Mahsallah, someone from PPP standing upto BB.
Quote: The clamour of the Benazir-Musharraf deal has still not settled, and the issues of what was talked about, what was demanded, and, of course, if there were any talks to begin with, have dominated the media. Yet, once the dust has settled, and the deal is made public, there will remain one important point that isn’t getting the attention it deserves right now: Where does Aitzaz Ahsan stand on all of this?
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Aitezaz may win his own election with a big margin but to say that standing up to Bhutto will give him a majority in the parliament is absolutely fallacious.
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I would like to see him as president replacing Mushrraf. He is very well educated, honest & has impeccable integrity, unlike Mushrraf and his lotas buying degrees from online paper mills....
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The rumours are that he may well stand for the Presidency against Musharraf, which in fact might cause heartache for BB.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\08\story_8-8-2007_pg7_22
Aitzaz Ahsan potential candidate for presidency?
Opposition parties have started to consider nominating Barrister Chaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan as a possible presidential candidate to oppose General Pervez Musharraf in the upcoming presidential elections.Sources told Online that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal and Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement have all agreed to accept Aitzaz Ahsan as a presidential candidate but the Pakistan People’s Party has not finalised a decision in this matter. The aforementioned political parties have started negotiations, but while Ahsan has expressed his readiness for the position, he has left the final decision to the opposition parties
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I re-call right, Aitzaz Ahsan was Interior Minister in the first term of BB (1988-1990), what was his acheivment then as Interior Minister of Pakistan?
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I re-call right, Aitzaz Ahsan was Interior Minister in the first term of BB (1988-1990), what was his acheivment then as Interior Minister of Pakistan?
He freed all the political prisoners locked up by Zia-ul-Haq. BTW, interior minister's job is just that, taking care of internal matters, what did you expect him to do?
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This is an interesting article to read:
*‘Even then, the government could still have performed if Bhutto had chosen her Cabinet well. But she has shown little ability to pick talented – not to say honest – ministers. Important decisions often catch Bhutto by surprise, like Interior Minister Aitzaz Ahsan’s move to harass and expel Christina Lamb, a British correspondent who wrote a controversial story about army officers plotting a coup that was embarrassing to the minister.’ *
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Aalsi paa jee ur link is not working :)
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Bhaijan try again. Working now. :D
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This is an interesting article to read:
*‘Even then, the government could still have performed if Bhutto had chosen her Cabinet well. But she has shown little ability to pick talented – not to say honest – ministers. Important decisions often catch Bhutto by surprise, like Interior Minister Aitzaz Ahsan’s move to harass and expel Christina Lamb, a British correspondent who wrote a controversial story about army officers plotting a coup that was embarrassing to the minister.’ *
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969271-2,00.html[
Your article from Time Magazine is The Undoing of Benazir. An apt title considering this is what Aitzaz might actually achieve if he challenges BB in anyway.](“http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...9271-2,00.html”)
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honestly, i have never heard of the guy
but then again, i am not into pakistani politics
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Political Affiliation
Aitzaz Ahsan started his political career in the 1970’s when he held the portfolio of Punjab information planning & development minister during Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government in 1970’s. Aitzaz Ahsan was elected to the National Assembly as a PPPP candidate. He has previously been elected as MNA for the terms of 1988, 1991 and 1993. He was also elected as Senator for the term of 1994-1999.
He was jailed several times as a political prisoner without trial for active participation in the movement for restoration of democracy.
Profession
He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Ahsan is a well respected Pakistani lawyer, among the top 7 lawyers in the world as mentioned by World Lawyers ranking, writer, politician, former Federal Minister for Law and Justice; Interior, Narcotics Control (1988-1990) and Education and leader of the opposition in the senate (1994-1999). Elected Member of National Assembly thrice on a People’s Party ticket, he is noted for his loyalty to PPP leader Benazir Bhutto and is one of Pakistan’s most respected politicians for his eloquent and articulate speeches on the floor of the assembly and his knowledge of the law. He also made legal history of sorts by having defended two Prime Ministers in the court of law. Having previously fought cases in defence of Ms Bhutto. In 2001 he took up a case in defence of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
He is also an indefatigable human rights activist and a founder vice-president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He has been incarcerated under arbitrary detention laws many times by military and authoritarian regimes. During one such prolonged detention, he wrote The Indus Saga.
chief Justice Case
Recently Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan has successsfully represented suspended Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad’s case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The hearing was being conducted by a full panel of judges headed by Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday, and the 13-member panel reinstated the Chief Justice declaring his suspension by Musharraf regime “illegal”
** Literary Contribution**
Posessing a literary penchant, he has also authored the book “The Indus Saga and the Making of Pakistan” and its Urdu translation, “Sindh Sagar Aur Qyam-e-Pakistan” which present the cultural history of Pakistan. Married, he is the father of two daughters and a son.
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yeah the interior situation in Pakistan during his tenure as interior minister was fantastic.
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^ It sure was. :)
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can't be better than what it is today. I never felt so safe going to the mosque like I did on last friday. Really made me concentrate on my namaz, taking me closer to God. Thanks to the 250grams sher though, the closeness wasn't permanent.
:)
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Alhamdulilallah. That is good. May everyone feel safe during prayers and may god help us from gun wielding mullahs that hide in mosques.
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He freed all the political prisoners locked up by Zia-ul-Haq. BTW, interior minister's job is just that, taking care of internal matters, what did you expect him to do?
We have had the whole ministry, just to do that?
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yeah the interior situation in Pakistan during his tenure as interior minister was fantastic.
The Taliban was created by the PPP govt in that time as well.
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Correction. Taliban were not PPP's creation. PPP may have backed them but Taliban were and still are, to a large extent, a product of domestic political vacuum.
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What does Aitzaz Ahsan knows, he is no dictator now is he? He doesn't promise things like I will clean the govt. of corrupt people and then induct the most corrupt people in Pakistan to run his govt. What does Aitzaz knows. He doesn't say that BB and Nawaz are the most corrupt people on earth and then to continue his lust for power goes and suck upto BB. What does Aitzaz know. Only Mush does.