Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in four cases... What a joke!

[ANG]

Hi, what a joke this nation has become. You honestly think someone will want to invest here?


Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in four cases – The Express Tribune

Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in four cases
Abdul Aziz’s counse*l argued prosec*ution failed to submit enough witnes*ses and proof.
By Obaid Abbasi
Published: November 1, 2011
ISLAMABAD:

District courts acquitted the chief cleric of Lal Masjid in four of the 12 cases registered against him for crimes including challenging government writ by keeping illegal arms.

Judicial Magistrate Kashif Qayyum Sheikh acquitted Abdul Aziz in four cases which were registered against him at the Aabpara police station. The cases included delivering provocative speeches against former president Pervez Musharraf’s government, participation in the issuance of ‘fatwas’ against the military operation in the tribal areas, keeping illegal arms and kidnapping policemen.

Aziz’s counsel Wajeehullah Khan contended that his client was not guilty and that Musharraf implicated him in false cases where the prosecution presented only nine witnesses during proceedings.

He argued that the prosecution had failed to submit enough witnesses and evidence against his client, saying that recordings of Aziz’s speeches were also not presented before the court by the prosecution.

In a case registered against Aziz in 2005, he was accused of delivering provocative speeches against the government during the now defunct Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal protest led by former MNA Mian Muhammad Aslam, thus inciting protestors to injure policemen and damage police motorcycles.

Two cases were filed against the cleric in 2004 and 2005 when the Aabpara police conducted raids on Lal Masjid to arrest Aziz and his brother Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the brothers fled from the scene and the police recovered arms and ammunition from their drawing room. One case alleged that the accused had resisted arrest when the Aabpara police raided the mosque.

In another case registered in 2007, he was accused of threatening the government with a backlash of suicide attacks if the government tried to tear down Lal Masjid or Jamia Hafsa, the women’s faculty. At least 10 soldiers and a Rangers official were killed, along with 91 suspected militants.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2011.

 

[Zarvan]

Hi, what a joke this nation has become. You honestly think someone will want to invest here?


Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in four cases – The Express Tribune

Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in four cases
Abdul Aziz’s counse*l argued prosec*ution failed to submit enough witnes*ses and proof.
By Obaid Abbasi
Published: November 1, 2011
ISLAMABAD:

District courts acquitted the chief cleric of Lal Masjid in four of the 12 cases registered against him for crimes including challenging government writ by keeping illegal arms.

Judicial Magistrate Kashif Qayyum Sheikh acquitted Abdul Aziz in four cases which were registered against him at the Aabpara police station. The cases included delivering provocative speeches against former president Pervez Musharraf’s government, participation in the issuance of ‘fatwas’ against the military operation in the tribal areas, keeping illegal arms and kidnapping policemen.

Aziz’s counsel Wajeehullah Khan contended that his client was not guilty and that Musharraf implicated him in false cases where the prosecution presented only nine witnesses during proceedings.

He argued that the prosecution had failed to submit enough witnesses and evidence against his client, saying that recordings of Aziz’s speeches were also not presented before the court by the prosecution.

In a case registered against Aziz in 2005, he was accused of delivering provocative speeches against the government during the now defunct Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal protest led by former MNA Mian Muhammad Aslam, thus inciting protestors to injure policemen and damage police motorcycles.

Two cases were filed against the cleric in 2004 and 2005 when the Aabpara police conducted raids on Lal Masjid to arrest Aziz and his brother Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the brothers fled from the scene and the police recovered arms and ammunition from their drawing room. One case alleged that the accused had resisted arrest when the Aabpara police raided the mosque.

In another case registered in 2007, he was accused of threatening the government with a backlash of suicide attacks if the government tried to tear down Lal Masjid or Jamia Hafsa, the women’s faculty. At least 10 soldiers and a Rangers official were killed, along with 91 suspected militants.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 1st, 2011.

Sir because government and Armed Forces themselves not want this man to be punished because they are already busy fighting Tribals and punishing him means more hate red among people specially the in Deoband Sect and that will result in more people fighting against Government and Armed Forces so they are trying to get into more trouble

 

[Areesh]

Instead of complaining about the district courts, be practical and file an appeal in the higher courts against this decision. There is a whole judicial system in the country, try to make your point heard and proved through it. And if you can't do that stop whining and calling nation a joke.

 

[ANG]

Sir because government and Armed Forces themselves not want this man to be punished because they are already busy fighting Tribals and punishing him means more hate red among people specially the in Deoband Sect and that will result in more people fighting against Government and Armed Forces so they are trying to get into more trouble

Hi, I personally do not agree with your response, however I completely understand your reasoning. The fact the PA army has made so many sacrifices and the Pakistani nation paid such a heavy price, is due to inbred mullahs like him. Pakistan has been to scared to stand up to radical elements, and that is why it is in its current predicament today.

 

[Maler]

I think this decision is directly related to or influenced by, what happened with Taseer/Qadari case judge