Ministry fails to produce ISI’s political cell notification

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Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammed Chaudhry said national solidarity will not be compromised at any cost.
Heading a three-member bench of the apex court, hearing the Asghar Khan case against political funding of the ISI in the run-up to 1990 elections, the Chief Justice Chaudhry stressed, “The case is us and we will decide on it. There is no second opinion.”
The Chief Justice Chaudhry said Habib Bank’s report is more important than the Mehran Bank’s report in this case.
Attorney General of Pakistan Irfan Qadir, pleading before the bench, said he is in contact with the cabinet division secretary in connection with the ISI’s political cell, adding the cell was established 39 years ago.
The Chief Justice remarked the notification regarding the establishment of the cell, must be in annual gazette of the cabinet division.
Justice Khilji Arif Hussain queried, “Are you saying that no such notification was issued altogether; or, defence ministry does not have any copy of it?”
The bench ordered Commander Shahbaz who appeared before the court on behalf of the defence ministry, to produce to the court the notification in question. However, he said defence ministry does not have any copy of the same.
In the last hearing, the court ordered the ministry of defence to produce a copy of the notification under which the political cell of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was formed.
Asghar Khan’s decade-old petition alleges the distribution of funds by former chief of army staff, Mirza Aslam Beg and ex-ISI chief Asad Durrani, to politicians during the 1990 elections in order to keep the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) from coming into power.

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  3. copy of notification not produced by the concerned ministry nor AG…it is also the fault of the judiciary…? even the reports prepared by the commission on Mehran Bnk also not submitted yet to the SC…..it is also the fault of Judiciary…..is it ? without proper evidences how will the SC proceed further ?

  5. What is the security clearance level of the CJP and his band? Is he a member of the National Security Committee or Council? Tomorrow he will ask army commanders to reveal operational plans or face contempt of court. Where will this nonsense stop and responsible people start doing something for poor masses who are at their wits end. Fools, one and all.

  11. It looks that Justice Iftikhar wants to assume all powers of Executive, parliament and also of all judges of judiciary. He is behaving in such a manner that he is omnipotent in the field of constitutional matters and only his rule is legitimate. But for his personal glorification / heroism, he is doing a lot of damage to the country by creating instability, uncertainty, terrifying the weak political government, rendering Bureacracy unable to make decision by fear of judiciary, discouraging investment, completely stopping privatization process. His stay as CJ will cause more catstrophics to Pakistan’s economy. When the entire world is of the view that Head of States enjoy immunmity from prosecution, he is bent uopn to send Prime Ministers home one by one.

  12. It looks that Justice Iftikhar wants to assume all powers of Executive, parliament and also of all judges of judiciary. He is behaving in such a manner that he is omnipotent in the field of constitutional matters and only his rule is legitimate. But for his personal glorification / heroism, he is doing a lot of damage to the country by creating instability, uncertainty, terrifying the weak political government, rendering Bureacracy unable to make decision by fear of judiciary, discouraging investment, completely stopping privatization process. His stay as CJ will cause more catstrophics to Pakistan's economy. When the entire world is of the view that Head of States enjoy immunmity from prosecution, he is bent uopn to send Prime Ministers home one by one.

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