UK Lawyers Condemn blasts during political procession of former Prime Minister in Karachi
Association of Pakistani Lawyers a team of Pakistani origin lawyers, Solicitors, Barristers, Judges in UK jointly condemn the blasts of 18 October during a political procession of former Prime Minister of Pakistan and they have jointly expressed their condolences to the families of the people who have lost their lives and expressed sympathies with those who are injured. They demanded from Govt of the day to provide free medical aid to all of them indiscriminately.
APL demanded that the Sindh Govt and Governor Sindh who have failed to ensure law an order situation on this expected heavy turn out day must resign from their posts pending enquiry as this is the third major incident after the Nishtar Park blast, and 12th May massacre and now fatal disruption during Ms. Bhutto’s arrival in Karachi which calls for immediate action.
APL demands that SC appoints a judicial enquiry which is time barred and brings those to account and justice who have violated the law of the land as governmental enquiry will be a pointless exercise as we have seen on last 2 occasions.
APL further condemn the deteriorating law an order situation in Pakistan as a result of which situation like 12 May 07 is seen almost every other day in Pakistan and regionalism is promoted and Karachi has been made a ‘no go’ area for certain quarters and citizens of Pakistan. The government of the day must show political will to promote some integrity and tolerance to bear the voice of opposition which is their democratic right as they claim in their enlightened moderation charter and as it is the election year and level playing filed must be ensured to two top political parties of the country which must be considered as a national asset. Political leaders however are advised not to stir ethnicity divide as the situation in Pakistan is extremely volatile and political parties in the run up to elections must also consider holding their processions at a an open place or at stadiums in lieu of thorough fares to ensure maximum security arrangements and to avoid loss and damage of lives and properties.
APL further called for a broad based national reconciliation where all parties are truly represented to ensure initiation an open and frank public discussion in the supreme national interest with all political parties at a round table ensuring unconditional presence of all exiled leaders to discuss how an exit of military from national politics can be practically made possible and how a fair and transparent elections can be held in Pakistan. Those consultations may discuss the mechanism of inducting an independent and reliable care taker set along with powerful election commissioner who will impartially hold elections which appears to be and are in fact transparent and fair. Those consultation with all parties will also discuss as to how the independence of judiciary can be secured as only a fair and independent judiciary can guarantee holding of a fair election(s) in Pakistan.
APL hopes that Lawyers, media and Civil society’s contribution is fruitful to bring Pakistan out of this crisis to save the federation and country from imminent dangers.
Amjad Malik, MA, LLM
Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court of England & Life Member SCBA (Pakistan)
Chair Association of Pakistani Lawyers (UK)
‘Free ride at the cost of Pakistan and public purse’ By: Amjad Malik
In Pakistan establishment always nip the voice of descent which they successfully did when Nawaz Sharif landed at Islamabad on 10 September and his party’s main leaders and supporters were under arrest and Islamabad was sealed despite clear court orders and we will keep hearing contempt proceedings for weeks to come, but the damage is done. On the other side, here comes all time hated by the General the so called corrupt Ms. Bhutto entering the arena with free hand, full protocol, bullet proof truck, and her billions and change intact and her militia around her with support of the military dictator entering the political landmine with pomp and show. Her supporters are allowed to travel from Karachi to Peshawar and i believe some are travelling for days without any policemen noticing their journey. People’s party despite their politics and style of anti establishment gave in at the eleventh hour for a little relief in lieu of ousting a military dictator preferred to join hands with him. Some democrats and hard-line supporter of PPP are critical and questioning her wheeling dealing and some are leaving the party and others doubt her slogan ‘with Benazir comes employment’ to the one that ‘with Benazir goes what’s left in Pakistan’. Most of her supporters are jubilant as their leader is amongst them.
Corruption of billions from public purse is a matter of public interest and of great importance and at best will be decided by 20th July born new courts however death of Mir Murtaza Bhuttoo is quite an other. Fatima Bhuttoo, daughter of the martyred in her latest article in the News on 20 September 2007 questions the impropriety of PPP govt in that killing when she says, “ Curiosity impels people to ask about the not-so hidden hand, the highest level of government.’ The government of no other but that of her aunt Be Nazir. Its not a matter of politically motivated stealing of a goat or a buffalo or commission allegations of polish tractors, or French spare parts repairs or oil or food programme of UN or money laundering its a pure criminal investigation for which a case is pending for years and that little girl seeks justice, and i think BE Nazir must bring those to accounts who are in power or at least re open her father’s case and deliver justice to his soul.
I think one must be happy that twice premier is allowed to enter politics as desired and deserved however the style with which such deal is negotiated is bit shameful. Her attempts to seek pardon from corruption via ordinance than courts and her secret dialogue to keep Nawaz Sharif a one time arch rival out of electioneering process is not democratic whereas they both came close to some sort of ‘political reforms package’ under ‘Charter of Democracy’. BBC in their online survey exposed that over 82% questions the validity of free polls if Sarifs are kept outside the arena and on the 8th anniversary International Republican Institute in their fresh polls between 29 august to 13 September with 4000 people declared sharifs as the highest in rating with 36% with Be Nazir trailing with 28% and Military man on the bottom with 21%
Whilst democrats welcome her return to play her due role however Pakistan’s establishment knows it better that partnership with ppp with crippled opposition can be very dangerous. It can act as a double edge sword and only restoring two party system in reality as was before 12 Oct 99 is the ultimate solution and key to the security of the system guaranteeing protection to the state. Q league with divided vote with N league will suffer heavily at the hands of PPP, in fact PPP will eat them alive if allowed to canvass single handedly and maturity desires the return of other exiled leaders to ensure free, fair and impartial elections to allow the people to elect and reject the leaders. This fair dual is also necessary to have a check and balance to preserve serenity and common sense.PPP in power with military dictator will not be able to deliver as per claims and assessments are that such govt will be short lived and could be toppled with any uneven incident whether it is an incident like 9/11 or sudden death of any stalwart and then the situation will desire a rematch calling all the players again but at that juncture the loss will be of Pakistan and as long liberals are allowed to canvass against conservatives will keep the hardliners at arms way but a match between pro signing and dancing nightclub with direct pro madrassha clans could be fatal.
Mullah is not the root cause of the actual problem, lack of political will is, and the direct diagnosis of such extremism is vacuum and the absence of political leadership which has roots in the masses on conservative front which use to keep middle class mobile and up right to check and out number the militant out fits. If you remove conservative leadership, ultimately you are left with hardliners whether they are Lal Masjid style leadership, or Tribals who are fighting in northern areas who are ready to interpret Islam to their own choosing though not shared by commoners but have a frightening effect on masses and create a terror thus spoiling the balance.
I feel time is up and rather than opening one door channel of secret and open negotiations with a,b,c parties and damaging the system further, military leader must act as Spartan and initiate open and public discussion in the supreme national interest with all political parties at a round table ensuring unconditional presence of all exiled leaders to discuss how an exit can be practically made possible and how a fair and transparent elections can be held in Pakistan. Those consultations may discuss the mechanism of inducting an independent and reliable care taker set up possibly judges along with powerful election commissioner who will impartially hold elections which appears to be and are in fact transparent and fair. He also needs consultation with all parties how the independence of judiciary can be secured as his actions speak louder than his claims that he believes in justice and fair play. Only a fair and independent judiciary can guarantee holding of a fair election(s) in Pakistan.
These suggested actions are not imminent and may not happen at all as our leadership lack political will and have no roots as well as wisdom which needs to solve the crisis they are in and they can chant national reconciliation but when it comes to crunch they speak with oppression and operations where our soldiers are at war with our own people and some of them are kidnapped, on 12th May and 10th of September Govt sealed off Karachi and Islamabad for Chief Justice and Sharifs, however the same city is open on 18th Oct for one and only. Though Imran Khan is considered worthy of expulsion orders each time he attempts to visit Karachi. These dual policies needs to be addressed before national reconciliation is talked about and in all this 160 million people are somewhere missing as they are not party to any negotiations. How long will the regime run this government with these discriminatory tactics, they must come up with the task as Article 5 of the Constitution binds them that loyalty to the state is their basic duty and obedience to the constitution and law is inviolable and they need to ask themselves whether those duties are discharged properly , fairly and indiscriminately. Sometimes they need to get out of the bullet proof cars and go to local market and see with their eyes and listen to the live people how they see their performance.
Amjad Malik is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court (England) as well as Chair of Association of Pakistani Lawyers (UK).
18 October 2007
'12 October & our real goal' By: Amjad Malik
On the 8th anniversary of military coup de tat in Pakistan, one wonders at its results as it is a quick reminder to the nation that we are far away from our real destination. Nation is already in a shock to read the latest so called ‘National Reconciliation Ordinance’ of General Musharraf which seemingly legalising corruption of our 80’s and 90’s and exposing him on his claims of good governance and corruption free politics as well as our political clan’s unprincipled politics where the common man is yet to gauge who is in government and which are classed as main opposition.
In last 8 years, the regime did not leave any stone unturned to serve its masters and learnt nothing from its predecessor who declared out loud that their masters can never be their friends so did Zulfiqar Ali Bhuttoo in his famous speech in Parliament before he too was ousted that conspiracies are being hatched against him pointing toward hidden forces. However, still our flag carriers are at war against its own people, our soldiers are kidnapped and are dying for a lost cause, people are migrating from the tribal areas who were once considered our back bone and our founder’s remarks carry no weight to current rulers who make an ordinance in haste on one day and realising its shameful effects express their regrets the next day calling it a political tactic and one is tearful at this shameless indecent assault on legislative making process. In the history of great nations, reconciliation is a good thing to start in order to continue a derailed political process, however finding similarity with that of a ‘truth and reconciliation commission’ of South Africa is injustice as wiping out corruption allegations at will with a twitch of a hand without judicial oversight is a sign of conscious blunder for which there should be no forgiveness. Great nations struggle on principles here the case is quite to the opposite and it is noteworthy especially in a poor country like Pakistan where free education, health, housing and employment is still a dream, and politics is run on slogans than performance.
I think enough has been said about the 7 points agenda of General Musharraf which proved an illusion as was the slogan of General Zia to hold elections in 90 days, however if the dictator is truly interested in National reconciliation, he would have welcomed Mian Nawz Sharif ‘s arrival after Supreme Court’s order on 10th September rather than sending him in exile whilst he is welcoming an other premier. Court orders are not obeyed with announcements, they are obeyed without hesitation and the way his regime has made fun of those orders, it has made the country a laughing stock internationally. Even now, military leader must act for an open and frank public discussion in the supreme national interest with all political parties ensuring equality to discuss how an exit of military from politics can be practically made possible and how a fair, an un manipulative and transparent elections can be held in Pakistan. and regime must give a right to the nation to choose their representatives through a ballot which is free, fair and transparent under 1973 constitution under a transparent care taker set up where powerful election commissioner holds credible elections with confidence of the opposition as well as the nation and independent monitors could verify the authenticity of those elections.
For doing this, General Musharraf does not need an ordinance, he must come up with an offer of an unconditional talks once he doff his uniform off declaring that he will be up for the vote of political parties after the general elections are held and he allows the civilians to take charge to run the affairs of the state and allows free media and courts to make them accountable to the nation and let the Parliament be sovereign as is the case in any democracy rather than any fictitious set up which will be a fallacy. Little late, then there will be no time for repentance as we are surrounded by the fire he has ignited all around in Waziristan, Baluchistan and Karachi on 12 th May and survival will be very difficult without credible political process.
Amjad Malik is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court (England) and a Chair of Association of Pakistani Lawyers (UK).
10 October 2007
UK Lawyers Condemn security agencies heavy handedness on lawyers, media and members of civil society on 29 Sept
Association of Pakistani Lawyers a team of Pakistani origin lawyers, Solicitors, Barristers, Judges in UK jointly condemn heavy handedness of police and security agencies against lawyers, media personnel and members of civil society on 29 September 2007 which is prima facie ultra vires and in violation of the various articles including Article 15 which entitles all citizens free movement in all the country and article 19 which empowers media men to work freely in pursuance of their duties to broadcast news and information to general public.
APL condemn the brutalities of state agencies against eminent lawyers and members of media and civil society. Peaceful protest is a constitutional right of every citizen and protest against a core breach of our constitution deserves a true recognition. Media and lawyers are eyes of any society and attempts to nip their voice with heavy force and oppression is un called for, undesirable and is condemned in the highest order. We demand that SC appoints an enquiry and brings those to justice who have violated the law of the land.
APL further condemn the deteriorating law an order situation in Pakistan as a result of which situation like 12 May 07 is seen almost every other day in the Capital. We witness that on any minor incident roads are blocked with heavy trailers which reminds us of the 12th May massacre in Karachi each time Govt takes such actions. The government of the day must show political will to promote some integrity and tolerance to bear the voice of opposition which is their democratic right as they claim in their enlightened moderation charter and the credit they take for opening many channels. Now is the time to allow those channels to work freely as well.
We all hope that Lawyers, media and Civil society’s contribution is fruitful to bring Pakistan out of this constitutional crisis and we hope that it reaches to those rulers who make decision(s) to listen to it and act accordingly for rule of law, justice and supremacy of Constitution to save the federation and country from imminent dangers.
Amjad Malik, MA, LLM
Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court of England and Wales
Life Member SCBA (Pakistan)
Chair Association of Pakistani Lawyers (UK)
00 44 1706 346 011 & personal email at: amjadlaw@hotmail.com
Mobile: 00 44 7770983308
30 September 2007
‘BALL IS IN YOUR COURT’ BY: AMJAD MALIK
On 28 September 2007, nine member bench hearing the identical constitutional petitions comprised of Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, Justice Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Justice Faqir Muhammad Khokar, Justice Falak Sher, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan and Justice M Javed Buttar in their short verdict dismissed all the constitutional petitions declaring them not maintainable by 6:3, as a result the top judiciary threw the ball in the court of parliamentarians who gave exit to a military man to re decide whether President General Pervez Musharraf could win the presidential elections with their votes on 6 October 2007.
Though the judgement is quite to the contrary to the expectations and wishes of the people of Pakistan which were raised by the judgement of 20 July by Justice Ramdey’s court but since its early days of this newly achieved independence as a result of lawyers movement therefore the legal hawks were expecting this sort of mild decision on the logic to save the system thus avoiding martial law the old fear in Pakistan at all times and SC once against lost the chance to nip the evil in the bud and bury ‘the law of necessity’ forever and exit military from national politics. However SC refused such relief inviting the Parliamentarians to do the dirty themselves and decide whether they wish the General to be elected or not. Its up to them what they do.
This is the time that main political parties must consider the options to vacate the electoral college before he is re-elected or if its too late to put all the efforts behind one neutral candidate to show spirit of participation in electoral process otherwise people have to put up with military controlled democracy for further five years which may result in tragic incidents like 1971 looking at kidnapped army personnel’s in Waziristan and wishy washy statements on Dr Qadeer Khan.
As the battle for true democracy, rule of law and justice in Pakistan has not finished and it will be unwise to link it with one judgement or with one judge because it has merely begun with this decision, and one thing for sure SC closed the doors of going to courts every Friday for seeking political decisions. Its up to the politicians to close the gap of constitutionally improper accommodation of any individual ultra constitutionally against the letter and spirit of the Constitution of Pakistan wherever it is with unity by sheer intelligence, reconciliation and consultation in the wider interest of the state and in order to promote democratic process.
Amjad Malik is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and a chair of Association of Pakistani Lawyers (UK)
28 September 2007
‘Its Difficult to be a Devil’s Advocate’ By: Amjad Malik MA, LLM
Post 9th March 2007 whilst lawyers of Pakistan gathered storm in support of a victim Chief Justice and received nation’s appreciation all around, at the same time a few emerged as devil’s advocate on the national scene too. In adversarial system its common that you have a brief, either for or against and one has to lose the case too and accepting defeat graciously and winning honourably is the key, however its opposite in Pakistan. No one wins or lose normally.
Whilst condemning the acts against Naeem Bukhari, Khalid Ranjha and Wasim Sajjad a few renowned lawyers and a TV star in Pakistan as well as an un called for show of aggression against President’s chief lawyer cum spokesman Mr. Qasuri is condemnable in the highest terms, at the same time, those so called barristers who wish to render their services as devil’s advocate must be aware of the public sentiments which always go against those who argue for their brief as well as publically incite hatred against the popular cause. When a lawyer represents a case of public interest, criticism of good and bad comes with the job, however when one over represents, one mixes rightly or wrongly one’s representations with one’s aspirations, and same is the case with a few stalwarts as they are never aware when and where to stop. In this context Mr. Pirzada the magician lawyer and S M Zafar are noteworthy as they never go out of their brief. General Musharraf devoid of legal sanctity is without doubt the most disliked legal animal in Pakistan at the moment, declared ‘an endangered species’ by Ms. Bhuttoo and let alone winning, fighting his case is not an easy job and publically representing I believe is the job of his clan of Q.
In my practice in Britain, advocates exchange views, fight their cases in courts tooth and nail and during breaks or in the end often have a cup of coffee together in the bar room or court lounges. They are always cordial with each other and always show respect to the other side lawyer and at all times address them as ‘my learned friend’. The incident which we are witnessing on television these days of blackening faces are rare in my years of practice in Britain. In fact, there is truly a culture of tolerance, acceptance of each other’s views and accepting defeat in the land where all the barristers are produced. In fact, lawyers as other professionals perform their professional duty and in principle they must not be penalised for performing their professional duty.
Its a red hearing for those who whilst representing initiate a debate and express personal slanderous views without evidence or justification about past or present popular leadership or a cause. In Pakistan if you wish to be a gutsy lawyer and publicly wishes to say to a bhuttoites that you are the one responsible for sorting him out or declare Shraif’s traitor or call lawyers as foreign agents then either you are mad or you are with beggars’ belief that those who are paying you to represent a case will come to rescue you for your madness. Or it will be highly unlikely that millions of supporters of those individual parties or cause will welcome you after those remarks with flowers as tolerance level is not that high yet in Pakistan and those who pay will rightly justify their payments for what one reaps for being a devil’s advocate in the end, a black face.
However, the lawyers movement and its leaders must preach sanity and their papers on law must be apt to be considered by main stream political parties for their manifestos in coming elections. If wisdom is not preached at this juncture then the whole argument will fail where thousands of lawyers supported the cause all around the globe. Senior lawyers must consider the sensitivity of the situation, decorum and use their oratory for the sake of Pakistan and nomination of Wajihuddin Ahmed I think is a starting point towards the right direction.
Initiation of spade work early as possible is the message from abroad , as the independence of the whole institution is the aim and it must not be linked with winning one case or restoring one judge. Nexus of our judges with Generals so far in Pakistan hindered democratic flow and process and the struggle must be for strengthening the institutions rather than promoting individuals. If system is strong enough and is allowed to run at its full capacity with free media and judiciary as monitors, it will automatically start chunking out leadership as is the case in India, Britain and United States.
If these dreams are to be translated in reality then visionary orators must keep their road map to the goal intact. Crucial topics such as appointment of judges via non political and unbiased commission, non controversial non political ethical future lawyers who in the end become judges, politics free bar, training of lawyers and judges, accountability & financial autonomy of top judiciary including their protection and true separation of administration from judiciary are the questions which as a overseas Pakistani lawyer I can think of to start with though I know that the true work will start when Ginny is in the bottle and military is shown exit from the civilian set up. However, what if that happens overnight, therefore lawyers must be ready to play their due role even if the task lands on them all of a sudden.
Amjad Malik is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and a chair of Association of Pakistani Lawyers (UK)
Musharraf Refused Entry of Democracy in Pakistan By: Amjad Malik MA, LLM
On 10th of September exiled Premier of Pakistan returned after 7 years of exile on a symbolic PIA flight number PK 786 from Heathrow to Islamabad. However he was shocked along with his fellow travellers that the so called mightiest and the most powerful man in Pakistan refused not only his but the entry of democracy in Pakistan, and his forced deportation vanished all the hopes of reviving the democracy and possible exit of the military from current political system peacefully.
I was one of the unfortunate lawyers who inherited a circumstantial brief to assist Mian Nawaz Sharif on that plane as well as at the airport lounge in order to practically convert his aspirations to submit himself to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and to physically convey his feelings of peace, good will and national reconciliation to his Pakistani people. To me this historic flight carried its passengers by luck like a lottery ticket as no one knew which plane Mr. Sharif will catch. All our efforts were unfruitful when all proceedings which were more or less peaceful were halted by a quick army style operation which resulted in push and pulls and the deportation of Nawaz Sharif to an other exile, the term of which is unknown this time.
I would not mention the court order of Supreme Court which was violated here as General Musharraf's regime knows no concept of rule of law as his reign is full of contradictions of his sayings and operations otherwise. Alas his machinery did not learn any lesson from the reference of March the 9th then filed against Chief Justice, operation in Wana and Lal Masjid and 12 th May massacre. In fact they restaged the same scene in the capital and made it like Beirut though only missing link was dead bodies.
We were dealt with by Sameer, Imam and Tahir Ayub, all lower ranking officers who had to go again and again to seek instructions from higher officials. They were less worried about Sharif's entry but more of losing their jobs and as the time passed at the airport lounge, composed Sharif won his moral battle against regime by just sitting in economy class with common passengers, travelling in ordinary bus and sitting for over 3 hours in ordinary lounge on an orange sofa and authorities did not even bother to come and talk to him and he was treated like a common thief forgetting that the man made Pakistan the 7 th state that possesses nuclear arsenal and is one of the most popular leader in Pakistan along with Bhuttoos. Instead he was rushed out towards rear exit by a storm of intelligence officials on the false pretence that he is arrested administratively and will be produced before accountability court the very next day.
My faith in rule of law and justice in Pakistan though did not shatter but all the happenings have startled me with the realisation that matrix of military might have almost disabled the state structure and institutions are mortgaged to their strength. 160 million people could not ensure enforcement of larger bench's decision to allow Sharifs to enter and remain and continue politics as they acted like a crowd rather than a nation and preferred to watch Tele at home whilst the regime was shattering all the norms of national and international laws and shraif was returned without even entry endorsement on his passport.
The historic flight pk786 landed, Nawaz Sharif came and was returned leaving many unanswered questions but one thing which is undoubted is that unarmed Sharif rattled the confidence of dying regime minute by minute as long as he was waiting entry clearance at the lounge. Who knows next time he comes like a Khomeini of Iran.
Amjad Malik is a Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court of England & Wales and was representing Mr. Nawaz Sharif throughout his four and a half hour stay at Islamabad airport on 10 th of September 2007.
Video link of pushing ad pulling at the lounge:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4K8AXC3CzY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwFi7KUevPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed8_GsI0iMc
international media reporting of the case:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/world/asia/10cnd-pakistan.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s2029415.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/10/AR2007091000119.html?hpid=moreheadlines
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-pakistan_barker_sep11,1,1322668.story
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1660390,00.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10462850
http://www.dailymirror.lk/2007/09/11/International.asp
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-29438820070910?src=091007_1328_TOPSTORY_sharif_arrested_after_return_to_pakistan
http://in.news.yahoo.com/070910/137/6kjmz.html
www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/7323
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=d5e07513-e1c6-410b-b4bf-cc4a23a629ee&k=77679
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/09/10/2029076.htm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news 2007/09/10/wpak210.xml
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=f2196eac-5495-4b7d-ae16-13d906fe809e
http://www.newsdaily.com/TopNews/UPI-1-20070911-07170600-bc-pakistan-sharif.xml
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20070910/tpl-uk-pakistan-43a8d4f_10.html
http://www.gainesvillesun.com/article/20070911/ZNYT03/709110347/-1/news03
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=91824
http://www.thepost.com.pk/OpinionNews.aspx?dtlid=119124&catid=11
http://www.icssa.org/article_detail_parse.php?a_id=1173
http://www.thefrontierpost.com/News.aspx?ncat=le&nid=586&ad=18-09-2007
