Does anybody else notice how quickly cases are closed and opened when a new government comes into power? It’s almost like suddenly new evidence is found or dismissed depending on who the case is against. Our court system is pretty remarkable in this respect.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\05\28\story_28-5-2008_pg1_2
Zardari attempted murder case rekindled
KARACHI: Justice Bin Yamin of the Sindh High Court (SHC) has suspended a 2005 court order that said there was not enough evidence to go to trial in a case in which several men were accused of trying to kill Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari. Zardari had been shifted from the Karachi Central Prison to the Crime Investigation Department establishment in Civil Lines late on May 15 1999 where he was allegedly tortured by a team of police officers from Punjab. His tongue was found lacerated, but investigators alleged that Zardari purposely hurt himself with a broken glass. They had accused him of attempting suicide to avoid a probe into the alleged double murder of Justice Nizam Ahmed and his son advocate Nadeem Ahmed. But a court that reviewed an application by Zardari under Section 22-A of the Criminal Procedural Code directed the police to register a first information report (FIR) against the then Ehtesab Bureau chairman Saifur Rahman, the then PCB chairman Mujeebur Rahman, former IG of Sindh Police Rana Maqbool, former Karachi DIG Farooq Amin Qureshi and former Karachi Central Prison Superintendent Najaf Mirza. The FIR was lodged on May 11, 2004. Zardari had filed a criminal revision application in the SHC. On Tuesday, Zardari’s counsels said that the respondents had not filed a ‘vakalatnama’ (power of attorney) so far. Justice Bin Yamin adjourned the proceedings to a date to be fixed later. If the SHC allows the application, the accused would face trial on the charges of attempted murder. ar qureshi