Pakistan PM Sharif to be tried for US drone strikes?
28 Nov 2013 5:08 AM IST
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Sami’s provincial president Maulana Yousuf Shah and former deputy speaker provincial assembly Ikramullah Shahid filed the petition on Monday.
The High Court had passed an order in May declaring drone strikes a ‘war crime’. However, drone strikes continue in tribal and adjoining areas. The Prime Minister and secretary for the Ministry of Interior were named as respondents.
Defence Council of Pakistan (DPC) Chairperson and Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq said Peshawar, Islamabad and Karachi were not safe after the recent drone strike in Hangu.
DPC is a grouping of extreme right political parties and extremists groups. JuD chief and Lashkar-e-Tayyebba founder Hafiz Saeed is also part of it.
The petition stated the High Court had on 9 May termed the drone strikes a ‘war crime’ and against the sovereignty of the country.
The court had directed the government to raise the issue at the United Nations (UN) and to seek compensation for victims of drone attacks.
‘If drone strikes are not stopped through diplomatic channels then the federal government needs to shoot down the unmanned aircraft that has been violating the airspace of the country,’ the petition read, quoting the PHC’s previous order.
It added seven months have passed since the order and any action by the federal government is yet to be seen.
‘Innocent people are killed in drone strikes which also cause huge property losses to residents of the tribal areas,’ the Express Tribune quoted the petition as saying.
The Prime Minister, who is tchief executive of the country, is liable to contempt of court proceedings for not following clear orders of the PHC on drone strikes, it added. It further stated that under Article 204, along with the PM, other concerned officials are also liable of contempt of court. The verdict further directed the government to take up the case in the UNSC.
Contempt of court petition filed against Pak defence hierarchy
ISLAMABAD: A contempt petition has been filed against the Pakistan defence hierarchy, including Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, by the wife of a ‘missing person’ for allegedly obstructing police probe to protect a military intelligence officer.
The petition was filed by Advocate Col (Retd) Inamur Raheem on behalf of Abida Malik and has named as respondents Defence Secretary retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik, General Kayani, Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Rashid Mehmood and GHQ Military Secretary Lt Gen Mazhar Jameel.
The Supreme Court is already seized with an application of Abida Malik seeking production of her missing husband Tasif Ali alias Danish. She alleged that Major Ali Ahsan known as Maj Haider was involved in the enforced disappearance of her husband, Dawn daily reported. Tasif Ali, allegedly working for Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, went missing on 23 November 2011. He was reportedly in contact till the last call with Major Haider who was then captain and posted at the MI-918 Mangla Cantonment. The disappearance was reported to the Sadiqabad Police Station on 5 December last year and the case was heard by the Lahore HC on 19 March this year but was dismissed.
The High Court had passed an order in May declaring drone strikes a ‘war crime’. However, drone strikes continue in tribal and adjoining areas. The Prime Minister and secretary for the Ministry of Interior were named as respondents.
Defence Council of Pakistan (DPC) Chairperson and Ulema-e-Islam-Sami (JUI-S) chief Maulana Samiul Haq said Peshawar, Islamabad and Karachi were not safe after the recent drone strike in Hangu.
DPC is a grouping of extreme right political parties and extremists groups. JuD chief and Lashkar-e-Tayyebba founder Hafiz Saeed is also part of it.
The petition stated the High Court had on 9 May termed the drone strikes a ‘war crime’ and against the sovereignty of the country.
The court had directed the government to raise the issue at the United Nations (UN) and to seek compensation for victims of drone attacks.
‘If drone strikes are not stopped through diplomatic channels then the federal government needs to shoot down the unmanned aircraft that has been violating the airspace of the country,’ the petition read, quoting the PHC’s previous order.
It added seven months have passed since the order and any action by the federal government is yet to be seen.
‘Innocent people are killed in drone strikes which also cause huge property losses to residents of the tribal areas,’ the Express Tribune quoted the petition as saying.
The Prime Minister, who is tchief executive of the country, is liable to contempt of court proceedings for not following clear orders of the PHC on drone strikes, it added. It further stated that under Article 204, along with the PM, other concerned officials are also liable of contempt of court. The verdict further directed the government to take up the case in the UNSC.
Contempt of court petition filed against Pak defence hierarchy
ISLAMABAD: A contempt petition has been filed against the Pakistan defence hierarchy, including Army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, by the wife of a ‘missing person’ for allegedly obstructing police probe to protect a military intelligence officer.
The petition was filed by Advocate Col (Retd) Inamur Raheem on behalf of Abida Malik and has named as respondents Defence Secretary retired Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik, General Kayani, Chief of General Staff Lt Gen Rashid Mehmood and GHQ Military Secretary Lt Gen Mazhar Jameel.
The Supreme Court is already seized with an application of Abida Malik seeking production of her missing husband Tasif Ali alias Danish. She alleged that Major Ali Ahsan known as Maj Haider was involved in the enforced disappearance of her husband, Dawn daily reported. Tasif Ali, allegedly working for Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, went missing on 23 November 2011. He was reportedly in contact till the last call with Major Haider who was then captain and posted at the MI-918 Mangla Cantonment. The disappearance was reported to the Sadiqabad Police Station on 5 December last year and the case was heard by the Lahore HC on 19 March this year but was dismissed.
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