I know this dude, but unfortunately, people like you are in minority..
Imran Khan had a very good debate on this on TV. He pointed out Pakistan's #1 problem since day one has been lack of the supremacy of the law. There's always a gaon ka chowdhary who can have their own way. We made it first the military now the feudal lords, and you want it to be someone else. I'm a strong proponent of letting 10 guilty men go free if it means wrongfully punishing 1. If you can't prove it then its your problem. You have to be better at it.
As every citizen should.. Please note that I have not advocated a targeted assassination of this guy either..
I can't punish him either, can't dial down the severity of the punishment and reverse a not guilty verdict because he seems guilty. He has to be found guilty by a competent court of law.
And there in lies the crunch.. People failing to do this CSI/Police work are also Pakistanis. The part of Pakistani establishment. Right?
While that applies to most of the terrorism related acquittals in Pak, it does not to Hafiz Saeed. India played a huge role in allowing Hafiz Saeed to go free. As many people on this forum have pointed out its in India's interest to see Pakistan get maligned over Hafiz Saeed. If you read up on how the case has progressed (as its still going on against other individuals wanted for Mumbai attacks) you'll learn India is just playing around and is not serious.
A couple of things.. You are not going by the book in real.. If you go thru the links (Pakistani sources) I posted earlier, you will see that Pakistan has a pathetic record of terrorism related convictions due to shoddy prosecution (Pakistani govt). Your judiciary is part of the same system.. If your executive body screws up and does not prosecute right and your judiciary frees the criminals because of lack of evidence, you can not hide behind "We followed the book" because the book you followed is incorrect.
Most are misconceptions, like exxagerations that Pakistan does not have a single terrorism related conviction. One of our former mods compiled this, hes busy elsewhere or else this list would be more current.
http://www.defence.pk/forums/pakistans-war/60854-terrorism-convictions.html
If they can give ALL these convictions then all those arguments that they are afraid of their lives is just bull. Who were these judges who convicted them? Take the cases to them. Most acquittals happen in Pak due to bad police work or due to bad legislation - like in the case of Raymond Davis.
And by your logic, the people at international airports who single out Pakistanis for extra scrutiny are also following the book. They are authorised to single out whoever they feel is a threat and they do... No one told them that they had to be equal opportunity screeners..
There are multiple facets to that. Singling out for security is separate - but at the same time its incumbent upon the security forces to improve their process for example in the US they have these giant gun powder residue detectors they made me stand in and I was done in 30 seconds. No inconvenience. At the same time before that they made me sit for 6 hours asked me nothing of value to determine my risk factor and talked rudely to me. Very inconvenient.
Its still wrong since they should send everyone through that test.
So while they have a right to do it, but as I was explaining to vsdoc, if they have a test, then its okay. If they just disbarr me based on the color of my passport then its not.
Pakistan can claim what ever they want. At the end of the day, till the person / organization is removed from the list of terrorists by UNSC, they are designated as terrorists.. As I said before, no amount of word smithing can change that.
Its something livable and its an inconvenience to Hafiz Saeed not to Pakistan.
