Missing Persons' case

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Where is CJ? Is he only there to try Zardari and Gilani for memogate sh1te etc? Who will give justice to these people? Is it possible for him to lay charges of brutal killing of these people on two top bosses of military? Aren’t they responsible for these cold blooded murders?

http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/21/ghq-isi-camp-attacks-fourth-detainee-found-dead.html

GHQ, ISI camp attacks: Fourth detainee found dead

**ISLAMABAD: A civilian facing a court martial under the Army Act on charges of attacking the GHQ and ISI Hamza camp died mysteriously on Friday, a brother of the deceased, told Dawn on Friday.

Abdul Saboor, 29, is the fourth civilian detained in the case to have died in mysterious circumstances over the past six months — Mohammad Aamir died on Aug 15, last year, Tahseen Ullah on Dec 17, and Said Arab on Dec 18.

Their bodies were recovered from the Lady Reading Hospital in Peshawar.
Abdul Saboor’s brother, Mufti Shakoor, said that an unknown caller asked him to collect the body of his brother from the Haji camp in Peshawar.

Saboor had been picked up by intelligence agencies on Nov 25, 2007, along with his younger brothers Abdul Basit and Abdul Majid from Lahore.

According to Mufti Shakoor, who lives in Lahore, the caller initially asked him to go to the Peshawar hospital, but later told him that he would find the body in an ambulance parked near the Haji camp.

Finally, he said, he found the body on the GT Road near the camp. By that time the cellphone of the caller had switched off.

Tariq Asad, a lawyer who had filed a petition in the Supreme Court on behalf of Ms Rohaifa — the mother of three detainees, Abdul Saboor (deceased), Abdul Basit and Abdul Majid — for their recovery, said he had already expressed fears about their unnatural death.

In the petition filed on Jan 6, the ailing mother made an emotional appeal to the Supreme Court to order intelligence agencies to immediately kill her sons and hand over their bodies to her if superior courts could not provide relief to common citizens of the country.

According to Advocate Asad, Saboor died when a petition about his recovery was pending with the Supreme Court, but the court was dealing with matters “more important than the life of a citizen”.

In the petition, Advocate Asad pointed out that the bodies of three detainees who had died earlier during investigation, showed clear signs of acute renal failure (ARF) apparently caused by slow poisoning.

He said military authorities had kept them in illegal confinement and contended that under the Army Act, civilians could be tried only in circumstances gravely affecting the maintenance of discipline in the army.

He requested the court to seek a report on causes of the death of three detainees and record of proceedings against survivors.

It may be mentioned here that the accused — Abdul Basit, Abdul Majid, Dr Niaz Ahmad,
Mohammad Aamir, Mazharul Haq, Shafigur Rehman, Mohammad Shafiq, Said Arab, Tahseen Ullah and Gul Roze — were acquitted by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi on April 8, 2008, because the prosecution could not make out a case against them.
But before their release, the Rawalpindi DCO issued a detention order under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance.

On May 6, 2010, it was extended for 90 days by the Punjab home secretary, but it was set aside by the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on May 28, 2010.
The Superintendent of Adiyala jail, Saeedulllah Gondal, is reported to have handed over the detainees to ISI and MI.

But in May, 2011, the advocate general informed the apex court that the detainees had been formally arrested in the first week of April and a case under Section 2 (1) (d) of the Pakistan Army Act, 1952, was registered against them.

Raja Mohammad Irshad, the counsel of ISI and MI, told the court that the 11 men were among the 20 suspects taken into custody from operational areas.

He said the men were in the custody of law-enforcement agencies and they had been interrogated for their “close/deep links with terrorists operating in different areas of the country”.

He told the apex court that they were allegedly involved in attacks on ISI’s Hamza Camp, GHQ, defence installations, explosions at various places, killing of a three-star general and several other army personnel and civilians.

In August 2011, when the court was hearing a petition for the recovery of the three brothers, the Military Intelligence told the court that the detainees were in their custody and they had been kept “in accordance with the law”.

The military authorities also arranged meetings of the detainees with their family.
According to Mufti Abdul Baais and Mufti Abdul Shakoor their detained brothers had been brutally tortured and they could not stand because their legs were swollen.

Advocate Colonel (reted) Inamur Rahim, another counsel of the detainees, said he had also filed a human rights application in the Supreme Court for their recovery.

“I will try to take other like-minded lawyers on board on this particular issue because it is possible that the remaining seven detainees might experience the same fate,” he said.
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This is their profession.

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In the petition filed on Jan 6, the ailing mother made an emotional appeal to the Supreme Court to order intelligence agencies to immediately kill her sons and hand over their bodies to her if superior courts could not provide relief to common citizens of the country.
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Justice has been done.
The detainees mother asked Intelligence Agencies to kill her sons and return the bodies, they comply in short notice.
Indeed a marvelous job done by our mighty army another medal on the shoulders.

Pakistan Zindabad, Army Paindabad.

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anybody wanna bet that CJ/media/lawyers have no balls to talk about it or take any kind a action.

1000 $ on the table.

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did you (intentionally??) forget to include the government and its allies in above list or it just happened?

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government what is that?
last time i heard government was banging there ass in court or crying after ISPR statement. such pity !

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The target killings have increased when basically supreme court started taking suo moto actions against them and had some people freed as well. I guess the intelligence agencies and army find it easier to eliminate people than trying them (the situation isnt much different as to how Saddam Hussain, Qaddafi, Bashar ul Asad control their people through intimidation and fear). I still dont understand how Malik Ishaq keeps on popping from the courts every now and then.

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We all know many people arrested in Pakistan are innocent.

The way Pak Army treats the people of Pakistan is disgusting.

This is why so many people say they are a curse on Pakistan.

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It proves that tusnami and revolution laanay waalay are only interested in lip service. Even renewed friend of military, the siri paaiay and gajrela tiger NS has not uttered a single word for these gruesome murders.:(

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Where are champions and supporter of CJ? Where are champions of tsunami and revolution? Bakwaas and profanity are only ment for Zardari, Gilani and PPP? WHY? Why these people do not visit this thread and atleast condemn these brutal acts of so called Pakistani army who is more loyal to foreign masters than to their own country from which the suck blood from already half dead Pakistan? Where are the champions of crying taxes being wasted?

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Where there is no law there is no sin . . . pity .

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Really pathetic state of affairs, people disappear and their bodies later found and justice is not available.


Why drag PTI and PML-N in this? What did govt do in this regards? Oh wait, govt itself doesn't give sh!t about what the SC says so why would it bother going to courts for justice of common people.

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The government who is thretened by these people of dire consequences and CJ making all efforts on bringing the elected government down.

When I said PTI and PML(N) as many here have preidicted that they will form next government. Their supporters have already written off PPP. Therefore dragging of IK and NS are very much pertinent to this most unfortunate issue. They will ultimately face the same music if they become head of state.

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You are right, army and judiciary are out with their knives, army and judiciary are criminals while govt consists of innocent, law abiding ministers who have not done anything wrong.


PTI and PML-N are not relevant until they actually participate in any of the proceeding or they claim/you accuse them to be party in the case.

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Whats PPP's stance on this? After all being in power, first of all its their responsibility to ensure nothing like this happens!

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:) or :(

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CJ sai asiee jaga janey ka na kahoo jahaan CJ k bhi pur jaltey hooon

:chai:

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Program about the detainee mentioned in this post(missed person) killed…

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Chishti, journalist of Friday times.akchishti akchishti

Dr Niaz Ahmed, Mazharul Haq, Shafiqur Rehman, M.Aamir, Abdul Majid, Abdul Basit, Abdul Saboor , Shafique Ahmed 1/3

akchishti akchishti

Said Arab, Gul Roze & Tehseenullah were kidnapped by ISI from Adiala Jail which a rep from agencies later accepted it 2/3

akchishti akchishti

now two of those kidnapped by our agency are killed? and there bodies dumped. CJP? suo motto? 3/3 #extrajudicialkillings](https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23extrajudicialkillings)** #Pakistan](https://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23Pakistan)**

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Pakistan: Rights Suffer Under Army Power Grab

Human rights are being trampled each day in all parts of the country, the security agencies can declare any one the enemy of the state and kill him without any prosecution. I believe that the weaknesses of the judicial system need to be addressed and any enemies of the state needs to be properly investigated and punished, but by carrying out blind justice we are converting Pakistan into a banana republic.

http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/22/pakistan-rights-suffer-under-army-power-grab

Pakistan: Rights Suffer Under Army Power Grab
Upsurge in Attacks on Civilians, Torture, Targeted Killings
(New York) – **Pakistan’s fledgling democratic government, under increasing pressure from the military, appeased extremist groups, ignored army abuses, and failed to hold those responsible for serious abuses accountable in 2011, Human Rights Watch said today in its ****World Report 2012. Targeted killings and other attacks on civilians by the Taliban and sectarian and ethnic militant groups, as well as killings of journalists, were commonplace during the year.

Security deteriorated dramatically throughout the country as the result of suicide bombings by the Taliban and affiliated groups, which targeted civilians and public spaces, including marketplaces and religious processions. There was a dramatic increase in targeted killings in the southwestern province of Balochistan, while 800 people were killed in often politically motivated violence in Karachi. Law enforcement authorities made little attempt to resolve enforced disappearances of terrorism suspects and opponents of the military.**

“The past year was disastrous for human rights in Pakistan,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Bombs killed hundreds of civilians, advocates of religious tolerance were assassinated, and the military undermined democratic institutions. From Karachi to Quetta, Pakistan is teetering on the edge of becoming a military-run Potemkin democracy.”**

In its 676-page report,Human Rights Watch assessed progress on human rights during the past year in more than 90 countries, including popular uprisings in the Arab world that few would have imagined. Given the violent forces resisting the “Arab Spring,” the international community has an important role to play in assisting the formation of rights-respecting democracies in the region, Human Rights Watch said in the report.

In Pakistan, persecution and discrimination under cover of law against religious minorities and other vulnerable groups reached a zenith in 2011, Human Rights Watch said. Freedom of belief and expression came under severe threat as Islamist militant groups murdered Punjab’s governor, Salmaan Taseer, and the federal minorities’ minister, Shahbaz Bhatti, over their public support for amending the country’s often abused blasphemy law. The government notably failed to provide protection to people threatened by extremists or hold the extremists accountable. Taseer’s self-confessed killer, Mumtaz Qadri, was convicted of murder, but the presiding judge had to flee the country amid fears for his safety.

Extremist groups exploited the government’s passivity by intimidating minorities and with an upsurge in blasphemy allegations and cases, Human Rights Watch said. Religious minorities, Muslims, children, and mentally disabled people have all been charged under the blasphemy law, which violates the right to freedom of conscience and religion under international law.

“Government appeasement of extremist groups who fomented Taseer and Bhatti’s murders has led to a rash of blasphemy allegations and well-justified fear for those who question the use of the blasphemy law,” Adams said. “The Pakistan government needs to summon the courage to stand up to extremists and hold those responsible for violence and threats to account.”

Journalists, particularly those covering counterterrorism issues or who are perceived to be taking public positions against the military, faced unprecedented threats. At least ten journalists were killed in Pakistan during the year. A climate of fear pervaded efforts by the media to cover the military, and militant groups with the result that journalists rarely report on human rights abuses by the military in counterterrorism operations. The Taliban and other armed groups regularly threatened media outlets over their coverage.

**Saleeem Shahzad, a reporter for the Hong Kong-based Asia Times Online and for Adnkronos International, the Italian news agency, disappeared from central Islamabad on the evening of May 29. He had received repeated and direct threats from the military’s abusive Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. Shahzad’s body, bearing visible signs of torture, was discovered two days later near Mandi Bahauddin, 130 kilometers southeast of the capital.

Following an international and domestic furor caused by the killing, a judicial commission was formed within days to investigate allegations of ISI complicity. In August, Human Rights Watch testified before the commission. The commission released its findings in January 2012, but failed to identify the perpetrators or exhaustively investigate the role of the ISI, which remains the principal suspect.

Despite widespread allegations of ISI and military involvement in coercion, abduction, torture, and killings of perceived opponents, including journalists, no military personnel have ever been held accountable for such abuses.
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“Unless Shahzad’s murderers are identified and held accountable, media freedoms will decline even further in Pakistan as journalists operate in fear for their lives,” Adams said. “The government needs to bring charges wherever the trail leads, including to the ISI.”

**The southern port city of Karachi experienced an exceptionally high level of violence during the year, with 800 people killed, Human Rights Watch said. The killings were carried out by armed groups backed by all the political parties with a presence in the city. The Muttaheda Qaumi Movement (MQM), Karachi’s largest political party, with heavily armed cadres and a well-documented history of human rights abuse and political violence, was widely viewed as the major perpetrator of targeted killings. The Awami National Party and ruling Pakistan People’s Party-backed Aman (Peace) Committee killed MQM activists.
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Relations between Pakistan and the United States, long Pakistan’s most significant ally and its largest donor of humanitarian and military assistance, deteriorated markedly in 2011. Factors fueling the diplomatic crisis included the killing of two men by a CIA contractor at a Lahore traffic junction; the withholding of US$800 million in military aid to Pakistan; Pakistan’s alleged support for militants from the “Haqqani network,” a group that US officials accused of targeting the US Embassy and NATO troops in Afghanistan; the alleged harboring by Pakistan of Osama bin Laden and his killing by the US; and the November 26 killing during military operations of 24 Pakistani troops on the Afghan border by NATO forces.

**The United States carried out about 75 aerial drone strikes during 2011 on suspected al Qaeda and Taliban members near Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan. These strikes resulted in claims of large numbers of civilian casualties, but lack of access to the conflict areas has prevented independent verification.

“Little is known about who is killed in CIA drone strikes in Pakistan and under what circumstances,” Adams said. “So long as the US resists public accountability for CIA drone strikes, the agency should not be conducting targeted killings.”**

In November, Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s ambassador to the US, was forced by the Pakistani military to resign his position after allegations that he was responsible for a secret memo delivered to senior US military officials seeking support for Pakistani civilian control of national security policy. Haqqani is now blocked from leaving Pakistan and has publicly expressed fear for his life. His lawyer, the prominent human rights defender and former UN human rights envoy Asma Jahangir, has expressed similar concerns and raised serious reservations about a lack of due process in the legal proceedings against Haqqani.

“The military has gained increasing control of state institutions to the detriment of the rights of the Pakistani people,” Adams said. “Civilian officials are now afraid to oppose the military on any key issues, making it increasingly difficult for the government tackle past and present rights violations by the military.”