Pakistan's high court acquits Nawaz Sharif

[SSGPA1]

SSGP1, your interpretition of constitution is not correct. I have discussed these matters with people having law degrees here in USA (Emory has one of the best law schools in USA). And they favor my interperion whether it is on jurisdiction of the SC or on the Article VI. You are free however, to present your point of view and convince others.

Interpretition will vary from lawyer to lawyer and lets see how it is interpreted in Pakistan when the time comes (if it ever come to that point).

 

[qsaark]

Yet my point is that you want to hang a person who has the integrity of character over most of the chorrs that are on the scene just because you want to throw the book at him.

Hum, here you knocked me out.

 

[HAIDER]

This is exactly what it looks like because NS didn't break ties with PPPP over NRO and till this day has not done anything NRO in teh Paliament either.

My question why right after 8 month long venomous deadlock between PPP and PML n called in meet in Raiwind. Same day Nawaz acquitted from his cases ........why ?....Nawaz and his spokesman Ch Nisar said their no trust between and will never trust Zaradari. According to Nawaz he Zaradari is worst then Musharraf...No Nawaz again bent in front of Zaradari ...?/

 

[qsaark]

Supreme Court acquits Nawaz Sharif in plane hijacking case

Friday, 17 Jul, 2009 | 09:45 AM PST

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday overturned convictions against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for plane hijacking and terrorism, two months after reversing a ban on the opposition leader's holding office.

Sharif was convicted of ‘hijacking’ a commercial jet carrying Pervez Musharraf after denying the aircraft landing rights on October 12, 1999 as Pakistan was convulsed by a coup that swept Musharraf to power.

The plane eventually landed and Musharraf, who was then army chief of staff, seized control of the country.

‘Looking at the case from any angle — the charge of hijacking, attempt to hijack or terrorism does not stand established against the petitioner,’ the Supreme Court ruled on a petition filed by Sharif.

The five-judge court headed by Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani heard the petition in June, but initially reserved judgement.

‘The conviction and sentence of the appellant are set aside and he is acquitted,’ said the order, written in English.

The ‘petitioner had neither used force nor ordered its use and undisputedly no deceitful means were used.’

The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N party headed by Sharif welcomed the judgement.

‘A judgement given by a kangaroo court nine years ago has been nullified by an independent and sovereign apex court in the light of the constitution, law and evidence on record,’ PML-N spokesman Siddiqul Farooq told AFP.

He said the party would now endeavour to bring former ‘dictator Pervez Musharraf to book and hold him accountable.’

Friday's order came almost two months after the Supreme Court overturned a ban on Sharif holding office, allowing him to contest elections.

A court decision in February to disqualify Sharif and his politician brother Shahbaz Sharif sparked massive protests that plunged Pakistan into turmoil.

Under pressure, the government agreed on March 16 to reinstate the popular chief justice, Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who was sacked by Musharraf and whose promised reinstatement the government had stalled.

Nawaz Sharif was first elected prime minister in 1990 but was sacked three years later on corruption charges.

He returned to power in 1997, but in 1999 was ousted in a coup by Musharraf, who brought criminal charges against him for hijacking, terrorism and attempted murder.

Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on charges he said were politically motivated, Sharif retreated into exile in December 2000, returning to Pakistan in November 2007 with Musharraf's agreement.

Copyright © 2009 - Dawn Media Group

Source: http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect...-acquits-nawaz-sharif-plane-hijacking-case-01

 

[SSGPA1]

My question why right after 8 month long venomous deadlock between PPP and PML n called in meet in Raiwind. Same day Nawaz acquitted from his cases ........why ?....Nawaz and his spokesman Ch Nisar said their no trust between and will never trust Zaradari. According to Nawaz he Zaradari is worst then Musharraf...No Nawaz again bent in front of Zaradari ...?/

They want to survive with these political dramas as they really don't have any work to show off

 

[qsaark]

Here is some more drama about the 'hijacking' of the airplane. SSGPA1, you would take great interest in the blunderes made by the Musharraf & Co because the whole thing was fabricated. We say in Urdu, 'Jhoot key paaon nahin hotey'.

The full jurisdiction of the 'Hijacking Case' can be downloaded from here http://www.supremecourt.gov.pk/web/user_files/File/Crl.P.200of2009.pdf. Please go through it and than comment.

 

[Machoman]

God bless Pakistan and our people which do not see crime as crime

 

[ajpirzada]

NS was in full control of the country at that point and it is his responsibility as the PM.

Now please don't tell me that NS is not resoponsible for the blood shed in Karachi ....

ah... he was in full control and let musharraf impose a marshal law??
no proof has been provided to court which says musharraf plain was hijacked

 

[ajpirzada]

$12 Billion in international debt to $34 Billion in international debt.

For most part I have lived in US and Canada, I want democracy in Paksitan as much as you want democracy in Pakistan.

I support Musharraf because he is better than both Zardari and NS ... specially now that he is no longer part of the Pakistan Armed Forces.

If NS and Zardari have the right to get elected in this country with their colorful pasts (and probable present) then so does Musharraf.

when did we start talkin in money.
we have got balochistan sayin they want independance. we have our frontier province takin a blood bath. and u r tryin to convince me by quotin some economic figures?????

 

[ajpirzada]

Brother you can hate him for other things but WOT was totally out of his hands.You were either with America or against them.They would have bombed us back then we did not even have a single active nuke so what could we do against America?You speak with position of power and we had none.Our F16's were sitting ducks due to spares problems.We could not even fight with India let alone USA.Any other sane person would have accepted US requests.

u r only buyin wat musharraf is most willin to sell...
there is no such thing as with us or against us. has US attacked iran so far? have they attacked NK so far despite all the threats? did they do anything against turkey when turkey denied them the use of their air bases for iraq war? now u ll say that 9/11 was different. yes it was but did we attack them?
its all about how u deal with pressure. y should i not say that musharraf is involved in killin of thousands of innocent muslims? atleast thats wat i know coz most of the taliban are still roamin around

 

[ajpirzada]

Come on AJ, i am not a Gen Zia fan, nor i rate Gen Musharraf (coups) higher than the Parliament, but the fact remains that i hate our politicians-something like:"Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.”

i dont want to argue with respected AJ about what Zia or Musharraf did, but just for the sake of it; what would you have done had you been in Zia's place when the Reds entered Afghanistan and CIA was knocking our doors? And please dont blame this 'our' war on Musharraf, how could you?

and y should i not Sir? even today despite all the suicide attacks 70% of pakistanis (accordin to the most recent survey) do not support US war in afghanistan. then imagine how many of us supported would have supported htis war in 2001? why did he drag this nation of 170 million to where we didnt want to go?

and sir i wound have done the samething wat zia did. but thats not wat i am talkin about. im referrin to his religious reforms.

 

[ajpirzada]

Ajp, these Musharraf lovers are not just Musharraf lovers. Many of them include those who have seen what all of the above have done when it came to principles and now they are touted as the champions of justice, democracy and what not. Khuda ka wasta, aankhein kholo appni. This democracy is not the panacea for everything. People have their morality so messed up that some are calling for a person to be sent to gallows for disregarding a piece of paper written by men and changed by men in the past, and sure to be changed in the future. Yet the ones who have disregarded basic huqooq-ul-ebaad, by eating up the money of the innocents, hoarding wealth illegally, siphoning off state funding all at the expense of a deprived nation are being allowed to have another go at raping and pillaging what is left of this miserable nation.

This is where the hate comes in. Its not about Musharraf. Maybe Musharraf will never return and people will be fine with that. The fact is that in Pakistan democracy is not about change. Its about maintaining status-quo. Had this not been the case then you would not have for-life leadership of democratic parties. You would not see dynasties sticking around for decades without letting new, more capable and educated folks come to fore. This is where the heartache is.

even musharraf didnt do much gud to pakistan which will make me put him in a different basket than that of these other leaders. atleast no where close to a gud leader.
but many here lik to put him in a golden basket which made me use that line as a taunt to this bias

and secondly sir wat u r so conveniently callin a paper is not just a paper. it is a way this nation wants to live its life. it is something made by ppl of pakistan and not zardari or nawaz. it is this thought which we need to get rid of to achieve some stable system. i wonder if our general take it as a 'raddi ka kaghaz' as well

 

[Xeric]

So you see America as a liberator?

Not necessarily.

I can't complaint, you are a Government servant,

You got that right.

and being a loyal servant,

Thanks for the acknowledgment.

you should speak the language of the Government you serve.

Duh...??!!

I believe your activity on this forum is also under the magnifying glass of the ISI or MI.

Believe....
We all our believers here.

Sorry to shatter your glass bottle but in today's world WE ALL are being heard and watched, the sooner you 'believe' this the better it would be.

BTW, did you ever paid any heed to my signatures??

Went into the lap of the America was again a wrong decision which set bad precedence.

Sorry but i couldn't link or should i say establish a connection between your above mentioned lines and this one being quoted now, try harder.

It is not my imagination, it is a fact. Military dictators have always relied on US help more than the civilian Governments.

Creativity would take you higher my friend!

 

[Xeric]

Overly simplistic assessment of the then situation. Do you think Pakistanis would have condoned the Soviet invasion of a neighbouring Islamic country? Do you not see how Pakistanis have reacted to Pakistan going along with the US during their invasion of Afghanistan? Why would it be any different back then?

Secondly, why would have Pakistan suddenly jumped over to the Soviet side when their goal was to reach the warm waters of the Arabian sea by way of Afghanistan?

Please do not try to brush history with such simplistic strokes just to push your point across. I believe to the core of my heart that what Pakistan did was right in terms of supporting the Afghans against the Soviets. We made mistakes in how we played favourites and also in the way we allowed the refugees to run all over Pakistan, yet the decision was the right one. Staying neutral was not an option with the Soviets so close to Pakistan and inflicting atrocities on the Afghan people.

Only like to add:
The plan was something like:

Air Phukhtoonistan/Phuktoonkhawa issue with the aim of making it a part/province of Afghanistan.

Air/support the independence seeking elements in Baluchistan to make it independent.

To invade Afghanistan.


It was only then when the above mentioned conditions were met that the Reds could have taken bath in warm waters.

Jumping into Afghanistan was not just a move, and unfortunately people talk here of being neutral and even on joining hands with the Soviets. But this doesnt makes me a Russian killer-stances, policies, strategies and doctrines change to suit ones requirement for one simple rule; eat or be eaten! How many times did the yanks turned their ***** towards us when we needed them the most? Friendships, support and coalitions remain valid only till the time interests meet, from there on paths do change, we are talking countries, governments and people, NOT of two class fellows or next door neighbors.

 

[Interceptor]

Congrats, this is another military boot landing back on Mushs face. He did this all to gain power.