political turmoil ….neither is the time that the so called politicians are fighting for the so called system and yelling about the so called democracy…

The news of disqualification of Sharif brothers has on one hand given a juicy news day to media….and on the other it highlighted Muslim League N .. which was something they were looking for…

After an emergency meeting for hours at his “Farm House” in Raiwind Lahore, Nawaz Sharif revealed his thoughts in a media conference, where he was not able to answer any questions properly put by the journalists, and then he appealed …”people should come out of their houses immediately in order to save the country and save their rights”. He added “disqualification does not make any difference to me or to Shahbaz, the question is what is happening to the country”…yeah right!!! what is happening to the country, exactly the same which you want assholes. Either its you or Zardari or Imran or any other hounding politicians…this is what they all want, the country in absolute turmoil, a country to which they could be the MASTERS, a country where they could rule witout any questions asked to them, a country where they know people can only be slaves…with no eyes, no ears, no brains…. wow….eutopia for these rulers, ain’t it ???

If Nawaz Sharif is seriously not concerned with the decision and he is sincere to the country, he could have been on the road along with all those silly people who came out and one more time disturbed the traffic. If Sharif brothers were really annoyed by the decision (which they already knew) then they were also aware of the aftermath of this decision, (referring to the imposition of Governer Rule in the province), because Shahbaz cannot deny the “Baby fights” between him and Salman Taseer. But; how innocent he was when we heard his reply to one of those questions “we have a majority in Punjab and we will soon announce our candidate nomination for next CM” and “there are news Mian sab, its going to be Governer rule in Punjab???” “Nope, i dont know about any such thing!!” and after about one and half hour the news breaks “Governer Rule has been imposed in Punjab for next two months after the ‘important’ meeting of President an Prime Minister…”

It was a pity to watch Nawaz Sharif in this media conference where he did not criticize the PPP, but Zardari…”we had splendid dreams and look what happened”…Poor Nawaz forgot while signing the Charter of Democracy…no matter its Benazir Butto on her side, but there is a Zardari behind…following the American saying “wait and watch”.

So..now what…??? aint this a question in every one’s mind and the answer to it is very simple dear country men ….yes the sound of boots is in the air and why not? A little concentration on the previous one year reveals this answer.

It doesnt take high intellect to find what is between the lines.

- Nawaz Sharif n Shabaz are disqualified on the basis of all those cases which were created in Musharraf’s era.

- Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif signed the Charter of Democracy, BB was a tough lady, strong character with an approach that falls alienity criteria in this country so; BB had to die. Nawaz was easy to scratch out from the scene without any such big effort, so he has been disqualified.

- 18th February, Elections, PPP gets the majority and later on Zardari decides to be the “father of the nation (Babar Ghori’s words)”.

- Zardari completely denies the Charter of Democracy and tries to make Nawaz understand what is going to be his fate, but the foolish soul stays in a false hope that things might change.

- On every major post, you find there are Zardari’s favourite people, only those who could talk and talk good.

- A mentally retard PM has been appointed to fill in the place. Because some one sensible was not needed there when you have Zardari playing on the back foot.

- One year of BB’s assasination and there is no FIR, no REPORT, NO INVESTIGATIONS !!! and why there should be some, after all its what they wanted.

- Ajmal Qasab’s case, Memood Durrani deposed on PM’s orders, and Zardari says, how could PM do this without my consent…EXACTLY You Poor soul, you dint remember he is an Ex Army man whom you insulted by kicking him out…Ahh now count your own days!

- Aitezaz Ahsan given a show cause notice.

So, these are just some of the things which if watched clearly, tell you the future of this country. Now, in next minimum three and maximum six months, the martial law will be back with a personality designated as the CEO of Pakistan and there you go…

Fellows, this country was never meant to be a democratic one. Do you find any democratic government ever came without army backing, or army’s consent? How could we say that this government is not without an army backing? The aforementioned things are those who clearly state this. So now we all know who is on the real back foot.

13-Year Old Christian Girl Gang Raped

Sangla Hill: February 17, 2009. Five Muslim men dragged one teenage Christian girl to their compound and gang raped her in broad daylight amid her cries while Muslim elders of neighborhood passed by smiling.

13 years Christian girl came out of home to dump trash but on the way Mohammad Kako and Mohammad Kala kidnapped her and forcibly on gunpoint pushed her to their compound in Muslim neighborhood. There were three more Muslim men present and they gang raped her.

The family members of teenage Christian girl kept looking for girl whole day but when they were passing by home of Kako Mohammad they heard screaming of their daughter.

Muslim rapists fled away by firing shots in air when they heard knocks at door and parents of victim girl took their girl to home.

The news of gang raped spread among Christian community who gathered in house of victim girl. Mr. Sohtra, a local Christian attorney approached the magistrate for medical examination of victim where doctors confirmed this brutal rape.

Sangla Hill is same city in province of Punjab where Christian schools, hostel and Church were burnt by Muslim mob few years back.

The UK Pakistani Christian Community have lodged strong protest and pressed upon Chief Minister of Punjab and Federal Minority Minister to arrest the culprits. Ex-Lord Mayor Mr. James Shera, Chaudry Aslam Bhatti, Tariq Chaudry and Salman Akhtar Bhatti have condemn the incident.