Islamabad, Pakistan News: The Name of President,? against whom so much is coming in media regarding the Swiss cases, has not been included in the list of convicts supplied by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) to the apex court on Monday.
Raja Amir Abbas told TheNation since President Zardari had not been convicted by any court in Pakistan, therefore, his name was not there in the list.
The list, however, contains the name of Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik, Nusrat Bhutto and Mohammad Usman Farooqui, former Chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills and brother of Principal Secretary of President Salman Farooqui.
The list also contains the names of former chief minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao, former provincial minister NWFP Ghani-ur-Rehman (late), ex-provincial minister Habibullah Khan Kundi, former deputy speaker of National Assembly Haji Mohammad Nawaz Khokhar, former chairman Printing Corporation of Pakistan Peer Mukarramul Haq, Usman Ghani Khatri, Brig (Retd) Imtiaz Ahmed and others.
According to the list, there were 36 persons whose cases stand revived after the Supreme Court judgment of December 16, 2009. There are 16 persons, including Rehman Malik whose case is under trial in courts, while there were 20 other persons who have gone into appeals in the High Courts.
Nusrat Bhutto was convicted under section 31-A of the National Accountability Ordinance 1999 for three years imprisonment vide court order dated November 18, 2000, due to non-appearance in the court.
Rehman Malik was convicted under 31-A of NAO to undergo three-year imprisonment. After revival of the NRO case, the former ADG, FIA, filed an appeal in the Lahore High Court, against his conviction, which was dismissed by the court. President Asif Ali Zardari on May 15, 2010 had pardoned him. Rehman's appeal is pending in the Supreme Court,
I have often a question resonating in my mind that if temporary endorsement can be given to dictator then you should honor the people’s choice and provide same to democratic government unless you have some ulterior motives behind not doing so. First NRO was opened to weaken the government then fake degree case was highlighted to throw PPP out from corridors of powers. Judiciary has almost succeeded in your agenda to bring down democracy or weaken it. The stone judiciary have cast will go a long way. Similarly it is like saying it was not SC judge which hung Bhutto it was Tara Masih who actually hung Bhutto, it doesnt mean that SC and Zia are not to be blamed for his murder. Chief justice of Pakistan can’t walk away from his wrong doings of past unless he apologizes to the nation. It is also pertinent to mention that if colleagues of Chief justice can make political statements he can do the same and beg for forgiveness from people of Pakistan. Judges of superior judiciary are highly politicized and there is not even iota of doubt in that.
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