Terror threat: Article 245 implemented in Islamabad

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There goes PTIs long march. Amply shows the panic which is the hallmark of the present regime. And more dangerously it shows their mentality.

tribune.com.pk/story/740801/terror-threats-interior-ministry-implements-article-245-in-islamabad/

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sarkaar baukhalahaT kaa shikaar hai...unnecessary political move...PMLN staged dharna in ISB during Zardari's time...he didn't try to stop...NS is panicking for no reason.

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It is a very cunning move, and will allow PMLN to succeed in doing 2 things. 1) It will allow them to at the very least, put a damper on the long march...and 2) it will pit PTI against army, in case anything goes wrong.

But the flip side of this could be very damaging for PMLN. 1) This is like allowing the army to put one foot in the tent. Army wont necessarily ask for permission to put the other foot in if it feels that it is being used solely for political reasons (which it is), and 2) if there are any casualties in this process, the only support PMLN will find will be in its own family.

PMLN's flustered attitude is beyond comprehension though.

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These steps depict a government which lacks confidence. That's another thing they claim that they have the nation behind them.

I dont know who PMLN's advisers are. I personally think they should have ignored TuQ's arrival and this long march...alas, this government cant bear opposition.

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Hamesha Sindhi , Balochon , Saraikion pakhtonon ko mar pari
Ab maza aaiga
Police Maaray Gi Tou Inqilaab Kesay Aaye Ga

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i have observed, tum sindi hamesha Taasub/laraai jaghray ki bat krtay ho. Asa comment karnay say pahlay thori sharam kr latay tou behtar tha. mary bhi

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^^^I think PML(N) is unnecessarily being intimidated. With heavy mandate in Punjab, 100% of Punjabis voted for them, what are they afraid of?

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He is right, keep your language civil.

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Main Sindhi naheen hoon
Pakistani
Siraf Pakistan kay nam par 67 sal say khun choosnay wali jonkon ko benaqab karta hoon
Tum logon ko qatal kartay sharam naheen aati
hamen bat karnay main kia sharam

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bat ap k palay nhe pari , GS is a public/family forum. We should discourage Provincialism.. God bless you..

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In this public/family forum a number of racists exist. You can not do anything about them. Let people vent out their frustrations when there have been clear cut violation of human rights related to certain faction of people on earth. Pakistan is not immune to this curse.

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Syed Talat Hussain @TALATHussain12 · 5h

Handing Isb over to army implies total administrative incapacity of civilian govt.

Syed Talat Hussain @TALATHussain12 · 5h

If Sharif govt can't manage a city of 1.2 million,it can't run a country of 118 million.

Syed Talat Hussain @TALATHussain12 · 5h

Self-Incriminating step.Silly and dangerous.

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**I wonder if Ch Nisar had approval for this invitation to yet another Marshal Law in the country. This stupid person along with SS during Zardari’s government used to conspire against the elected government with ISI/army in late hours of the night. NS should denounce this and kick that conspirator out from the government. Country can not afford yet another back door adventurers. **
PPP lashes out at govt for invoking Article 245](http://www.dawn.com/news/1121560/ppp-lashes-out-at-govt-for-invoking-article-245)

ISLAMABAD: The main opposition, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Friday strongly opposed the government’s decision of handing over the federal capital to the army under Article 245 of the Constitution to handle the law and order situation.

The reaction came hours after Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told the media that his ministry under Article 245 of the Constitution has sought the Army’s services for maintaining law and order in Islamabad for a period of three months.

“The decision is pregnant with serious consequences for the people and the country as it means not only failure of the civil administration but also total suspension of the jurisdiction of the high courts. Worst still, in practical terms it also means setting up of military courts which cannot be permitted,” PPP spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said in a statement.

**He said the PPP has always opposed invoking Article 245 for calling Army in aid of civil power whether it was in Karachi or other parts of the country.

“The situation in Islamabad is not any worse than that in any other part of the country to warrant inviting security establishment to fix it by vesting in them powers beyond judicial oversight,” he said.

The PPP spokesman said, “The government fails to recognise that if today it is Islamabad tomorrow Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore, indeed the whole country, may have to be handed over to the army under Article 245 and practically dispense with the high courts.”

“Bad as it already is the human rights situation in the country will get even worse if the doors of high courts are shut on the citizens,” he added.

He said that the decision to hand over the federal capital to the Army will also send disturbing signals to the world about the prevailing security situation in Pakistan.

“The decision reflects the penchant of PML-N government to lean on the security establishment for everything, be it meter reading or tracing of ghost schools or appointing monitors and is most unfortunate.”

“And let us not forget the security apparatus once called in aid of civil power under this Article might want to linger on even after it is no longer needed. No one wants to relinquish power or abdicate a position of authority and influence in which their actions are not called into question in the courts.”

Farhatullah Babar said it will further distort the already distorted civil-military equation. He reminded the PML-N government of the Charter of Democracy (CoD).

“Four articles of the CoD (articles 32 to 36) call for concerted actions to address distortions in civil-military relations. The decision to hand over Islamabad to the army will, instead of correcting the existing huge imbalance, further tilt the balance against the civilian, political and judicial structures of the country,” he said.

The government will do well to take a leaf from the past before venturing into this adventurism, he said.

Earlier, sources had said that the government was mulling over invoking Article 245 of the Constitution to summon the Army in all major cities of the country.

Sources had added that the ongoing Zarb-i-Azb military operation in North Waziristan was also being carried out under the same constitutional article.

Given below are details of Article 245 of the Constitution which pertains to the functions Pakistan’s Armed forces, taken from the National Assembly website:

(1) The Armed Forces shall, under the directions of the Federal Government, defend Pakistan against external aggression or threat of war, and, subject to law, act in aid of civil power when called upon to do so.

(2) The validity of any direction issued by the Federal Government under clause (1) shall not be called in question in any court.

(3) A High Court shall not exercise any jurisdiction under Article 199 in relation to any area in which the Armed Forces of Pakistan are, for the time being, acting in aid of civil power in pursuance of Article 245: Provided that this clause shall not be deemed to affect the jurisdiction of the High Court in respect of any proceeding pending immediately before the day on which the Armed Forces start acting in aid of civil power.

(4) Any proceeding in relation to an area referred to in clause (3) instituted on or after the day the Armed Forces start acting in aid of civil power and pending in any High Court shall remain suspended for the period during which the Armed Forces are so acting.

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Long march can only be stopped if article 245 is evoked in other cities as well along the route like lahore, gujranwala, gujrat, rawalpindi etc etc. It is speculated that PMLN govt might just do that as well.

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The way PMLN government is reacting we can expect anything. It's an unwise decision!

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^ they are panicked

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Because they knew that PTI is to looking for some blood to .............

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PTI have always done peaceful protests. there is someone else who do siasat on blood, dead bodies, shaheed :wink:

kal bhi Bhutto zinda tha aj bhi Bhutto zinda ha

2013 k election song kya tha yes yes Bhutto ki beti aye thi jan ka nazrana lai thi

:chai:

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The way PML(N) has behaved, any peaceful march will be pushed back to IK’s behind. (Pardon my French) Strategy has to be changed for giving forceful message to ‘Badshah or Badmash Salamat’ who thinks Pakistan ‘ghar ki londi hay us ke saath woh jo chaahay woh karay’.

By the way recent PAT killings almost got the Second in Badmaash of Punjabistan, IK could have perused this unfortunate incident with full force.

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then blame PML-N badshah salamt not PTI, long marches, jalsay jaloos are part of so called democracy.