Wake up Pakistan - Step up Judiciary - What is hapening in our country. One of the most currupt NRO team member has been quitely appointed as an honorary chair of Agriculture Development Bank Pakistan. This Looter MNA has swindled crores of development funds in the name of Sui Gas and development funds for his area in Narowaal Shakargarh. As minister of state housing he broke all records of curroption (His own party member and Federal Minister Housing Mr. Kakar had complained).
Please Mr. Justice Iftikhar Sahib - step up. We are with you
Re: First Railways, PIA now ADBP - Zardari appoints LooterMNA Tariq Anis as Chairman
How can we let this happen. Media needs to expose all these robbers
Re: First Railways, PIA now ADBP - Zardari appoints LooterMNA Tariq Anis as Chairman
This happens in Pakistan because this is Pakistani culture and that is what Pakistani loves ... corruption, nepotism, plundering, lying, looting, ‘chitrol’, abuses, rapes, killing, burning, arson, etc.
Pakistanis showed their love of corruption and nepotism when they came out on road doing ‘Bhangra’ in support of CJ Iftikhar Chaudhary’s corruption and nepotism. Iftikhar Chaudhary was accused of corruption and nepotism, but people did not even care to question him and ask him to come clean. When proof of his corruption and nepotism was shown to Iftikhar, he told Musharraf that it is fine with him (shows that Iftikhar Chaudhary knew that since this is Pakistani culture, so people would stand behind him). He was right, as when reference alleging him of corruption and nepotism was sent against him to SJC, people under the leadership of mega corrupts (like Atetaz Ahsan and others) came out in support of this corrupt judge, making him hero. People came out in support of any investigation against this corrupt judge showing the world their priority and character of valuing corruption and nepotism. In the end, they succeeded in stopping SJC from investigating corruption and nepotism of corrupt judge Iftikhar.
At that time I wrote to some journalists who talk high (including Kashif Abbasi) and I also talked with many Pakistanis. Answer was same, that is, nepotism and corruption is part of Pakistani society, so why blame or punish Iftikhar Chaudhary for such.
So, if people accept corruption and nepotism in Chief Justice of Pakistan, then they should not cry when they find same in others. Some may be doing corruption and nepotism in big way, and some in small way. All who have chance are plundering Pakistan with their corruption and nepotism, according to opportunities they get (apni apni auqaat kay saath her qoi corruption, nepotism and plundering ker raha hay), as that is Pakistani culture and that is what Pakistanis love.
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While I agree with you that most of the judges who reach the top positions are corrupt, why did Musharraf government appoint such a corrupt person as the chief justice in the first place? Ok he was made the chief justice, why did the government stay quiet for all these years and they suddenly remembered his corruption and nepotism when he started taking notice of the mega corruptions of the regime like steel mill and others?
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Re: First Railways, PIA now ADBP - Zardari appoints LooterMNA Tariq Anis as Chairman
While I agree with you that most of the judges who reach the top positions are corrupt, why did Musharraf government appoint such a corrupt person as the chief justice in the first place? Ok he was made the chief justice, why did the government stay quiet for all these years and they suddenly remembered his corruption and nepotism when he started taking notice of the mega corruptions of the regime like steel mill and others?
Even though I believe Musharraf was personally not corrupt, his being in power does not mean angels all around. People in various power corridors were same corrupt lot that were there before Musharraf came to power. All who got promoted during Musharraf period were also from those who were already present in corridors of power (mostly corrupt) before Musharraf came to power. Iftikhar Chaudhary in this respect was not unique nor was he most corrupt person of his time in corridor of power.
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Actually, with military rule starting in 1999 and constitution going in abeyance, many SC judges left office as they did not wanted to take oath on PCO. This opened opportunity for many HC judges. New judges willing to take oath on PCO were inducted into SC and Iftikhar Chaudhary being CJ of Baluchistan High Court got inducted into SC too. No allegation was officially present against him, so no big deal. With time, IC got promoted to become CJ, and there is nothing wrong in that too.
As one knows, allegation starts after misdeeds (corruption nepotism, or whatever), but problem arises when allegation against a person becomes ‘widely known’ or someone finds reason, courage, or grudge to ‘report that allegation officially’. After becoming CJ, Iftikhar started providing lot of reasons for people to start alleging him of corruption, nepotism, and misconduct, especially misconduct that was felt by many SC lawyers. Those who dared started opening up IC closet too, that had evidences of corruption and nepotism.
Difference between good and bad governance is that, person heading the government in bad governance ignores all allegations, even when allegations are officially reported. In good governance, the person ruling takes action on allegations, especially when they are ‘widely known’ or ‘officially reported’.
Same happened in IC case too. Problem started when allegations were made against IC officially and President (Musharraf) was informed (reported). In such situation, it was duty of President to act and that is what Musharraf did on 9 March. Anyhow, he did not forced IC out of office what dictators (and also Z A Bhutto) did in past, but tried to follow method mentioned in constitution. He sent reference to SJC for investigation and suspended IC (so that IC as active CJ of SC could not influence investigation).
[Note: Allegations against IC were initially made by Naeem Bukhari, a SC practicing lawyer, and later many personals in media started propagating those Allegations until time government sent those Allegations to President for action].
If Pakistanis who came out for IC were decent (those who hated corruption and nepotism), and IC was innocent, they (IC and his supporters) should have let SJC investigate and exonerate IC (if allegations were baseless). But they started ‘Bhangra on road’ and corrupt judges of SC on ‘20 July’ illegally stopped SJC from investigating IC. Their judgement was ridiculous as well as funny, because case in front of them was against ‘suspension of IC’ and not ‘investigation of IC by SJC’, but bench of ‘13 SC judges’ did not only uplifted the suspension but stopped SJC from investigation. Judgement was funny because SJC is body that investigates judges, hence suppose to be higher authority then SC judges, thus it is illogical that judges could direct SJC to stop investigating an accused judge.
The move by bench of ‘13 SC judges’ on 20 July 2007 was slap on logic as well as Pakistani constitution, as it stopped ‘SJC’ from investigating nepotism, corruption and misconduct of Iftikhar Chaudhary. I could not understand how judges can stop investigation on judges (or CJ), as that means judges claiming immunity for themselves from investigation while they do corruption, nepotism, misconduct or whatever misdeeds they want, effectively giving Judges licence to do all sort of corruption and nepotism.
[In constitution, only SJC can investigate judges. SJC consists of 3 senior most SC judges and 2 senior most CJs of High courts ... well, CJ of SC is also included in SJC as part of 3 senior most SC judges, but when he himself is under investigation, obviously he could not get included].
Pakistan Steel Mill: I do not know how you can say that there was corruption in PSM sale? I think that $500 million for PSM what Pakistan was getting, was more than fare value and that also when PSM was in profit. Today, no one would even take PSM free as it is draining resources instead of producing anything. [Pakistan was selling 75 percent share in PSM for $375 million dollars, in 2006].
SC decision annulling the sale is now costing Pakistan tax payers billions of dollars ... as Pakistan has already paid billions of tax payer dollars to PSM so that it could keep running and employing ‘political’ absentee workers and bearing cost of corruption by cronies of political party in power running PSM. If sale had proceeded, PSM would not have only got efficient but would have increased their production capacity, resulting in Pakistan earning huge profit dividend (25 percent) as well as billions in taxes.*
Re: First Railways, PIA now ADBP - Zardari appoints LooterMNA Tariq Anis as Chairman
So how do we expose the people who are busy skimming away whatever money is left. Our goverment has failed, opposition is just a big fat LOTA and now there is no hope from Judiciary. Best way is for media to educate our masses and expose looters like they exposed MPA Abdul Quyuum and others. MNA Tariq Anis and his like should be exposed. The awaam of Pakistan is the only hope only and only if we are honest with our selves.