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Balochistan unrest: Army chief will be summoned, says CJ
Chief justice takes notice of IG FC's press conference, says video will be sent to Army chief and defence secretary.
Chief justice takes notice of IG FC's press conference, says video will be sent to Army chief and defence secretary.
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, while hearing the Balochistan law and order case on Monday, said that the Army chief will be summoned to the court to comment on the press conference held by Inspector General of Frontier Corps (FC) Major General Obaidullah Khattak.
The chief justice took notice of the press conference in which the IG FC blamed foreign agencies behind the unrest in Balochistan, and ordered for its video to be produced before the court. He added that the video will also be sent to the Army chief and the defence secretary.
The chief justice further added that the situation in Balochistan has already been unstable, while the IG FC is giving a press conference which is contrary to the court orders. He questioned if the IG FC is looking forward to a confrontation with the court.
Raja Irshad, the counsel for security agencies, told the court that the press conference was held to highlight the acts of foreign agencies, but the chief justice said that if there are foreign agencies present in Balochistan, then the responsibility lies with the federal government to deal with them.
The lawyer representing mobile phone companies told the court that the PTA has allowed issuing only five SIMs per person, and added that the companies have spent $30 million to provide a tracking system to agencies but they do not cooperate with the police.
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Mr CJ it is easy to put blame on Army. Do you know since Army Operation is toned down in Balochistan BLA and other gangsters now a days are on a killing spree. No any other ethnicity other than Pashtoon and Baloch cannot live in Balochistan. Minorities are slaughtered like animals there. Today six people have been killed and in this month more than 20 from ethnic minorities in Balochistan have been gunned down. It seems BLA and Balochs have every right to kill based on a victim card but no one else have any right there in Balochistan.
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Good excuse for CJ to blame corruption case on ARMY
HE IS NOT COMMANDER IN CHIEF
he must not meddle in politics
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“The chief justice further added that the situation in Balochistan has already been unstable, while the IG FC is giving a press conference which is contrary to the court orders. He questioned if the IG FC is looking forward to a confrontation with the court” Observations made by honourabe apex court are correct. But respectable CJ has to keep in mind that military brass since long enjoying unlimited freedom in its sphere. To put a stop might require lot of time. Let us see and hope COAS presents himself and offers some thing concrete for the satisfction of the court. Apparantly to me it looks a very remote possibility but one should always hope for the best.
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Co-operation with the police……Our police deliberately leaks news to media people for money!!! and you want agencies to share evidence or for that matter anything with police….
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The whole judiciary system of Pakistan is favoring the elite. there is nothing for poor. since you joined how many cases have you resolved and how many have been poor have been convicted for their crime.
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What a country we have…! All the institutions are wrangling with each other! And the winner of this ‘dungle’ will be the ‘holy cow’ and sufferers will be all of us – the emotional wrecks living by slogans and illusions.
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Most Pakistanis see our Hon. CJ as the last hope to raise voice against injustice, corruption and lawlessness.
Hon. CJ we are with you always. As far as the cronies of these Mafias are concerned… they will be the first ones to run away from the country to Dubai or UK once we have PTI in power which will help establish free and independent NAB. That independent NAB that could hold any powerful person who is corrupt.
Best Regards
JK
Oxford, UK
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CJ bang on target
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I honestly don’t know what people above want from Judiciary. If judiciary clamps down, they are called aggressors. If they let it go, they are accused of being an accomplice in human right violations.
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hats off to CJ. Its about time the army should be answerable to someone. Way to go
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@ Ordinary Villager,
Mr. Villager, What is the benefit of Army Control in Balochistan if such kind of lawlessness happens Recommend
This is the fifth insurgency in Balochistan and also this many Military Operations which, according to the current situtation, only provided short term quick solution and led to curretn deterioration & hatred – there has got to be some genuine grievences of Balochistanis !!!
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will his highness ‘army chief’ will come himsel, in uniform, quite doubtful, or send all time lower rank ‘major’/'capt.’.
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@Falcon: “I honestly don’t know what people above want from Judiciary. If judiciary clamps down, they are called aggressors. If they let it go, they are accused of being an accomplice in human right violations.”
I think the set of people who complain about human rights violations are different from the set of people who want judiciary to keep away from this case. Different groups have different objectives. In the end, judiciary has to decide what its role is within parameters of the constitution without being swayed by media reports one way or another.
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@Moulvi Nawaz Shareef: “Co-operation with the police……Our police deliberately leaks news to media people for money!!! and you want agencies to share evidence or for that matter anything with police….”
I do not think the agencies can make that assumption. If there are a couple of bad apples in police who are leaking, they have to be made accountable. But to state that all the police is unrelianble and hence we will not co-operate is very strange. If the police of the country is not reliable then it amounts to a complete breakdown of law and order. Anther thing if the police which is an executive function asks for and fails to receive support from agencies which report to the army, can the government said to be sovereign?
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What a trust deficit.
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Way to go CJ! We salute you. It’s high time these generals are answerable to honorable judges. Enough, it’s simply enough we the citizens of this country have taken this nonsence.
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@Ordinary Villager: Be Clear, If army is not involve in kidnapping the residents of Blochistan, than Why Army taking it personal? Army Should say clearly that it does not involve in kidnapping..
CJ has not blamed the Army. He has just said that the court would call Army Chief, being chief of a responsible security forces, to come and tell what is a solution of Blochistan Crises.
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CJ is the bravest person in Pakistan nowadays. First time in the history of Pakistan, someone with authority is challenging the Holy cows and the ones in power corridors. Hats off to CJ. Our prayers are with you. You are a hope in this country of lawlessness.
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@haroon ali:
Wait till someone higher up is actually punished otherwise it could just be a topi drama.
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Hats of chief justice .you are hitting on the right target .may Allah give you time to revive Pakistan
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BJ Iftikhar is the best thing happened to Pakistan in our 65 years history. Keep up the great work Sir
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@Ordinary Villager: Please… let the lying stop first.
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Seeing the track record of Judiciary in letting the terrorists free after every arrest, a trust deficit has been developed between Law Enforcing agencies and the courts. Most of the Law enforcers considers it a futile effort to present the terrorists in the courts. Their Lawyer as quoted in news papers has said that FC is victim of Terrorists and Judiciary implying they both are on the same page. So the policy is let the Judiciary take out steam at them, but do what is right.
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