Babar Awan - Supporter of Zia - Distributed Sweets on Bhutto's Death

NomiCA · April 14, 2011, 6:56am

So what does it tell about current PPPP leadership?? The person they chose to defend Bhutto…

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ISLAMABAD: “Babar Awan was General Ziaul Haq’s energetic activist during his lifetime and even after his death. When PPP chief Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was in jail, Babar demanded hanging of Bhutto in public protests and distributed sweets in Rawalpindi courts on the day of his execution,” Ijazul Haq, the son of the third military ruler, confirmed to The News.

Babar Awan, however, declined to comment on the issue. Ijazul Haq also released to the media four pictures of a rally in Rawalpindi on Gen Zia’s anniversary in which Ijazul Haq and Babar Awan both made speeches.

Though different contemporaries of Awan used to narrate these stories and show extreme astonishment over Awan’s statements in praise of Bhutto, as during more than two and a half decades and till mid-90s, he always blasted ZAB and even abused him at times in different public rallies.
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Babar Awan was repeatedly contacted for his version but he did not come on line on his cell and residence numbers. But when media persons asked Awan outside the Supreme Court building on Wednesday about distributing sweets on Bhutto’s hanging, he did not deny and simply said: ‘No comments’.

Zarvan_Ali · April 14, 2011, 7:02am

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I dont like Babar Awan or PPP at all butt this thing needs prove it is highly possible that will be true but there hsould be prove so PPPs current leadership can be exposed

rangoli · April 14, 2011, 8:09am

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cuz he wasnt a supporter than .. he was pml-n guy .. and he was very close to Benazir bhutto .. she used to regard him as her brother and also he was very good friends with Murtaza Bhutto too!! … he has been a sincere ppp supporter so yh Y NOT HIM?? u just need something anti-ppp or bhutto to talk abt!

NomiCA · April 14, 2011, 9:26am

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but that was true for Naheed Khan, Safdar Abbasi, the wheelchair guy of pindi, aitzaz ahsan etc too...........all those have been left out...while the person demanding bhutto's death is given the lead role..........

Zarvan_Ali · April 14, 2011, 9:29am

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Not only Babar Awan but also Rehman Malik and Firdous Ashiq Awan and also Fouzia Wahab these people were never close to BB which I also dont like still why PPP leadership I mean Zardari alone is giving main posts to these people

rangoli · April 14, 2011, 10:15am

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perhaps they chose him cuz he is a good criminal lawyer, he has taken up politically related cases as well ... and I think he worked alot with aitzaz and other close ally of Zardari ... Maybe Zardari is impressed by him!! :p

Sa1eem · April 14, 2011, 12:27pm

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We have to look at Babar Awan role in PPP after he joined PPP and since he joined after Bhutto got executed, what he did at the time of Bhutto conviction and execution is immaterial and irrelevant.

As for who should be at forefront of PPP leadership, that is prerogative of present PPP chairman. Obviously, present chairman would choose those he feels comfortable with, not what others feel comfortable. At present, chairman is Zardari, so forefront of PPP would be those with whom Zardari feels comfortable. It is prerogative of Zardari to appoint whoever he likes at various posts and for various tasks.

As for ‘PPP’ voters, their choice is to vote the party or not, but have no choice who should lead them or who should be at the forefront of the party (PPP). No one force voters to vote ‘PPP’ (at least in theory), so why complain? If they do not like how PPP is run, they have choice to change their party.

As for those who do not vote PPP or have never voted PPP, certainly they have no reason to complain, as they are themselves irrelevant as far as running of PPP is concerned. Non-PPP voters can pull their hair or dance naked if they do not like the way PPP is run, as whatever they do matters nil to PPP leadership.

Non-PPP voters should look at who they vote and how Chairman/President of party they vote runs the party they vote. If they do not like what they see in party they vote, then they should change their party.

webmister · April 14, 2011, 2:29pm

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It's all about opportunity. These people will go where opportunity is.

Bhutto himself was the biggest opportunist of all, born by the dictatorship of Ayub Khan, appeased America and pak establishment when it suited him and then when he thought he had enough support of people to let him rule, he presented himself as an anti-American and anti-army leader.