Govt rejects Musharraf's petition to strike name off ECL
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ISLAMABAD: The government has rejected former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s application seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL), DawnNews reported.
The Interior Ministry has also formally notified Musharraf in this regard.
Sources said the former president will approach the High Court in order to seek removal of his name from the ECL. It is also expected that an application will be submitted in the Sindh High Court.
Earlier on Monday, the special court which indicted Musharraf for high treason charges had put the ball in the government's court in relation to the request put forward by the former president to be allowed to travel abroad.
The court had also granted Musharraf exemption from appearing in the case's hearings saying the accused could be ordered to appear in court whenever required.
The decision had said that as long as the accused was not in custody, he could seek medical treatment at any place of his choice, adding that an accused could not be restrained from travelling nor could his/her rights as a human being be curtailed for any reason.
However, the court had added that removal of Musharraf's name from ECL was not the prerogative of the special court as it had not ordered for the inclusion of his name in the list in the first place.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:14pm
What all this man has to see because of Nawaz and his family govt for their personal vendetta..
Common man has nothing to do with it..
Common man wants peace, bread, shelter which this govt is unable to provide..
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Apr 02, 2014 06:22pm
Right decision. It's time to bring this man into a courtroom and let the evidence determine whether he is innocent or guilty. Enough with the drama.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:27pm
Well done Pakistan!! The elected leaders of Pakistan represent the people of Pakistan and are responsible for guiding the nation towards a better future. Musharraf represents no one but himself. And by abusing his office to overthrow an elected government, he deserves to be treated like the common criminal that he is.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:39pm
The denial of freedom to travel in or outside of the country by the Government creates a basis for seeking relief from competent court of law as it infringes upon the liberties preserved by the constitutional safeguards. The maltreatment of Mosharraf by the regime is not equittable keeping in view of his and her mothers health.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:40pm
Right decision, because of this man we are facing current situation.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:41pm
a repeat rahmond davies/haqqani drama - both were on ECL
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Apr 02, 2014 06:45pm
Musharraf's lawyers had already approached the Sind High Court for removal of his name from ECL and the court advised him that he should approach the Government for this purpose. When Musharraf approaches the governent he is advised that his name was placed on the ECL as per court's instructions. This is nothing but personal vendata against Musharraf.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:49pm
MANY CHILDREN AND PEOPLE ARE BEING KILLED BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE OF THIS GOVERMENT, NOBODY CARES ABOUT IT, IF PAKISTAN IS STILL STANDING ON THE MAP IS BECAUSE OF PAKISTAN ARMY,
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Apr 02, 2014 06:52pm
@unbelievable:
Agreed. Many believe that Mush suddenly and totally unexpectedly appeared in the court because he and his team of expert lawyers thought that he will get court permission to fly out to see his mother and that would be end of the story as he was / is never be expected to come back (like Haqqani).
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Apr 02, 2014 06:53pm
@Nazir:
this is not a personal vendetta....subversion of the constitution is a very serious crime and cannot go unpunished.
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Apr 02, 2014 06:56pm
It seems like a revenge
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Apr 02, 2014 07:04pm
Hopefully, the Sindh High Court will revive the honorable legacy of its former Chief Judge Sir George Constantine ... and the Supreme Court WILL REFUSE to return to the infamy of Justice Muhammad Munir.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:05pm
The law should take its course. Just because someone was on a higher position, it should not mean that the law would be differently applied to him/her. Day in and day out we see the preferential treatment being meted out to the ones who are influential. Just for once, just once we should see that the law was not disturbed or manipulated to protect someone.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:05pm
As is now generally accepted around the world, a strong governance structure provides the foundation for economic progress and consequent improvement of the lot of the common man. By strengthening the legal framework in Pakistan, the proper trial and punishment of Musharraf will go a long ways towards strengthening governance in Pakistan, and as such directly help improve the lot of the common man in Pakistan. Good job in not letting this rogue off the hook with his cowardly excuses of "ammi bemaar haiN" or "maiN bemaar hooN".
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Apr 02, 2014 07:13pm
What a shame. The gunja PM has done it! After all he is a "Sharif".
They have forgotten their misdeeds will be accounted for in the hereafter.
May Allah save an honest man from the clutches of the corrupt and wretched rulers of Pakistan.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:13pm
Hight of Nawaz Shareef's personal revenge. For NS national interest means nothing. Whatever he is doing is desire of Pakistan's enemies.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:20pm
In her latest book, "The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan 2001-2004", journalist Carlotta Gall has sourced her startling revelation to a retired Pakistani general Talat Masood. It makes interesting reading about this man's role.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:22pm
I think the Government walked right into the trap set for it without thinking over it. They should have allowed Musharraf to travel as he is being represented nevertheless through his attorneys in Pakistan. If the court subsequently finds him guilty of "High Treason", then the court will issue arrest warrants for him. That would leave him with a choice to come back or stay abroad. Technically, the later is not possible because Pakistan Government can request through interpol to arrest Musharraf and bring him back.
By refusing the request for the removal of the name from ECL, the Government appeared to be participating in "Petty politics" and is making a mockery of itself.
It also now becomes very clear that both the court and the Government don't want to decide on this matter as they don't want to look bad on this. This then actually goes in favor of Musharraf that he is not getting a fair trial.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:25pm
@unbelievable:
Its also time to find out how Sharif's collected so much wealth and didnt pay enough taxes...thats also treason.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:31pm
Nawaz Sharif is getting it ready for another judicial murder after Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. but remember it will cost him very expensive becauses masses will drag you on the street & will butcher you & it will be a lesson to all his party people.
Now sue to him as he attacked the court back in his previous rule. He should be behind the bar based on his action. Where the prominent lawyers & retired judges because they can sue him.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:35pm
How low can the government get? Did they forget that he returned to Pakistan on his own?
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Apr 02, 2014 07:45pm
Why is that every time someone threatens Pervez, he runs to hide abroad?
He is a patriotic man who finds comfort in other countries instead of his own.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:58pm
**TWO WRONGS NEVER MAKE ONE RIGHT**
Kudos to the govt. Good decision let the court decide his fate if he is innocent then by all means he is free. Its about time for some rule of law in this country, there has to be some system which is developed and for that there has to be a first. yes politicians are also to be blamed for there misdeeds but that should not be an excuse for letting musharrf of the hook. I hope Army high command also sees it that way after-all its surely better for army as an institution in the long run.
Praying that those in the upper echlons of power in this country do get some lesson out of all this. God Bless Pakistan
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Apr 02, 2014 07:58pm
Nothing but pure vendetta going on here.
The man did the country good when he threw out the dynastic plunderers and gave the country its best ever progress. I remember the circumstances and history of the events clear as ever. We don't want some biased court system to tell us whether Mr. Musharraf is guilty or innocent.
The courts are scared of the actual law breakers (TTP and the extremists) so one cannot expect any justice from them. They all have scores to settle with him. Fight on Mr. Musharraf.
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Apr 02, 2014 07:58pm
@Nazir:
Are u forgetting Musharraf prevented Sharif family from attending the funeral and burial of Mian Sharif, the prime minister's father as well his mother in law. Why r all of u crying the humanitarian cause and forgot what Musharraf did to others.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:00pm
What would a person expect if there is family rule...
Justice, rule of law,common man are the words not found in their dictionary...
Had it been real democracy, this case would have been completely different...
The irony is that even president who is hardly known to anyone says i'll do what Nawaz asks me to do...
I wonder if current army chief has some authority or not...
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Apr 02, 2014 08:07pm
Only people who belongs to corrupt N League, looters or have vendetta against former president thinks it is the right decision
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Apr 02, 2014 08:09pm
@unbelievable:
Are you corrupt system supporter?
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Apr 02, 2014 08:09pm
Good decision of Govt and Good luck to Mushrraf. Atiq London
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Apr 02, 2014 08:14pm
This all is personal grudge, NS forgot that he had been given chance to take refuge with Al-Saud. Let's see next time he gets chance or ????
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Apr 02, 2014 08:22pm
Musharraf's time as leader of Pakistan was a great time, and he is a great leader - SHERE PAKISTAN.
Nawaz and Zardari - LOOTERAY OF PAKISTAN - They have brought nothing but corruption, and humiliation. NAWAZ PLEASE RESIGN - YOU ARE USELESS HUMAN BEING.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:23pm
@sara: People celebrated when Musharaf threw Nawaz out...
Nawaz tried to kill him along with 200 passengers...
He was supposed to be hanged and the same guy pardoned him...
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Apr 02, 2014 08:28pm
I never heard of such a lame excuse " Since the court did not order to put Musharraf on ECL it will not order to remove him from ECL either" . The purpose of the court is to make judgment if an action is right or wrong. If there is no good reason for him to be on ECL why is he on it?
Why does Supreme court take suo moto action then? Why are they after missing people's case? Justice system guides the government and it is suppose to stop the illegal actions.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:35pm
@Iqbal Khan:You sound like a supporter of Corrupt and brain dead pharaohs of Pakistan.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:38pm
@sara:
thats a complete and utter lie. president musharraf was not involved in that decision at all, but rather the pakistani ambassador in saudi arabia who messed up the whole affair and put conditions that were not authorized or mandated from the government or musharraf.
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Apr 02, 2014 08:41pm
@Iqbal Khan:
hmm...right. thats why he is the only politician to not make deals to go abroad or come back to his country. when he promised he would return last year many laughed and questioned him. when he returned they said he has made a mistake. they have tried to get him to leave, but he has fought his legal battles with typical bravery and faced difficulties like a man, more than can be said for any other politician.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:09pm
@Irfan:
What v r facing today is bcz of Gen Zia under whose watch we got klashinkov culture, drugs, more than 30 million Afghan refugees and unprecedented madrassas ( mostly un-registered ),..which are today churning out jihadis.....what a short memory we as a nation has....
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Apr 02, 2014 09:23pm
@ahmed:
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
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Elected govt representing people? Which part of world you live?
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Apr 02, 2014 09:32pm
@Nazir:
This government has been able to provide peace. There has been no terror attack or drone attack for few months.
Load shedding has decreased considerably. Currency value and foreign reserves have improved.
To have been able to achieve this in time this government has been in power, it is remarkable. Please give Nawaz league more time, they will make us realize Pakistani dream.
His last tenure was golden for us. He did nuclear tests before his govt was overthrown in punishment for making us nuclear power.
I think, and other do not have to agree, Nawaz Sharif is the best thing ever happened to Pakistan. His party should rule for 100 years.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:41pm
such dishonor. well deserved.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:44pm
@Raheem:
Yes this man is honest but only thing that does not fit in this qualification is that the honesty came to him when he was over thrown, though with an act of cowardice when he was in the air.He did not see the bad things from the air,he should have acted long before when Sharif attacked the courts.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:55pm
@shankar:
He returned to Pakistan because he thought that he will be elected as the President. That's what all dictators think that they are loved and the country cannot survive without them. He is as selfish as any other corrupt politician.
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Apr 02, 2014 09:56pm
@mohammad shafique:
The constitution is subverted everyday. Consitution gives equal
rights to all the citizens regardless of the religion, gender, ethnicity.
These rights are violated with impunity by the government. If the
subversion of consitution is the issue the entire government should be
on trial.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:17pm
@sara:
It is an irony of fate that in our country we only have blind followers.
They just don't care to remember the injustices done earlier by the leaders supported by them.
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Apr 02, 2014 10:23pm
Shocking a govt formed on punctures, and ministers dispensing justice. Only in Pakistan a burqa clad armed terrorist law breaking mullah becomes a saint and a person who took no money becomes evil.
Surely we are incapable of thinking and analyzing. The very media that calls Musharraf mush was freed by this very man. Only in Pakistan!
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Apr 02, 2014 10:39pm
good decisions by the Government
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Apr 02, 2014 10:58pm
What vendetta you are talking about let him face the normal course of justice. This dictator and his coteries when in power had not allowed Sharif brothers even to attend the funeral of their father and deported Sharif from Lahore airport. But Nawaz Sharif Govt has offered to bring his ailing mother to Karachi on a special plane and provide her the best of treatment and security.
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Apr 02, 2014 11:07pm
The Court can NOT have it both ways. Saying a person as long as he was not in custody is free to go any where he wants and his movements can NOT be restricted and then NOT remove his name from the ECL. Just goes to show how hypocritical every thing is in Pakistan. The Courts are the biggest hypocrites. The Court can and MUST remove Musharraf from the ECL or must vacate their judgement. I am not a defendant of Musharraf but of the TRUTH.
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Apr 02, 2014 11:13pm
@Sangeen khan:
Is there any law in Pakistan?
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Apr 02, 2014 11:20pm
@Irfan:
Get your facts right the current situation is because current & previous corrupt governments are looting this country's wealth & accumulating looted wealth abroad & poor peoples of this country paying the price.
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Apr 02, 2014 11:50pm
@ahmed:
You live in a cuckoo land if you Pakistan believe is run by democracy.
Many believe that Pakistan is run by thieves & thugs
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Apr 03, 2014 12:26am
Nawaz Sharif failed to rise above himself.
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Apr 03, 2014 12:30am
Revenge, Revenge & Revenge. Let us wait & see the outcome.
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Apr 03, 2014 12:56am
Finally the current government did something right... but unfortunately they are not going to do anything else, so technically it's revenge.
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Apr 03, 2014 01:10am
Mr. Musharraf leaded Pakistan on the map of the world in a very difficult situation, now he is deserved to live as he wants.We request to give him credit.Best wishes for Musharraf on humanity basis.
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Apr 03, 2014 01:26am
This government is digging its own grave.
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Apr 03, 2014 01:45am
@mohammad shafique:
stealing from the nation causing poverty and death is a far worse crime than what Retd General musharraf did.
Lets have proper justice !:
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Apr 03, 2014 02:04am
MQM, PAT will play a decisive role in the near future - unfortunately another unwise, regrettable and harmful decision by the ruling junta.
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Apr 03, 2014 03:01am
@ahmed:
Well said. Accountability is important for ones actions.
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Apr 03, 2014 03:16am
@Raheem:
I agree 100%.
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Apr 03, 2014 03:17am
I agree 100%. Definite vendetta by the bald rogue
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Apr 03, 2014 04:34am
@mohammad shafique:
Do you know the meaning of treason and how it applies to not only Musharraf, but all ministers.
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Apr 03, 2014 05:04am
Justice System in Pakistan is totally corrupt and the present government itself is by no means a fair government it came to power through the most corrupt electoral process, we Pakistani needs to change the complete system then we have the right to blame other institution. I can say with force that Musharraf is far better than the current and past political leaders he has not robbed the countries as other he was from the elite force SSG of the Pakistan Army whose motto is to die as Martyr or be a Ghazi, how come a soldier who has given all his life to his country be a traitor. The traitor is one who did not let his Airplane land on Pakistan soil when he was an active CNC of Pakistan army.
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Apr 03, 2014 07:45am
@Sam
"Its also time to find out how Sharif's collected so much wealth and didnt pay enough taxes...thats also treason."
That's not treason, that's business as usual which is deeply woven into our culture. We'll never fix corruption unless our culture changes. We have a better chance of getting rid of the terrorist ideology than corruption.
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Apr 03, 2014 07:58am
Musharaf has done enormous harm to Pakistan, the man sold the entire country to USA to legitimize his dictatorial rule. He even admits to handing over of Pakistani to collect Bounty money, this is the worst a man can do to its own country, which he has sworn to defend. The man could be classified as a traitor and should be severely punished under Pakistan legal system.
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Apr 03, 2014 10:31am
@fida sayani:
To keep the record straight, please recall that ex chief justice has legitimized his rule not the USA, and he is the one who is a party to the ongoing drama by the current rulers and equally responsible to bring the country to the currently prevailing circumstances.
Please go after the root cause and stop putting all blame on ex president of Pakistan.
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Apr 03, 2014 12:51pm
Person with FIVE charges of HIGH TREASON being released.
All the FIVE charges are offences of HIGH TREASON punishable under Section 2 of the High Treason (Punishment) Act, 1973, according to the charge sheet.
QUESTION OF THE TIME ?
WHAT AND WHO FORCED COAS TO FORCE PM OF PAKISTAN ?
WHEN THE JUDGES TAKE BOLD DECISIONS, THE ARMY SHOULD STAND BY THEM. HOW CAN THE NATION STAND BY ARMY IF ARMY INTERFERES TRIES TO RULE THE ELECTED GOVERNMENT
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Apr 03, 2014 08:29pm
HE has destroyed the credibility and reputation of A prestigious institution like AFICs. I have seen patients refusing to go to AFIC and saying we don
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Apr 05, 2014 01:13am
to, nawas sahreef
perves Musharaaf sahib ko apni mom se milne dya jaye. allah un ko sehat kamal ata kere aamin!!!...we all love him cus his tenure is beter than all presnt n past ,his positive work is so higher than any other leader in Islamic world.he safe Pakistan so many times, now we will safe him inshaALLAH, jeeve Gen.Musharaaff,
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Apr 05, 2014 07:19pm
@unbelievable:
And also all his supporters like Zahid Hamid who drafted the November 3rd order who is now the Nawaz cabinet
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Apr 05, 2014 07:21pm
@Irfan:
Yes you are right he should have hanged the Ch Iftikhar instead of firing him from his job
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Apr 05, 2014 07:25pm
@mohammad shafique:
And what about current and previous governments who despite clear orders from courts are denying the public their contitutional right of local government on one pretext or other
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Apr 05, 2014 07:34pm
@Sangeen khan:
You are right Sangeen Khan law should prevail without any exception and according to article 6 of constitution not only Musharraf but all his supporters and abettors in the crime should be tried in the court of law pick and chose will not serve any purpose except personal vendetta
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Apr 05, 2014 07:37pm
@ahmed:
What an idiotic idea simply strengthening the law will not serve any thing it need competent leadership also which is a far cry in Pakistan
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