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'I will follow orders of the President, not PM' | A new tussle between the judiciary and presidency
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Muhammad Ikhlaq Siddiqui
Minister (2k+ posts)
ye new drama start ho rha hai !!!!!!!!!!!
ali_ravian
Councller (250+ posts)
yeh Zardari bara ghatiya banda hai........ kameene is ko kaha ho ga tum kaam karo main dekhta tumhain kon kuch kehta hai....... aur udher media men yeh keh raha hai ke is koi wasta nahi....... zardari tuje katne ke liye bani hai ari
gazoomartian
Prime Minister (20k+ posts)
yeh sub ki mili bhagat hai bhai, sub is mein shamil ahain
Is'nt Pakistan already in hell-like scenario to be bothered with these stupid sideshows to make judiciary look like a sick joke. What PPP wants to prove. they look like idiot bullies trying to have a fight with everyone. Rite now there job should be to earn trust of the world and PAkistani people to rehabilitate one-fifth Pakistan which has become refugees in their own country. This shows they are'nt serious in completing their tenure, but Nawaz Sharif off course wants to keep them in power so in the end the power fall in his lap by itself.
Nawazish
Minister (2k+ posts)
NAB Prosecutor General insults SC verdict
ISLAMABAD: In clear violation of the Supreme Court orders, Irfan Qadir, ex-Prosecutor General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), who had earlier announced that he was quitting, refused to leave the charge of his office on orders of President Asif Zardari.
His decision could bring a direct showdown between the government and the judiciary to a head. Interestingly, Qadir says that he was doing so at the behest of Presidency and told the media: I was legally appointed by President Asif Ali Zardari and still I am the NAB Prosecutor General. Qadir said he was appointed by President Zardari and only he could ask him to quit his office.
The Presidency, however, distanced itself from Qadirs stance and Farhatullah Babar has refuted Qadirs claim of involvement of the Presidency. Irfan Qadir also called a meeting of law officers at his office and issued them high-level directives to keep up their work.
A three-member Supreme Court bench, last week, declared the appointment of the acting chairman, NAB, Javed Qazi, and Prosecutor General Irfan Qadir as illegal and unlawful.
The court gave the verdict on a petition, filed by Punjab Advocate General Harris Ahmad Khawaja, who, during the course of proceedings of the Bank of Punjab scam case, challenged the appointments of Qadir and Javed Zia Qazi.
With the order of the court, legal experts believe that all the cases dropped by NAB under the signature of Irfan Qadir and Zia Qazi would be reopened, including three important references against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Khawaja Harris, Advocate General Punjab, while talking to our sources said that any person who acknowledges Irfan Qadir as NAB prosecutor general and acts on his directives was also liable to contempt of court proceedings.
He mentioned that Irfan Qadir can be tried under contempt of court proceedings, but the court remains in the bounds of decency. Such attitude is unbecoming of a person who has remained a judge of a high court and has been assoc-iated with this profession for years, Khawaja Harris said adding:
When the court has said that Irfan Qadirs appointment is illegal then all the orders passed by Qadir are void and the cases closed with his signatures will also be reopened.
It is worth mentioning here that three major cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Cotecna reference, polo ground reference and ARY Gold reference have been withdrawn by NAB under Irfan Qadir.
Khawaja Harris mentioned that when a person like Irfan Qadir publicly issues a statement against the Supreme Court then the court can ask the executive to throw Qadir out of his office under Article 190 of the Constitution.Sources close to Law Secretary, Masood Chushti, told this correspondent that the Law Ministry has not asked Irfan Qadir to carry on with his office and that Qadir was doing all this on his own.
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http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?231342
ISLAMABAD: In clear violation of the Supreme Court orders, Irfan Qadir, ex-Prosecutor General, National Accountability Bureau (NAB), who had earlier announced that he was quitting, refused to leave the charge of his office on orders of President Asif Zardari.
His decision could bring a direct showdown between the government and the judiciary to a head. Interestingly, Qadir says that he was doing so at the behest of Presidency and told the media: I was legally appointed by President Asif Ali Zardari and still I am the NAB Prosecutor General. Qadir said he was appointed by President Zardari and only he could ask him to quit his office.
The Presidency, however, distanced itself from Qadirs stance and Farhatullah Babar has refuted Qadirs claim of involvement of the Presidency. Irfan Qadir also called a meeting of law officers at his office and issued them high-level directives to keep up their work.
A three-member Supreme Court bench, last week, declared the appointment of the acting chairman, NAB, Javed Qazi, and Prosecutor General Irfan Qadir as illegal and unlawful.
The court gave the verdict on a petition, filed by Punjab Advocate General Harris Ahmad Khawaja, who, during the course of proceedings of the Bank of Punjab scam case, challenged the appointments of Qadir and Javed Zia Qazi.
With the order of the court, legal experts believe that all the cases dropped by NAB under the signature of Irfan Qadir and Zia Qazi would be reopened, including three important references against President Asif Ali Zardari.
Khawaja Harris, Advocate General Punjab, while talking to our sources said that any person who acknowledges Irfan Qadir as NAB prosecutor general and acts on his directives was also liable to contempt of court proceedings.
He mentioned that Irfan Qadir can be tried under contempt of court proceedings, but the court remains in the bounds of decency. Such attitude is unbecoming of a person who has remained a judge of a high court and has been assoc-iated with this profession for years, Khawaja Harris said adding:
When the court has said that Irfan Qadirs appointment is illegal then all the orders passed by Qadir are void and the cases closed with his signatures will also be reopened.
It is worth mentioning here that three major cases against President Asif Ali Zardari, Cotecna reference, polo ground reference and ARY Gold reference have been withdrawn by NAB under Irfan Qadir.
Khawaja Harris mentioned that when a person like Irfan Qadir publicly issues a statement against the Supreme Court then the court can ask the executive to throw Qadir out of his office under Article 190 of the Constitution.Sources close to Law Secretary, Masood Chushti, told this correspondent that the Law Ministry has not asked Irfan Qadir to carry on with his office and that Qadir was doing all this on his own.
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http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?231342
