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KARACHI: An anti-corruption court in Karachi on Thursday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Makhdoom Amin Faheem, DawnNews reported.

The warrants against the two were issued in a case relating to financial irregularities in the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP).

Subsequently, the court adjourned the hearing to June 17.

The case in this regard had been registered by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) when Faheem was the commerce minister.

Also, the court had previously issued three notices to Gilani and Faheem, requiring them to appear before it.

The notices went ignored after which a bailable arrest warrants was issued against both leaders. Today, however, the court issued non-bailable warrants and adjourned the hearing to June 17.

Shafi Baloch contributed to reporting.

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Ajamal
May 29, 2014 04:14pm
They will soon be cleared of all charges. This "Circus of Justice" must stop. We are spending billions on this so-called judicial system which can't deliver. We love to watch "media trials" and are happy with that.
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JQ
May 29, 2014 04:15pm
Some who does not appears in Court on Court orders then just Imagine who is the law makers. 3 4 5 6 7 order will come and goes by but there is no one sent behind the bars. Against 1 year boy a FIR can be registered and he can visit the court for thumb impression.
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Mughees
May 29, 2014 04:20pm
Excellent
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malik
May 29, 2014 04:22pm
Now Gilani and Fahim will claim till next elections that they have spent jail term for the nation.
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waqar
May 29, 2014 04:31pm
Ab Pakro.......Like Mosharraf although, he is not involved in any corruption case.
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AIM
May 29, 2014 04:39pm
Nothing will happen. Sorry state of affairs.
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nadeem
May 29, 2014 04:55pm
These people need to be hanged what they have done to Pakistan.but they will not get convicted and will say it is a Conspiracy against democracy.
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Ali
May 29, 2014 05:07pm
@Ajamal very true, this judicial system is a mockery.
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mjn
May 29, 2014 05:15pm
Why start this useless facade once again ? Name one high profile corruption case where millions of rupees were embezzled and perpetrators were sent to lock up ?
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Ahmed
May 29, 2014 05:32pm
@waqar Musharraf was involved in the most corrupt action of all when he abused his authority to overthrow the elected government.
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sabeeh omer
May 29, 2014 05:36pm
Until these bandits face "CAPITAL PUNISHMENT" the face and fate of Pakistan will NOT change!
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AdHawk
May 29, 2014 05:58pm
"Mubarak Ho...", "Mubarak Ho....". Oops, sorry, just had my Tahirul Quadri moment.
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Zarar Bahadar
May 29, 2014 06:03pm
Just looks like putative and conventional order. In Pakistan laws are being applied on the bottomlines not tycoons. Let's see how do they comply the court's verdict.
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:03pm
Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood and Pakistan its judiciary... What a joke/ circus this country has become...
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truth hurts
May 29, 2014 06:06pm
hope court also take action on pending cases against them
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:06pm
@waqar ...he is not the son of the soil...
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:09pm
@malik What they will learn in jail is that they cannot can't change. they can't live a different lifestyle - this is it. This is the life that they gave and this is the life that they made.
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:10pm
@nadeem .. who has the courage to tie a bell around the cat's neck. we are just a bunch of mice.
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:12pm
@Ali....No great movement designed to change the world can bear to be laughed at or belittled. Mockery is a rust that corrodes all it touches.
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Khawar
May 29, 2014 06:15pm
So what it is just a matter of misunderstanding. It is just a political stunt to gain more popularity and show we are being persecuted in the rule of Mian Sahibans.
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:15pm
@Ahmed so now they are back in power and see the results.... do we need the corrupt to the core politicians and ruin the country in the name of so called democracy... at least Musharraf is far better..
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Iftikhar
May 29, 2014 06:21pm
Long Live Democracy...
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Riaz Murtaza
May 29, 2014 06:22pm
I had an image Amin Faheem is a honest man. @Ajamal well said. The "Circus of Justice" must stop. Billions belonging to the poor people of Pakistan is being used on the failed system. We need a change it is already too much.
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ROHIT PANDEY
May 29, 2014 06:26pm
Please let the growth rate for Pakistan be 5.1% next year! Let it rise to 6.!% the year after? And,then,let it be 7% and then, 8% and then 10%!! My prayers to ALLAH and I hope Pakistanis join me in my prayer?:):):):) And please keep wishing that kids who want to attend school are kept safe from harm?:):):):)
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Mohammad Iqbal
May 29, 2014 06:29pm
Only NBW not sufficient. Their names should also be put on ECL.
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Adil Farooq
May 29, 2014 06:34pm
they will be cleared of all charges due to lack of evidence. I don't see why these judges get millions of rupees of salaries and perks for this circus.
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anonymous
May 29, 2014 06:38pm
@Ahmed yea he did and everybody loved it. I was kid back then but i remember how everyone loved musharaf once.
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khanm
May 29, 2014 06:47pm
@sabeeh omer They are not bandits they are highway robbers. they rob in broad day light with out any fear...
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SamKelly
May 29, 2014 06:47pm
Nothing will come out of this arrest warrant, cause politicans hands are bigger then the law and therefore they can't be arrested, only Army can arrest them but police can't cause the police is working under them and are easily bought by politicans, so next joke please heard of this a million times.
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MSAlvi
May 29, 2014 07:04pm
@Ahmed Waqar, you are na
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Malik Ajmal Khan
May 29, 2014 07:10pm
Keep on playing games and soon you all be dealt with the eventuality. Pakistani judges have less power that a tea boy at train stations.
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independentthinker
May 29, 2014 07:16pm
Son kidnapped - Non-Bailable arrest warrant against himself - Politics is such a dirty game! Greed can come and haunt you. It almost makes it more attractive to stay poor - you have nothing to worry about!
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Iftikhar
May 29, 2014 07:24pm
@Ahmed you need to check the definition of corruption
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Muhammad Naqvi
May 29, 2014 07:33pm
Let us hope, pray and see if the justice is done. But then so far omens do not look good - I mean Zardari sahib got scot free the other day even with the evidence which was there for all to see in the shape of an air conditioned horse stable in Prime Minister House, when people of Pakistan were starved of electricity. I hope one day justice will be done when these so called leaders are punished and paraded on donkies with faces blackened for ever and garlanded with tired old boots....one day justice will be done we pray.
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Shaer Khan
May 29, 2014 07:41pm
@Ahmed Look in the mirror and repeat what you just typed. You will look like a fool
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Nizamuddin Ahmad Aali
May 29, 2014 07:48pm
You both can run but can not hide ( from law ) elsewhere. In Pakistan, you both will run your mouths and will get away.
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Nizamuddin Ahmad Aali
May 29, 2014 07:49pm
You both can run but can not hide ( from law ) elsewhere. In Pakistan, you both will run your mouths and will get away.
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MARK
May 29, 2014 07:51pm
The judicial system has acquitted Malik Ishak due to lack of evidence! Now they are targeting the very core of moderate, liberal and democratic leadership in Pakistan. God Forbid, are we heading towards splitting of Pakistan into many small countries?
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shiraz
May 29, 2014 07:59pm
@Ahmed You mean elected corrupt government? which we got back now?
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Shahpur
May 29, 2014 07:59pm
Nothing happened to Zardari, and nothing will will ever happen to these friends of Zardari. Only ordinary people are prosecuted.
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Nazir Ahmed
May 29, 2014 08:04pm
A joke. Our judges cannot help telling the jokes time and again.
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NASAH (USA)
May 29, 2014 08:11pm
Pakistan is a country of political melodrama turned into a soap opera.
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Taj wazir
May 29, 2014 08:31pm
People of Pakistan shouldn't keep their hopes up because, our justice system is very unique in the world it doesn't provide results of justice. In fact, this is just a political drama to teach our children how to become a corrupt person in Pakistani society and get away with it. It the king of corruption Zardari can get away with it then Gelani and fahim are just small potatoes in the corruption field.
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Kidwai
May 29, 2014 08:36pm
sheer wastage of time. no one can arrest them.
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Shafiq Khan
May 29, 2014 08:41pm
@Ali Nothing to do with the Judicial System. If nobody approaches the justice system justice do not come after you unless you have a case to answer. Is it not the rule that none is above the law ? They can go and answer the legitimate questions. If they are innocent the court can not do any thing. Stop blaming the Courts.
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imran ali
May 29, 2014 08:47pm
don't worry nothing will happen,like Zardari both of you will be cleared...laws are for weak and poor
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AJamal
May 29, 2014 09:21pm
@sabeeh omer Don't get fooled. We have lawyers and judges to ensure their respectful acquittal.
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Siraj Khakwani
May 29, 2014 11:39pm
Maqam E Sharam hai qaum pe ke ek azeem insan aur leader Gilani Bhai pe zulm ho raha hai!
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Siraj Khakwani
May 29, 2014 11:41pm
Brother Gilani this time has come that your son kidnapped and you are facing this baseless charge. God save Pakistan!
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khan
May 29, 2014 11:47pm
Just a news, nothing will happen.
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MARIA MUREE
May 30, 2014 01:02am
Both these men are guilty of deep corruption, and Amin Faheem is a notorious Sindhi vedera who keeps his sisters imprisoned on his family estate so they don't marry and pass on the family lands to their potential husbands. Faheem is very clever at hiding behind his Sindhi PPP party, while he engages in multi affairs with females in their early 20's. He's not what he appears from the outside, he's all that's wrong with men in Pakistani society.
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Amjad Wyne
May 30, 2014 05:00am
Here is how this case will end: "All charges dropped, insufficient evidence". A third class, worthless judicial system.
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Mona
May 30, 2014 05:09am
The judiciary has been spineless since the retirement of Iftekhar Chaudhry. The current CJ Tasadduq Jilani has lost all the momentum that had been acquired. Gone are the days when the serving PM Geelani was brought down and the public shaker Tahir Qadri was cut down to a spectator inside the SC chamber. It is high time at least ONE big whig actually gets jailtime and is stripped of assets to get the ball rolling.
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Corrupt Judge
May 30, 2014 07:19am
hahahaha.....now lets test our judges....if nothing concrete comes out of this then judges should be brought to justice.
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Malik Ajmal Khan
May 30, 2014 08:06am
Well said that Judges should be introduced to Pakistani justice system. I just wonder that what kind of people go to sleep with a clear conscience without doing their work, Is there a thing called hard work in the dictionary of these people? Do you they on their own?
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Ahmed
May 30, 2014 08:09am
Justice Munir's infamous " Law of Necessity " will prevail over Rule of Law. These bandits will go scot free with their butts cleaned by horrible judges.
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MIKE KAZ
May 30, 2014 11:02am
May be Gilani and Amin Faheem are being dragged in the court to finalize an already agreed upon "mukmukao". President Zardari got an honorable acquittal in a long pending trial.
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Noor Memon
May 30, 2014 11:16am
Good comments. Let's try to change the faces & dynastic politics through the ballot, like India has done.
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nasir
May 30, 2014 08:27pm
Can we just stop stop doing this 'irregularities' with our work? This has become so absurd
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Najamuddin
May 31, 2014 08:47am
In past having seen the end of judges and lawyers prosecuting such powerful high profile elites I could only pray for the security of the judge issuing non-bailable warrants in above case.
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azhar
May 31, 2014 10:50am
There was a time when Police in Pakistan had some guts. I remember SSP Lahore named Mohammad Sharif Cheema, Lahore was pretty much crime free during his time. Then there was DSP Abdul Ahad who register the FIR in which Bhutto was nominated (which eventually lead to his hanging) as even when Bhutto was in power. Sadly after a few months DSP abdul Ahad was found dead one morning and his death was ruled natural. You know why these criminals are set free by the courts because the judges are scared for their lives. The witnesses are scared and the same goes for the police. I challenge the top cop in the country Ch Nisar to have this order implemented. I also challenge Dawn to print this. I am sure they are afraid too.
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Khalid
May 31, 2014 09:03pm
I am not sure if these people deserve this treatment. I am however sure about the money that Amin Fahim returned because it was "inadvertently" transferred to his account!. Perhaps an even more criminal activity during PPP government was the fact that the daughter of Mr. Amin Fahim was appointed as a diplomat to the Irish embassy. She had no previous experience of the diplomatic service. No one has questioned that appointment and it looks like this circus will not stop unless and until we do everything on merit basis and with transparency. Can PPP and PMLN not agree to do that?.
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Jamal
May 31, 2014 10:13pm
@khanm how true!
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Jamal
May 31, 2014 10:18pm
@Ahmed he only prevented Nawaz sharif ( with a small s) from proclaiming himself Ameer-ul-Momineen as he was busy placing his cronies over power centers!
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independentthinker
Jun 01, 2014 01:23am
@Amjad Wyne Public humiliation and guilt should be punishment enough for them! I agree politicians are shameless - but I believe with what has happened in his life, Gilani has and is continuing to pay for his deeds. Whether he serves any time in jail, I think he is carrying on with his sentence already!
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