Three cheers for Geo Tv for carrying a two hour interview with Aitzaz Ahsan without a single commercial break…Aitzaz is the biggest leader our country has produced after Qaid-e-azam..he completely exposed Musharraf…and the way he spoke was something really heart touching..
http://pkpolitics.com/2008/02/20/special-interview-of-aitzaz-ahsan/
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Mushy has deployed heavy police around his house....
PS. I am unable to play it :(
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I don’t know Lusi why you are unable to play it…I have checked the link myself and it is working just fine..
Anyway another great tribute to Aitzaz Ahsan by Time magzine…
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1713472,00.html
Pakistan’s Best Hope for Democracy
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 By ARYN BAKER / LAHORE
The arrest of Ahsan has not halted their movement The first word Aitzaz Ahsan learned was a catchphrase of political protest. He was an infant in 1946, when his mother was among a group of political activists imprisoned for opposing a British-appointed administrator in what was then colonial India. In defiance of their jailers, the prisoners kept up their call-and-response sloganeering. Somebody would shout out, “Khizr wazirat” (“Minister Khizr’s rule”). The rest would respond, “Tordo!” (“Break it!”). Soon little Ahsan was joining in with the chorus. Long after the independence of Pakistan and India in 1947, Ahsan’s quavering “Tordo!” echoed through the family home, a parlor trick guaranteed to amuse the guests.
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TIME’s Aryn Baker spoke recently to Aitzaz Ahsan, the leader of the lawyers protests that shook the regime of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf
Six decades later, Ahsan is still trying to break authoritarian rule. Now president of Pakistan’s Supreme Court Bar Association, he led tens of thousands of lawyers and other pro-democracy activists in nationwide demonstrations last summer after President Pervez Musharraf sacked the independent-minded Chief Justice. The protests received little more than token support from the Bush Administration, but they rattled Musharraf, prompting him to suspend the constitution, dismiss the Supreme Court and lock up hundreds of political and civic leaders. Among them was Ahsan, who has been under house arrest (and briefly in jail) since Nov. 3. It’s a telling comment about the state of political freedom in Pakistan that, with the country set to vote in a Feb. 18 general election, its most respected democrat is confined to his home in Lahore’s Zaman Park neighborhood. Ahsan, a Cambridge-educated lawyer and former Law Minister, has dropped his own plans to run for Parliament, saying that Pakistan’s political system will remain compromised so long as the country lacks an independent judiciary. “The ballot will not provide all the solutions to the problems Pakistan faces today,” he says. “You cannot have democracy without a free judiciary.”
Despite Musharraf’s efforts to silence them, activists like Ahsan aren’t going away. And in the long run, Ahsan’s pro-democracy movement may threaten Musharraf’s grip on power as much as the jihadist insurgency that has made parts of the country ungovernable. The lawyers’ demonstrations exposed Musharraf’s growing unpopularity among his own people. Musharraf had hoped to salvage some legitimacy by entering an ill-fated partnership with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. (Ahsan is a member of her Pakistan People’s Party [PPP], but she didn’t support the lawyers’ movement.) Bhutto was already backing away from a power-sharing deal when she was assassinated on Dec. 27. Now the PPP and other opposition groups are expected to win big in the election, and Musharraf, even though he is not running, looks highly vulnerable.
That troubles the Bush Administration, which fears that if Musharraf falls, he could be replaced by a less malleable leader unwilling to do America’s bidding in the war on terrorism. And yet Ahsan argues that Musharraf’s weakness isn’t necessarily a bad thing. “The weapons to fight the war on terrorism are an empowered people who are assured that no man can arbitrarily impose his will upon their lives,” he says. But he worries that ordinary Pakistanis will not be empowered by the Feb. 18 vote. Bhutto’s widower Asif Zardari has pointedly refused to rule out a postelection understanding with Musharraf, and any such deal would be a blow to Ahsan’s quest to reinstate the sacked judges. If the Bush Administration encourages such a deal, Ahsan says, it would be going against its promises to promote democracy in Pakistan.
Ahsan’s personal popularity assures him a role in Pakistan’s future; many political analysts see him as Prime Minister material. For now, though, he intends to keep up whatever pressure he can on Musharraf. Despite a phalanx of armed police at the entrance to his street in Lahore, he occasionally manages to smuggle out letters and opinion pieces. Even in confinement, he remains a powerful symbol for pro-democracy activists. Protesters regularly gather in front of his empty residence in Islamabad to launch fresh demonstrations. Each time they are met with an increasingly violent police response. During a demonstration on Feb. 9, riot police added a water cannon to their usual barrage of batons and tear-gas shells, but the protesters were undaunted. “We are on the streets not for politics but for rule of law,” said Naila Zahid, one of the protesters, her eyes red and streaming from the tear gas. “And we will remain on the streets until we get it.”
Ahsan sounds more conciliatory. He talks of a “grand new compact” among the army, the political parties and the judiciary to defeat extremist forces and restore democracy. There may even be a role for Musharraf, Ahsan adds, but he must first restore the constitution, reinstate the sacked judges and submit to the law. “I am not just saying ‘Tordo,’” says Ahsan. “I am also saying ‘Jordo,’ which means ‘Fix it, put it together, repair it.’ And I think this nation needs to be put back together.”
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I won't go that far to say that he is the biggest leader.
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wasnt he under house arrest?
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I won't go that far to say that he is the biggest leader.
It's a matter of keeping an opinion...and you are entitled to have yours...any way have a look at his interview and contribute to the thread if you can..
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I am just watching the interview, I think it is a great interview. What I like about him is that he is not afraid of saying that he has his own opinion and differences with the party policies off and on. He is not a lotta, he is honest and sincere with his party. If he doesn't agrees with the party policies, he speaks up but you will never find him changing parties like changing clothes.
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Aitizaz Ahsan and Javed Hashmi appeared as the true politicians during these 8 years. Zardari and Nawaf Sharif are just reaping the crop they sowed.
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yazdi thanks for sharing. 2nd part is worth watching. He covers lot of stuff.
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I am just watching the interview, I think it is a great interview. What I like about him is that he is not afraid of saying that he has his own opinion and differences with the party policies off and on. He is not a lotta, he is honest and sincere with his party. If he doesn't agrees with the party policies, he speaks up but you will never find him changing parties like changing clothes.
He said while describing his relationship with BB that he was very unlike people around her who used to say whatever BB is saying is correct, and whatever she is not saying is also correct....he said BB went outside Chaudhry Iftikhar's house and declared Chaudhry Iftikhar is the real CJ...and after doing that she called Aitzaz "Ab tu kush ho"....
He said I am not a yes man...
While exposing Musharraf he quoted the incident when Musharraf met his daughter in Davos...this part is worth watching...Musharraf showed petrol bills worth 28000 rupees to his daughter as a proof of his corruption...which Musharraf was carrying in his foreign trip to show around...Aitzaz explained very well that if CJ wanted to make money this 28000 rupees was irrelevant...he could have taken billions in bribes...but the cheap mentality of Musharraf was evident when he was carrying these bills and showing around in the world...
I think CJ is not the biggest scum on earth, it's the other way around..
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While exposing Musharraf he quoted the incident when Musharraf met his daughter in Davos...this part is worth watching...Musharraf showed petrol bills worth 28000 rupees to his daughter as a proof of his corruption...which Musharraf was carrying in his foreign trip to show around...Aitzaz explained very well that if CJ wanted to make money this 28000 rupees was irrelevant...he could have taken billions in bribes...but the cheap mentality of Musharraf was evident when he was carrying these bills and showing around in the world...
Totally agree with that. When Mushrraf was in UK he gave copies of petrol bills to reporters during the press conference and the reporters were laughing about it. The man knows no low. Pathetic to say the least. :(
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Aitzaz 
Will follow the interview later on.
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Do it in your free time as it is a whole two hour interview worth listening with full concentration…and pls do contribute to the thread after listening…
Meanwhile…Musharraf gives another proof of his ghatia zehniat…with illegal detention orders he is letting you know his respect for law…disgusting…
http://thenews.jang.com.pk/updates.asp?id=38110
**Atitzaz restricted to home till transfer of power **
Updated at: 1400 PST, Thursday, February 21, 2008
LAHORE: Government of Punjab has decided to restrict Atizaz Ahsan at his residence till the completion of transfer of power.
Interior Secretary Punjab Khusro Pervez told Geo News that government of Punjab had issued an order to restrict Supreme Court Bar Association President Atizaz Ahsan at his residence for 30 days whose validity would be expired on March 2.
Atizaz had violated the official orders by coming out from his home on Wednesday, therefore, government has decided to strictly implement the orders and for this, heavy police contingents have been deployed at his residence.
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Yazdi bhai, I always wondered why Mush is so afraid of Aitzaz. But It seems like the Bush Administration is supporting every move of Musharraf by keeping him house arrest for another 30 days! Why is he so dangerous to USA? Did he also mention the USA in his interview?
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Yazdi bhai, I always wondered why Mush is so afraid of Aitzaz. But It seems like the Bush Administration is supporting every move of Musharraf by keeping him house arrest for another 30 days! Why is he so dangerous to USA? Did he also mention the USA in his interview?
No he didn't say much about USA...but he had some great views and solutions for ending terrorism/suicide bombings...watch the interview and let us know what is your opinion on Aitzaz's views on that...
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Thanks Yazdi for sharing these videos
Aitezaz Ahsan comes across as someone who is not afraid to speak his mind, someone who is balanced in his views, someone who is bright, intelligent, sincere and loyal to the core. We need more educated politicians like him. He is Cambridge-educated afterall and it shows. Part 2 is 'more interesting'
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Thanks Yazdi for sharing these videos
Aitezaz Ahsan comes across as someone who is not afraid to speak his mind, someone who is balanced in his views, someone who is bright, intelligent, sincere and loyal to the core. We need more truly educated politicians like him. Afterall he is Cambridge-educated and it shows. Part 2 is 'more intersting'
You are right. In Cambridge they teach in nice way how to fool illiterate, lie, exploit and justify corrupt and bias judiciary. That is how British ruled the world by fooling others and justifying judiciary that was bias towards them. I do appreciate that Atizaz learned all the tricks from his masters, cunning British who learned in Cambridge and Oxford how to lie and exploit poor masses of third world, and now he is using that to fool Pakistani fools. Good going Atizaz :).
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Yahan jis key dum uthao woh mada hee nikalta hay enjoy:
ISLAMABAD—Parliamentary Secretary for Economic Affairs Division and a leader of Pakistan Muslim League, Sheikh Waqas Akram, Wednesday questioned Ch. Aitzaz Ahsan’s professed commitment to upholding the honour of judiciary and freedom of the press.
Addressing a press conference here, the young politician from Jhang said that Aitzaz Ahsan had become a ‘two-in-one’ personality by politicizing the judicial matters. “This is the same Aitzaz who was expelled from Tehreek-e-Istaqlal by his party on December 16, 1985 on the charges of self-promotion and self-projection,” the Parliamentary Secretary said.
“This is the same politician who appointed 20 workers of his party as judges when he was Federal Minister for Law. Those judges were later dismissed by the judiciary as most of those had never appeared before the court,” he said and added that those also included Ahmed Saeed Awan who was a convict in a murder case. “Why he did not resign when a criminal was made judge?” Waqas Akram asked.
The Parliamentary Secretary said the court slashed those appointments and gave a 350 page decision. He asked as to why Aitzaz Ahsan had not resigned in protest when PPP chairperson publicly said that she wanted to appoint her party’s Secretary General as Chief Justice of Supreme Court.
Waqas Akram and said he was questioning the so-called “custodian of the judiciary” who had questioned all the young MPs of the parliament terming them ‘under-19 politicians’. “We are proud to be young politicians as we have no bleak past as Mr. Aitzaz does,” he said.
Waqas Akram referred to a report in ‘Sikh Times’ alleging involvement in handing over the lists of Sikh freedom fighters to Indian authorities when Aitzaz Ahsan was Interior Minister and demanded an answer.
He said the daily Nawa-i-Waqt had reported that Aitzaz Ahsan resigned from PPP in 1977 when Bhutto regime was facing a difficult time due to the PNA movement.
“The nation remembers that this is the same person who when he was Interior Minister, was involved in harassing and deporting a women journalist named Christina Lamb,” Waqas Akram said and added that why this worthy lawyer has not answered the allegations leveled against him by the renowned journalist Christina Lamb in her book, ‘Waiting for Allah- Struggle for Democracy’. Sheikh Waqas said that he suspected Aitzaz Ahsan’s complicity in attackon the office of Senator Dr. Khalid Ranjha as he had in the past “attacked the office of the then Chief Justice Lahore High Court Rashid Aziz Khan.”
http://dailymailnews.com/200704/26/news/dmcitypage06.html
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^^ Mirch Ji. Aitizaz at present is God incarnated. Nothing could be said against him. He is above every thing, and will remain so forever.
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I am not saying anything. I did not say anything. I was trying to look at his background because I do not know anything about him other than that he defended Ch. Ifitkhar and this is what I found. Just sharing to see if someone can refute it.
Main tow chup hee chup hoon.