The army has decided to court martial Brigadier Ali Khan and four other officers, who were arrested last year for alleged ties with banned extremist organisation Hizbut Tahrir.
Brigadier Khan and the other four serving army officers were arrested last year on May 6 on charges of having links to Hizb, which is said to be involved in activities aimed at overthrowing of what it believes is a pro-US Pakistani government. Brigadier Khan was serving at the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army when he was arrested. Khan’s family has denied the charges levelled against him. Khan’s lawyer, Colonel Inam Rahim, had reportedly said after his arrest that his client had claimed that he was detained for demanding that someone within the army must be held accountable for the covert US raid that killed al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad on May 2, while keeping Pakistan in the dark.
A security official said on condition of anonymity that Brig Khan was formally indicted last week and court martial proceedings against him would commence soon. “Khan has been formally indicted and the summary of evidence in support of the charges levelled against him is also attached with the charge sheet,” he said. There has been no confirmation or denial so far by the ISPR as for the army’s decision to start court martial proceedings against Khan, but the security official said Khan’s family had contacted a noted lawyer of court martial cases, Colonel (r) Muhammad Akram, to defend him in the military court. “The charges against Khan suggest that he was in contact with Hizb, had meetings with its activists and had assured them of his support to their cause. He also allegedly tried to impose Hizb’s agenda in the GHQ and tried to win over some of his colleagues at the GHQ,” the official said. He said the other military officials arrested with Khan and some activists of Hizb would also have to face the court martial proceedings.
Hizbut Tahrir, which has been banned for being an extremist organisation, has been reportedly involved in distribution of pamphlets in different cities that called on army officers to establish an Islamic caliphate. It is also said to be involved in issuing appeals to the soldiers to rise against the leadership of the Pakistan Army for keeping ties with the United States.
is it democracy in pakistan ? where is the freedom of speech n freedom of belief n where is the personal freedom……
Freedom is after you retire
Being emplyed by the armed forces and having ‘links’ with terrorist organizations does not fall into the domain of ‘freedom of belief’.
He is a scapegoat anyway.
yes bajee nusrat u r right
But Kab Tak Essa kerein gey kuffar k agent, or akhir kab tak…. Allah ka likha to pura ho k rahey ga Insha Allah, Brig Khan Na sahi to koi or sahi…. after All 1600 or officers bhi to hain is army mein jo Allah k name k liey bhrti huey hain 🙂 🙂
i object …… nusrat bokhari … how can u say that he is having links wid HT….. n how can u say that HT is a terrorist organization … for your kind information HT is nmot banned in USA n UK where there is a freedom of belief……..
the problem is not with the officers like khan or kayani.as both of them are the part of the same army but with complete adverse thinking and trying to impose their believes.
if he had succeeded then would be kayani facing the court martial charges.i think we should look for the main problem so that we could have a one unit army
UK refused to ban Hizb despite the pressure from US as UK believes that every person has right to keep ideology and freedom of speech. If someone belives on particular form of government and think that democracy is not appropriate, you just cannot banned it.
ofcourse mr. adeel but it need a backbone
if it's true – that Brig. Khan was in contact with Hizb ut Tahrir, then alhamdulillah, because from my informaion about this group is that they are looking to implement nizam-e-Mustafa in a country which was created for this very purpose. We need more officers, politicians and general public to have fear of Allah. Quran and Hadith are very clear that haq will always win over batil – it's only a matter of time. May Allah make it soon so that the justice of islam will stop corruption, the economics of islam with finish the poverty, the army of Islam will protect ummat-e-Muhammad (saw). Islam is the ONLY system that can same muslims and all of humanity
…. Islam is the ONLY system that can SAVE muslims and all of humanity
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