Pakistan's SC: Arrest PM Raja Pervez Ashraf for corruption

[Black Blood]

Time is ripe for Gen Kiyani to stage a coup. As it is his time to retire is coming soon.

Good for India too as the real pone behind the govt there will come to power.

Army is staying out of this, this is time when people establish justice for themselves.

 

[Daredevil]

Most likely it will be a puppet caretaker government backed by Army. The puppet caretaker government in turn will help Imran Khan/Qadri/PML-Q come back to the government by allowing rigging or something. Then Army will do all the back seat driving in domestic politics as well.

Army will stay out for Kerry-Lugar Bill.

 

[sayareakd]

with all this circus going on . Pls Uncle about to ditch Afganistan and Pakistan. I see nothing but confusion and ISI doing all it want.

 

[farhan_9909]

Perfect 7 points presented by IK

no doubt he is a clear winner...


Probably he's the only leader around with long term vision

*stop WOT at the moment you step into the govt
*Give 3 months deadline to Drone strikes.no matter whatever the consequences are.drone should be shot down
*Economic back up supported by Ex Engro CEO Asad umar
*Hike in education budget by 5 times of now
*Audit the defence budget(might be happening for the first time in the history of Pakistan)

(the above are not the points presented by Imran khan to channels at the moment.but older points)
though he has now presented 7 points in media which are different

 

[farhan_9909]

Most likely it will be a puppet caretaker government backed by Army. The puppet caretaker government in turn will help Imran Khan/Qadri/PML-Q come back to the government by allowing rigging or something. Then Army will do all the back seat driving in domestic politics as well.

Army will stay out for Kerry-Lugar Bill.

army has nothing to do with this

 

[sayareakd]

no need to waste our nukes on Pakistan and wipe them out of world map, just play the ball and this country on its own will go in to civil war and wipe itself from world map.

 

[sayareakd]

IK cant handle his marriage, how can he save your country?

 

[Daredevil]

army has nothing to do with this

Yeah, right.

 

[Daredevil]

Perfect 7 points presented by IK

*Audit the defence budget(might be happening for the first time in the history of Pakistan)

 

[Daredevil]

If you are wondering, why Pakistani PM got the nickname 'Rental Raja' and why he is going to be arrested, then read on.

Pakistan provides the best entertainment.

The $5 billion scam which landed Pakistan PM in trouble

Plunging the nation into possible political chaos, the Pakistan Supreme Court has ordered the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf. Tahir Ali explains why

The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an order seeking the arrest of Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf in a $5 billion graft case and asked him to be produced before the court.

Ashraf had earned the nickname of 'Raja Rental' for allegedly receiving kickbacks for rental power projects when he was in charge of the ministry of power and water.

On March 30 last year, the SC delivered its verdict in a case about corruption and fraud in payment of rental power plants detected by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority. The case was heard by a two-member bench headed by Pakistan Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. The apex court had directed the National Accountability Bureau to proceed against those who had been in charge of the water and power ministries from 2006.

In this case, the applicants -- Federal Minister for Housing and Works Makhdoom Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Member of Parliament Khawaja Muhammad Asif -- had appeared in person while the opponent parties were represented by their counsel.

Hayat, through a press statement, had urged the court to take action about the rental power projects which, according to him, had become a hotbed of corruption. He said that he had raised the issue of corruption in the award of RPPs at every forum, including the National Assembly, but his pleas had gone unheard.

He had then approached the SC for initiating suo motu proceedings against all those who were involved in this massive scam. The court asked Hayat to furnish evidence in support of allegations for further examination of the matter.

Hayat then submitted a detailed application dated September 26, 2009, reiterating the allegations of corruption. He furnished documents of the Pakistan Electric Power Company Limited, generation companies and the ministry of water and power.

In 2010, PML-N leader Asif also joined the proceedings.

The petitioners have contended that a meager amount of electricity was being generated through RPPs though billions of rupees had been spent on these projects. The RPPs' mode of electricity generation had proved to be a total failure in meeting the tremendous demand for power in Pakistan.

Further, the cost of power provided by RPPs was not final; it was decided by fuel cost component and charges of overhead transmission payable to the National Transmission And Despatch Company.

The petition contended that all the government functionaries, including those who were in charge of the water and power ministries from 2006 till 2008 and during whose tenure the RPPs were approved and set up, had prima facie violated the principle of transparency.

Their involvement in receiving financial benefits by indulging in corruption cannot be overruled, stated the petition, adding that they were liable to be dealt with under the National Accountability Ordinance, 1999 by the NAB.

Similarly, all the functionaries of PEPCO, GENCOs and National Electric Power Regulatory Authority, along with sponsors who had derived financial benefits from the RPPs contracts are, prima facie, involved in corruption and corrupt practices. Therefore, they are liable both for the civil and criminal action, claimed the plea.

The petition further adds that the federal government had failed to control pilferage of electricity from the system because of bad governance and failure of the relevant authorities to enforce the writ of the government. Therefore, the government is required to improve the existing system of generation and transmission of electricity by taking all necessary steps to generate power to its maximum capacity.

Following the SC judgement of March last year, the NAB issued arrest warrants for 33 people, including Ashraf on On April 20, 2012.

Last Friday, the SC had sought a clarification from the NAB over its failure to arrest those who transferred Asghar Khan, the investigation officer who was probing the Rental Power case.

An SC bench, headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, had ordered the NAB to present a comprehensive report after determining who was responsible for the transfer of the officer.

The bench had remarked that the NAB, Pakistan's premier anti-corruption body, was supposed to end corruption, not to promote it.

On Tuesday, the bench ordered the arrest of 16 people, including the premier, and directed the authorities to present the PM in court on Wednesday.

The $5 bn scam which landed Pakistan PM in trouble - Rediff.com India News

 

[nrj]

*Give 3 months deadline to Drone strikes.no matter whatever the consequences are.drone should be shot down

To shoot down the drone, you must be able to detect it first !

Last time Obamacare breached the airspace, brought the party just few Kms away from your Army compound, did boom bang & left with Osama while your Army/Govt knew nothing about happenings.

Imran Khan these days sounds like his highness Zaid Hamid.

 

[thakur_ritesh]

The coup is definitely not happening. Two important figures, who seem to have mass support, stand in between for now:
1. Judiciary, more importantly the CJP IC.
2. IK/PTI.
Another factor, Pak army has still to recover the loss of reputation that they have suffered.

What seems to be happening is that pretty much the ground is being prepared for IK to be the PM, and CJP and judiciary, which comes across as politicized, seem to be the key players in having him installed, and if by chance he doesn't get to be a PM, then yes, as is being speculated, the parl might be suspended and a caretaker government built around technocrats with a prolonged tenure be installed with the army calling the shots.

If IK gets elected, what interests me the most is, IK has shown a leaning towards bringing about accountability in the Pak armed forces, a never before heard/seen phenomenon, but I suspect before that happens, and like ZAB, IK would have been made an "example" in some way or the other with well founded, and in certain cases, unfounded "facts". Best for IK would be, he doesn't touch the armed forces, but if he leaves them aside, then he would end up becoming another lame PM with very little control, so IK will have an extremely tough task.

Even the CJP of Pakistan has a leaning that is anti armed forces. So 2 individuals joining hands against the armed forces, well, this is one nautanki to watchout for!

If IK gets too assertive with the armed forces, then a PTI minus IK (which would mean all the puppets of the establishment) could well be on cards. What happens to IK? Well there are already many shaheeds in Pakistan, so what if another one adds to the list. I am sure IK loves his life more than all the accountability talk of the armed forces.

In all this, there is an establishment backed and hatched drama being run by Tahir ul Qadri, and they want to push the care taker government for a longish time period but that won't happen before IK has failed.

For now, TuQ seems to be walking away with the limelight, something IK won't allow to happen for long, else the so-called tsunami fizzles out.

All in all, Pakistan's days in turmoil are far from over, definitely '13 is not the year when stability will return to this country even after a new government takes shape. I can see some key external players doing their bit, and further muddy the waters for the Pakistanis.

 

[farhan_9909]

To shoot down the drone, you must be able to detect it first !

Last time Obamacare breached the airspace, brought the party just few Kms away from your Army compound, did boom bang & left with Osama while your Army/Govt knew nothing about happenings.

Imran Khan these days sounds like his highness Zaid Hamid.

nothing about detection

but the green signal from Govt

SIGNAL SIGNAL SIGNAL

since we have got green signal to shot everything enter from india side

1 decade before indian searcher UAV entered Pakistan(more smaller than predator) and was shot at the moment

IAF's Searcher-II Loss on June 07, 2002 - Vayu Sena

Again just need a signal which was never expected from this puppet govt

Well Imran khan will be very pro india.i mean he's already pro india

 

[nrj]

nothing about detection

but the green signal from Govt

SIGNAL SIGNAL SIGNAL

since we have got green signal to shot everything enter from india side

1 decade before indian searcher UAV entered Pakistan(more smaller than predator) and was shot at the moment

IAF's Searcher-II Loss on June 07, 2002 - Vayu Sena

Again just need a signal which was never expected from this puppet govt

Well Imran khan will be very pro india.i mean he's already pro india

Signal from Govt to detect airspace breach? Looks like your Govt has sold many important sovereign rights to US.

And Govt did not want to detect the breach but like to strongly condemn the act before asking US to vacate bases? Thats contradiction.

Imran Khan is puppet promoted by Army, same is with Quadri. And I doubt Pak Army is Pro-India. I am not Vajpayee or MMS to believe that.

 

[K Factor]

Qadri has had mountains of funds at his disposal since his return from Canada few weeks ago. The rumor is that he is a proxy for the US (CIA funds) and also has Kayani's backing.

 

[Sam2012]

Good when will our supre court order arrest of Vadra, whole sonia family,whole karunanidhi familiy, Ghadkari , Chidambaram other top corrupt politians:thumb:

 

[Sam2012]

nothing about detection

but the green signal from Govt

SIGNAL SIGNAL SIGNAL

since we have got green signal to shot everything enter from india side

1 decade before indian searcher UAV entered Pakistan(more smaller than predator) and was shot at the moment

IAF's Searcher-II Loss on June 07, 2002 - Vayu Sena

Again just need a signal which was never expected from this puppet govt

Well Imran khan will be very pro india.i mean he's already pro india

Ru sure Ur Armed force is waiting for signal from govt , do they respect the govt? if yes then that will be joke of 2013

U shot down searcher using F-16 , To shoot down predator u will use F-16 don't forget u beggers got those from US after begging like hell , all your foreign aid fund will be stopped from NATO & US . Then u people will not even fit to beg

 

[sayareakd]

Who is this Qadri guy, just saw and heard about him today and he is already most talk about guy.

 

[sayareakd]

Background

Qadri was born on 19 Februrary 1951 in Jhang, to Farid-ud-Din Qadri. His ancestors belong to the Punjabi Sial family of Jhang . Qadri started his education at the Christian 'Sacred Heart School' in Jhang, where he learned English and was exposed to Christianity at an early age. He learnt under Diya' al-Din al-Madani. He studied Hadith from Muhaddith al-Hijaz. Qadri continued his quest for knowledge early in his life and now he is a canadian citizen.
For a very short time Qadri has also learnt from a number of other classical authorities in Islamic sciences, including:
Abu al-Barakat Ahmad al-Qadri al-Alwari,[7] Mohammed Burhanuddin, Abd al-Rashid al-Ridwi,[8] Tahir Allauddin al-Qadri al-Gilani,[9] Ahmad al-Zubaydi,[10] Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani,[7] Farid al-Din Qadri,[7] Ahmad Saeed Kazmi, Husayn ibn Ahmad 'Usayran,[11] Muhammad Fatih al-Kattani,[11] Burhan Ahmad al-Faruqi[11]
Qadri studied law at the University of the Punjab, Lahore where he graduated with an LLB in 1974, gaining a Gold Medal for his academic performances.[12] Following a period of legal practice as an advocate, he taught law at the University of the Punjab from 1978 to 1983 and then gained his PhD [13] in Islamic Law (Punishments in Islam, their Classification and Philosophy) from the same university in 1986 where his supervisors were Bashir Ahmad Siddiqui ('Ulum al-Islamiyya) and Justice Javaid Iqbal.[14][15] He was appointed as a professor of law at the University of Punjab, where he taught British, US and Islamic constitutional law.[16]
Qadri has himself given ijaza to a number of leading Muslim scholars[17]

from wiki.

 

[sayareakd]

Background

Qadri was born on 19 Februrary 1951 in Jhang, to Farid-ud-Din Qadri. His ancestors belong to the Punjabi Sial family of Jhang . Qadri started his education at the Christian 'Sacred Heart School' in Jhang, where he learned English and was exposed to Christianity at an early age. He learnt under Diya' al-Din al-Madani. He studied Hadith from Muhaddith al-Hijaz. Qadri continued his quest for knowledge early in his life and now he is a canadian citizen.
For a very short time Qadri has also learnt from a number of other classical authorities in Islamic sciences, including:
Abu al-Barakat Ahmad al-Qadri al-Alwari,[7] Mohammed Burhanuddin, Abd al-Rashid al-Ridwi,[8] Tahir Allauddin al-Qadri al-Gilani,[9] Ahmad al-Zubaydi,[10] Abd al-Ma'bud al-Jilani,[7] Farid al-Din Qadri,[7] Ahmad Saeed Kazmi, Husayn ibn Ahmad 'Usayran,[11] Muhammad Fatih al-Kattani,[11] Burhan Ahmad al-Faruqi[11]
Qadri studied law at the University of the Punjab, Lahore where he graduated with an LLB in 1974, gaining a Gold Medal for his academic performances.[12] Following a period of legal practice as an advocate, he taught law at the University of the Punjab from 1978 to 1983 and then gained his PhD [13] in Islamic Law (Punishments in Islam, their Classification and Philosophy) from the same university in 1986 where his supervisors were Bashir Ahmad Siddiqui ('Ulum al-Islamiyya) and Justice Javaid Iqbal.[14][15] He was appointed as a professor of law at the University of Punjab, where he taught British, US and Islamic constitutional law.[16]
Qadri has himself given ijaza to a number of leading Muslim scholars[17]

from wiki.

looks like he is on CIA payrole