Akram Sheikh. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
Akram Sheikh is considered to be a lawyer of great stature and had previously served as legal counsel for Mansoor Ijaz, who was involved in the memogate scandal.
Earlier, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had finalised the names of three judges for the 'special court' which the government requested for a trial against Musharraf.
Sindh High Court’s Justice Faisal Arab is to head the bench while Justice Tahira Safdar of the Balochistan High Court and Justice Yawar Ali of the Lahore High Court are the other two judges on the bench.
Express News correspondent Aamir Ilyas Rana had reported that Justice Arab was appointed as head on account of being the most senior judge among between the three.
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@Muslim Leaguer: Excuse me? Mr Wasim Sajjad has of the most neat profiles in his fields. He has never been to jail nor has there been a case challenging his honesty. He has remained the Chairman of the Senate for 11 years and there is a reason why people voted for him. We need intellectual people like him in our country. The media just needs an excuse to say something bitter about renowned people. You need to get your facts right and not believe in false statements. Wasim Sajjad is a prominent lawyer and he hasn't done anything wrong to gain money ever. And for the Zardari case, it was Zardari who gave up in the end and actually left the dual office.
@ Mehmood
No offense please but you need to read the recent past (if you can't go beyond that) of Barrister Waseem Sajjad:
ASIF ZARDARI's DUAL OFFICE CASE: It was Waseem Sajjad who was misguiding the High Court by arguing that Asif Zardari was Co-Chairman of PPPP while the then ruling party was PPP http://www.pakistan today.com.pk/2013/02/07/news/national/i-never-said-zardari-would-leave-political-office-wasim-sajjad/?printType=article Funny wasn't it? . PAKISTAN STEEL MILLS CASE: Waseem Sajjad was among the vultures sucking the blood of Pakistan Steel Mills in June 2006 when the Mill with Assets (real estate, plant, machinery, vehicles etc) worth more than Rs 85 Billion was being doled out at less than 1/4th the original Value. . PROMULGATION OF NRO: Waseem Sajjad & SM Zaffar were part of dictator Musharraf's team that finalized the National Recorruption Ordinance in October 2007 forgiving more than 8000 cases of corruption mainly of PPP. . Pakistan has reached this sorry state of affairs because of legal prostitutes like Sharifuddin Pirzada, SM Zaffar, Waseem Sajjad etc. It is the time to clean the country from these intellectually, financially & morally dishonest prostitutes. Long Live Pakistan!@imran: He is a corrupt lawyer and very avaricious.
I am bit surprised to see the ardent support Musharraf drums up. Where were the supporters when he was thrown out by the people - I refer to the lawyers movement which succeeded in forcing Musharraf to flee away. Why did not he stay as President and Army Chief - come what may and make a final stand. Where are the MQM supporters? Where are those whom he showered his clemency and pardoned their crimes. Where are those people? Why are they hiding?
@Muslim Leaguer: Tell you what, if the constitution of Pakistan has been raped then unfortunately it has been 'gang raped' and all who have desecrated it (molested & abused) are right there in the lime lights, sitting in the most sacred places on the hill and still doing the same act of raping it over and over again while we shamelessly watch.
if the government is really sincer to try mushraff, it should first of all amend the 1976 act and boaden the trial court comprising 6 judges of 4 provincial high courts and one judge each from islamabad high court and federal shariat court. Similarly instead of appointing one single prosecutor, it should appoint a panel of prosecutors comprising eminent and neutral jurists like S.M. Zafar ,Ali Ahmad Kurd,Aitzaz Ahsan and justic Tariq Mehmood. As for Sharifuddin Pirzada is concerned, i doubt if he will fight for mushraff as the history goes by, pirzada has been figting for the dictators having prior assurance that his arguments will be the judgement of the compliant judiciary word by word and there is no chance of losing.
akram sheikh is a thug
@ Pakistani Pirzada is, unfortunately, the lawyer who has been raping the Constitution of Pakistan for his petty fee/commission. His role is no different from a prostitute doing anything for money. . @ AK You need to view one of the press conferences of Musharraf's lawyer Ahmed Raza Kasuri wherein he was "crying with tears" to argue for the Dictator's release to allow him to see his old mother. Emotional blackmailing for release from jail and "Sooli" are to extremes poles apart!
He will also be assasinated by our establishment just like the previous lawyer Chaudhry Zulfikar was assasinated!
Musharraf did everything for the betterment of the country and his time was superb particularly in terms of economic development and progress of the country. He is a hero for the people but villain for the so called corrupt democratic leaders. If you do not believe that his time was wonderful you should ask from an ordinary man (a man in street, a taxi or bus driver etc) who will tell you the real story.
The countdown for Musharraf's punishment starts! Right time to undo the blunders of recent past.
The countdown for Musharraf's punishment starts! Right time to undo the blunders of recent past.
Allhamdolilah Musharraf is quite defiant,he bring all these liars to his toes.Even if these conspirator succeed he will accept "Sooli" but will not bow down.
Finally government has appointed a pro TTP lawyer. Clearly the case is now army vs. TTP.
So it's Pirzada vs. Akram Sheikh. My money is on Pirzada who is and has been the best constitutional lawyer in Pakistan's history. I had been curious why Pirzada had been quite during this whole treason allegations saga when he had been advising Musharraf throughout the 2007 episode. I am glad he is back defending Musharraf but why has ET not mentioned anything about that BIG news? At least I cannot find it.
guy defending Salman taseer's killer will now go against Musharraf..well its basically mullah alliances against moderation.
Akram Sheikh represent Jamat-e-Islami
Finally, the team of Musharraf enemies is complete. Now they can really do it to all the legal norms of fair trial.