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Thursday 13 November 2008

Why is Ansar Abbasi mad at Dr. Babar Awan and his PhD degree - an analysis

The controversial Taliban supporter, Ansar Abbasi, who is notorious for his pro-Jamaat Islami and pro-Taliban views, has this time concocted a story against Dr. Babar Awan.

Ansar Abbasi is mad at Dr. Awan because Dr. Awan is highly critical of Taliban, Al-Qaeda and their terrorist activities in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Indeed, this is a line of thinking which hurts the implicit interests and objectives of Ansar Abbasi.

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Babar Awan to contest for Senate chairman’s post
Saturday, November 15, 2008 (The News)
By Muhammad Ahmad Noorani

Babar showed his PhD degree and said that according to The News report the said university was closed in 2000 while he got his degree in 1997. However, he didn’t feel the need to focus on the fact that according to the concerned US offices the university was fraud and was never allowed to award any degree. He said he would continue to use the prefix ‘Dr’ before his name.

http://thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=146875

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Dr. Zaheer-ud-din Babar Awan (born 27 January 1957) is a senator in Pakistan's upper House , he is a leading practising lawyer and a member of Pakistan Peoples Party Central Executive Committee. Babar Awan won the Senate election in 2006 unopposed on the ticket of PPPP which was a parliamentary name of Benazir's PPP.

Dr.Babar Awan was a student activist in his younger days , he was also president of his college.

He has done a 4 year long Sharia Law course in Saudi Arabia. He has also done B.A. and LLB. He is also a senior lawyer of Supreme Court. He first come to limelight in 1990's when soon after second Benazir government was ousted several leading Pakistan Peoples Party figures were implicated in corruption cases by their then rivals Nawaz Sharif Government and many of the former used Babar Awan as their legal advocate . It was an uneasy time to side with PPP and several lawyers avoided protecting PPP leaders or civil servants associated with them .

When military government of Musharaf took over an accountability body "NAB" it carried out further so called "cleansing" but it often ending up with victimization of politicians who did not cooperate with Musharaf for his undemocratic credentials.

Over a period of time a huge collection of varied political leadership involving everybody not cooperating with Musharaf were implicated .This list was long and included the former chief minister of Punjab Manzoor Watoo , current PPP co-chairperson Asif Zardari , the personal secretary of Benazir Bhutto Nahid Khan's husband and civil servants as Salman Farooqui who all used Dr.Babar Awan's legal skills and oratory to good effect .

Born in a middle class family.He spent some time in middleeast and is a fluent Arabic speaker with good grounding in principles of Saudi orientated religious education despite being liberal in outlook personally .

Dr.Babar Awan had the singular luck of being in vicinity of first Karachi Bomb Blast in which an overseas cricket team was targeted , he was in the van of late Benazir Bhutto in Karachi when major Blast deformed it and he was also not too far from site of second Bhutto blast which was fatal for Benazir .

He was Benazir's speech writer and her negotiating link while she was in Dubai. m as a younger brother.He was tipped to be senior minister had she been alive and in power. Dr. Babar was not an admirer of the deposed chief justice Ch.Iftikhar Hussain but he refused to take an open anti-Chaudry Iftikhar stand for the Musharaf Government .

Being an eloquest speaker in Urdu Language and possessing a good cammand of English language he is perhaps the best orator in the PPP top leadership which has been a factor in some US policy makers and senators taking interest in him and his vocal assessments .

Lately Dr.Babar Awan has taken to media in another form that is teaching Islamic law as per Quran , this has clicked so much that leading Islamic scholars of Pakistan like Dr.Israr Ahmed showed his inclination towards him in no uncertain terms in his magazine . It is thought that his pro-islamic stance was tolerated by Benazir Bhutto but it has been a burden in politics in prowestern Asif Zardari Government . Paradoxically Some foreign political forces including Arableaders of the region are looking for allies in person of his .

In spite of appearances on TV esp ATV (ATerrestial TV Channel) of an Islamicist , he wears western dress and is a keen exerciser , he does not drink or smoke and has three daughters two sons and a wife .

It was once thought that he might be the next attorney general of Pakistan or a law minister though he himself is rumoured to preffer parliamentary affairs . Sherry Rahman and Dr.Babar are said to be bitter rivals in intra party PPP politics with Babar being better orator and finance secretary of PPP while she is information secretary .

Dr.Babar has varied political base , he is supported by a wider range of political groups from ultraright Fazal-ur Rahman of JUI, middle lane Wattoo and Chatta of former ruling PML(Q) and even some sections of sidelined in nationa politics parties as SSP and MQM . His strongest power base is Kahuta and in support of other leading Awan Tribes which is strong in some parts of Punjab.

Babar was never a fan of otherwise very popular Nawaz Sharif but for the last two years not much fire was directed at Nawaz as coalition with PML(N) was contemplated and but his closeness with Musharaf's establishment for benefit of PPP during Benazir's exile worked again him within PPP after her death.

He is considered an expert criminal and especially murder lawyer but he also deals with political inspired corruption cases , corporate and financial cases. He himself faced internment during Nawaz period under concocted charges .He was not sentenced and rather was acquitted by the Nawaz Sharif's government Antiterrorist court despite government's pressure simply because the judge was a somewhat ill with early Liver disease related encephalopathy .

In personal appearance he is tall with light wheatish complexion , supporting a small beard with a minor beak of baldness despite hair transplants . Warm in welcoming he is softspoken and considered a very shrewd operator .

His latest political assignment has been to strengthen PPP in Baluchistan and to pacify Baluchis there .There is thus far no indication he has succeeded or failed in that but this is likely to bring him in contact with powerful army which has large presence in Baluchistan.

==Controversies==

In November 2008, Mr. [[Ansar Abbasi]], himself a controversial journalist, released a story in a Pakistani newspaper about Mr. Babar Awan in which it was alleged that Mr. Awan's PhD is from a fake university - Monte celo University. However, the defendants of Dr. Awan claim that Dr Babar Awan has a degree from the University of Arkansas at Monticellohttp://www.uamont.edu/, which is genuine and that Mr. Ansar Abbasi must apologize to Dr Babar Awan. The University is 100 years old and still in existence.

The critics of Dr. Babar Awan, the pro-Ansar Abbasi group, claims that Dr. Awan's degree is from a fake university, whose details are available on the Department of Commerse and Consumer Affairs of the Government of Hawai, [http://hawaii.gov/dcca/areas/ocp/udgi/lawsuits/monticello/], which lists all the charges against this fake operation that sold degrees over the internet. Mr. Ansar Abbasi's newspaper report is available here, [http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=146175].

Comments


Naveedk Says:
November 12th, 2008

Hello,

Did Mr. Awan run the PPP affairs, and participated in the elections on the basis of this PHD? Did he ever mentioned himself as authority due to his PHD?
The innocent gentleman was the effectee of a fraud from a US institute. I know many people in US enroled in programs like this. The problem is you can’t tell its a fraud, when they advertise their programs in international journals and other reliable places.

I wish Pakistan good luck and hope the PPP will be able to pull it out of the mess. To all other Pakistanis, against PPP, I will say better try your luck in next elections.


Paf123 Says:
November 13th, 2008

I just have one comment…I just read the judgment…although the judgment clearly says that the Montecello University can not represent that it is accredited etc….what the judgment does not address is the status of the degrees already issued by the University…Second, the judgment seem to be prospective in nature rather retrospective i.e. it is stopping the University to do certain things in future and does not talk about the things done in the past…..

In view of the above, do not know how his degree could be termed as”FAKE”. My argument is that someone goes to a college thinking it is valid and there is no indication at the time when he/she gets the degree that college is unauthorized due to regulatory reasons…and years later the college is asked by the authorities to wind up their operation due to regulatory reasons…..can anyone claim that the person has a “Fake” degree. I guess not….

Thus, if the judgment is silent about the degrees issued by the university…claiming that someone has a “Fake” degree is harsh…but i know this sites affinity with IK and BA bashing of IK (Imran Khan) in one of Capital Talks…so it is a good chance for IK groupies to bash BA (Babar Awan)…go for it guys……it is a loose ball…


Paf123 Says:
November 13th, 2008

the judgment says what it says….tell us what is your reading of it…..at least contribute something beyond cutting and pasting….

Just one point — distance learning phds is not a novel concept….there are lots of schools that offer that so your super argument re going to classes is factually incorrect…try something else….call IK, am sure he will give you some tips…;-)))

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

ansar abbasi, let me clear firsr what abbasi's of murre are...they are actually thunds (means to search), they after partition of pakistan named themselves as abbasis , though they have no relation with banu abbas of arabia.. they are the shoodars of north pakistan murree, kahuta, and azad kashmir. thund in dictionary of anthropology means : a group of low tribes. one of the poet in murre has written abot this tribe (self proclaimed abbasi's) that ; aay qoum dhund apnay aaja ko... in makta says
jazam aata ha sadyoon say so pushtoon tak jazami ko
tameez e haq o baatal kabhi ho nahi sakti harami ho... it is about the thunds...so called abbasi's
now towards this lack mailer... he is son of those fore fathers who use to drive a donkey in murre for tourists announcing..
acho sir acho sir
mara tattu good sir
jheka gali two mile
one rupee one mile
from there he emerged... according to few news reports, he ows a couple of hotels in faiz abad pindi, two houses in islamabad, a flat in dubai, guest room in bhurban and much more.... is this MUNAFIQ and TOPI DRAMA thinks taht he will befool the people... he was the one who on behalf on naeem bukhari wrote the story against iftikhar chaudhry, and when on that musharraf took action.. he joined iftikhar chaudhry... after seeing the mood of people.. he is a black sheep in journalist community... peolpe shold come out and ask him for so much property. second i request jang group, if they are true followers of mir khalil ur rehman to kick him out of their paper and send him to murree. donkeys are waiting for their master... am sorry for the readers to be so rude but m so true olso and truth is always bitter....

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Anonymous said...

Ansar Abbasi might be pro-taliban, but at least he's honest unlike babar awan and other ppl like him in the PPP. And at least a chor like zardari is not his leader.

Anonymous said...

How can you ppl compre the hinest person like to Ansar Abbasi with Chor and uncredible awan ..... Sham on Awan

Anonymous said...

@ Anon

Yes, Ansaar Abbasi can't be compared with Babar Awan, as AA is a hypocrite, yellow journalist who always tries to confuse his readers in order to please his masters in ISI.
This munafiq yellow journalist first defame CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry by publishing a story in The News and then when Lawyers' movement started he changed the side and started to support CJ IMC.
Shame on this yellow munafiq journalist who als supports Talibans bastards and justifies suicide bombings !

Aamir Mughal said...

ANSAR ABBASI "IS FURTHER EXPOSED"


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RIUJ resents Ansar Abbasi’s move of ‘surrendering’ his plot DATED Friday 24th April, 2009

http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=144302

ISLAMABAD: RIUJ (Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists) has taken strong notice of, the fact that Mr. Ansar Abbasi has written a letter to Chief Minister Punjab, in which acting as a very honest person, has returned his plot allotted to him in Media Town, Rawalpindi as a member of Press Club. He was more than welcome if his intentions were good, but unfortunately he also asked CM Shahbaz Sharif to cancel all the plots given to members of Rwp/Islamabad Press Club. In his letter he said that journalists in Pakistan belong to privileged class, while in fact 98 % of Pakistani journalists deserve sympathy of people, as they are the most depressed class of the society.

The journalists in Pakistan are getting the wages of 1996. In most of newspapers they don’t even get their salary even after three months; over 400 journalists were terminated without notice across the country from various newspapers and TV Channels. He never raised voice against this, though he remember to give safe side to media owners.

Ansar Abbasi wrote in his letter that he does not feel good because this plot was given by the government, but he never asked his bosses to move out of the GEO building because this plot was also given to Mir Shakil by the then government. He did not tell the people that previous government gave the status of MODEL VILLAGE to his native town and his brother was given the contract, besides not confess that he resides in a luxury house in the posh sector of Islamabad, and neither that someone gifted three hotels to him at Faizabad. This is not the move of ANSAR ABBASI, but of the media owners to avoid implementation on 7th wage award. IS there anyone to raise voice against this man?

Ansar Abbasi backing Qabza group in Murree: affectees DATED Friday 24th April, 2009

http://www.onlinenews.com.pk/details.php?id=144276


ISLAMABAD: One Shazia Shah, a school teacher has alleged leading journalist Ansar Abbasi is backing "Qabza" group in Murree adding bother in law and some other relatives of Ansar Abbasi are part of this group.

She said this along with other members of affected family while addressing a press conference here Wednesday in Islamabad Press Club. "My family belongs to Bhurbun and the Qabza group which is patronized by brother in law of Ansar Abbasi has illegally occupied a land tract of 14 kanal owned by my family", she charged. This land valued Rs 2 Lac per canal, she added. About 50 to 60 hooligans attacked our home a few days earlier and abused our family publicly, she told. Some people also attacked my car when I was traveling from Murree to Islamabad by my car a week before and I made a marrow escape", she blamed. Waqar who is brother of Shazia Shah alleged Qabza group had refused to accept the decision of Jirga. He appealed to chief minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif to take immediate notice of this illegal occupation and take action for ensuring early return of land to his family from the illegal occupants.

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kashif said...

well iftikhar chaudry is also munafiq.he played double game,he is an agent of america which is proved by his criticism of islamic laws in swat
iftikhar chaudery and his supporters are also munafiqeen

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