Government of Sindh orders inquiry into the murder of Nazir Abbasi

Nazir Abbasi ..... Killers of Nazir Abbasi

Bad news for Ziaist pro-Taliban elements in Pakistani media and establishment.Government of Sindh has ordered inquiry into the murder of Nazir Abbasi. Nazir Abbasi was a courageous Sindhi student leader who was killed by Zia-ul Haq’s brutal agents in ISI. Then colonel Imtiaz (and later Brigadier) and his cruel ISI subordinates tortured him to death. It is time that the professional ISI must purge any pro-Zia and pro-Taliban elements from its ranks.

نذیر عباسی قتل کیس تحقیقات کا حکم

نثار کھوکھر

بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، کراچی

نذیر عباسی کے خاندان کا الزام ہے کہ برگیڈیئر امتیاز ان کے قتل کے ذمہ دار ہیں

حکومت سندھ نے کمیونسٹ رہنماء نذیر عباسی قتل کیس کے سلسلے میں عدالتی کیشن تشکیل دینے کی ہدایات جاری کی ہیں۔ صوبے کے وزیراعلی نے عدالتی کمیشن کا سربراہ ہائی کورٹ کے ایک حاضرسروس جج کو بنانے کی ہدایات کی ہیں۔

کمیونسٹ رہنماء نذیر عباسی کی اہلیہ حمیدہ گھانگھرو نے بی بی سی کو بتایا ہے کہ انہیں حکومت سندھ کی طرف سے جاری کردہ حکمنامی کی کاپی موصول ہوئی ہےجس میں بتایا گیا ہے کہ وزیراعلی سندھ سید قائم علی شاہ نے قانون اور پارلیمانی امور کے سیکرٹری کو کمیشن تشکیل دینے کے احکامات جاری کیے ہیں۔

نذیر عباسی کی بیوہ حمیدہ نے حکومتی اقدامات کو مثبت پیش رفت قرار دیا ہے اور امید ظاہر کی ہے کہ نذیر عباسی کو حراست کے دوران تشدد کرکے ہلاک رکنے والے پوشیدہ فوجی ہاتھ ظاہر ہونگے۔

کمیونسٹ رہنماء نذیر عباسی کے ساتھیوں اور لوحقین کے مطابق انہیں انیس سو اسی میں کراچی سے گرفتاری کے بعد تشدد کرکے تب ہلاک کیا گیا جب وہ فوجی حکام کے زیر حراست تھے۔کامریڈ نذیر کے ساتھیوں کے مطابق خفیہ ایجنسی کے سابق اہلکار بریگیڈیئر ریٹائر امتیاز عرف بلا نذیر عباسی کی ہلاکت میں ملوث ہیں۔

نذیر عباسی کے ساتھی سیاسی رہنماؤں نے بریگیڈیئر ریٹائرڈ امتیاز کے پاکستانی میڈیا پر حالیہ انٹرویوز نشر ہونے کے بعد ملک بھر میں ان کی گرفتاری کے لیے مظاہرے کیے تھے۔اور انہیں نذیر عباسی کی ہلاکت کا ذمہ دار قرار دیا تھا۔

پیپلزپارٹی کے سابق دور اقتدار میں سابق وزیراعظم بینظیر بھٹو نے نذیر عباسی کی بیوہ سے ملاقات کی تھی اور کیس کو دوبارہ کھولنے کی یقین دہانی کروائی تھی مگر ان کا اقتدار نذیرعباسی کیس کھلنے سے پہلے ہی ختم ہوگیا تھا۔

وزیراعلی سندھ کے سپیشل اسسٹنٹ امتیاز حسین ملاح نے نذیر عباسی کی بیوہ کو مطلع کیا ہے کہ وزیراعلی کے احکامات کے تحت عدالتی کمیشن سات روز کے اندر تشکیل دی جائے گی اور ہائی کورٹ کے ایک حاضر سروس جج کی خدمات حاصل کی جائیں گی۔

Nazi Abbasi – A legendary Hero of Sindh
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Nazir Abbasi was the most courageous and bold Sindhi student leaders who was killed by Zia-ul Haq’s brutal ISI. Then colonel Imtiaz (and later Brigadier) tortured him and his cruel ISI subordinates the likes of who continue to hunt Sindhis and Baluch even today.

The Peoples Party made a historic promise bring to justice all the culprits who killed Nazir Abbasi. Although a case was filed during the last short rule of Benazir Bhutto, who had promised to fight for justice for Nazir Abbasi, the current leaders of PPP have forgotten that historic promise. Mr. Hasan Mujtaba says that he does not believe that it going to happen because the senior leaders of PPP would immediately receive protest calls from Nawaz Sharif, General Kiyani, and General Musharraf.

Mr. Mujtaba criticizes the rule of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and says scores of student leaders were jailed during his rule and Bhutto did not even spare family members of students. He cites the example of Nazir Abbasi, when the police could not catch him once, Bhutto’s regime-imprisoned mother, father, brothers, and sisters of Nazir Abbasi in Tando Allahyar jail.

Nazir Abbasi believed in the revolution of the benefit of poor people. His belief in the revolution was so strong that people used say he is married to the “revolution” . Nazir had a beautiful voice and no one could stop him from singing whether he was on rail or in jail. His singing style was like famous Sindhi singer Dholan Fakir. When in 1978, he was incarcerated in Quetta jail; his singing impressed the jail guards so much that every day they wanted to hear him sing and frequented him to sing. He was also arrested in veining days of Bhutto rule. He spent much of his adult life in prison under Pakistan Defense Rules. He was the President of Sindh National Student Federation and in later years to formulate a Pakistan-level student body called “Pakistan Federal Union of Students. This mage Zia-ul Haq very angry and he ordered Nazir Abbasi’s arrest immediately while Nazir Abbasi’s wife Hamida Ghanghro was already in jail.

With Colonel Imtiaz being in charge of ISI Sindh, who began a new phase of extreme torture against Sindhi activists. Nazir Abbasi was arrested with his friends Suhail Sangi (now journalist), Badar Abro, and Kamal Warsi. After extreme torture, the extent of which only the culprits and God knows, he died from serious injuries from torturer on 9 August 1989. An official of Edhi Foundation said that the condition of Nazir Abbasi’s dead body was had so many injuries that it seemed as if some one had attacked every part of his body with a broken glass bottle. Nazir Abbasi is buried in Hyderabad’s Sakhi Hasan graveyard.

Many Sindhis consider Nazir Abbasi only next to Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as having severely opposed the regime of Zia-ul Haq. Like Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, he too gave his life. A revolutionary friend of Nazir Abbasi once remarked that “He was killed behind bars, otherwise no one as bold and as courageous was among the Pakistan’s revolutionary cadres”.

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Nazir Abbasi’s widow demands Brig. Imtiaz’s arrest

Monday, 31 Aug, 2009


Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday, she said her husband Nazir Abbasi was arrested in August 1980 and was killed on August 9, 1980 after being brutally tortured allegedly in the custody of Brigadier Imtiaz. — Photo by Online

KARACHI: Widow of Nazir Abbasi, Hamida Ghangro, has demanded that her husband’s killers should be taken to task.

Addressing a press conference at the Karachi Press Club on Sunday, she said her husband Nazir Abbasi was arrested in August 1980 and was killed on August 9, 1980 after being brutally tortured in the alleged custody of Brigadier Imtiaz.

Professor Jamal Naqvi and Kamal Warsi, who were arrested at that time along with Nazir Abbasi, also accompanied her.

She said on her appeal an investigation was initiated against Brigadier Imtiaz in the tenure of Benazir Bhutto’s government but when the government was toppled the probe was also put on the back burner.

She claimed Brigadier Imtiaz had killed her husband in custody. She also alleged that government officials had accepted that Nazir Abbasi was killed during custody.

‘We have all documentary proofs,’ she said, demanding the government to arrest and try Brigadier Imtiaz before a court of law.

She also demanded Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to take suo motu action in this regard. She said the case was filed on August 17, 1980, while the trial was halted after some hearings.

An FIR of the case was also lodged and it is the police’s responsibility to investigate into the matter, she maintained.

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More evidence of the Nawaz Sharif - Al Qaeda alliance.

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The knives are out -- Kamran Shafi

By Kamran Shafi
Tuesday, 15 Sep, 2009 (Dawn)

One has noticed with alarm the tenor of most TV anchors, and some analysts too, when they heap praise only upon the army for doing a good job in Swat with no mention of the civilian leadership across the political spectrum. —APP/File Photo

IF every wrong is to be placed at the politician’s door, in the instant case at Asif Zardari’s, then the good that has come with his government and with democracy must also go to his account and to those of other politicians.

Here I refer to the Swat operation which is gradually showing signs of success with the army doing yeoman service for the country.

Each day brings news of more successes, the latest being the arrest of the cruel and heartless yahoo, Muslim Khan, along with another yahoo; and the imminent capture of the Mother of All Yahoos, Fazlullah. The point to remember is that this is the same army that prevaricated during all the years of the Commando’s absolute rule while the savages went about digging their tunnels and bunkers and furnishing them with carpets and tiled bathrooms and all; and cutting off people’s heads with blunt knives, and all.

The very same army, under the very same commanders, has now shown the grit and the determination which one always knew it had, under a civil administration headed, whether anyone likes it or not, by Asif Ali Zardari.

It has shown that it is trained to do what is asked of it and that the old and fallacious refrain that it was not trained to fight insurgencies was poppycock of the worst kind, trotted out by the apologists of the brass hats who could not make up their minds whether the marauding yahoos were friends of our venal state or its people’s worst enemies.

The ranks of the army, the young officers and the unit commanders were never suspect; its generalship was. And rightly so. We must also remember that the Commando was then the lord and master of all he surveyed under his very own dictum of ‘unity of command’.

If things are going well, why the frightening title of this piece? Here goes: one has noticed with alarm the tenor of most TV anchors, and some analysts too, when they heap praise only upon the army for doing a good job in Swat with no mention of the civilian leadership across the political spectrum (with the sole exception of the double-dealing and very slippery JUI-F) that has stood behind the army solidly by shouldering the political responsibility for the fallout of the military action.

One has also noticed with utmost concern, the savage attacks on politicians let loose by former senior army and intelligence officers well known for their criminal and anti-democratic acts. It is again to be noted that discredited and reviled former spooks like Brigadier Billa would never have crawled back into their respective gutters without a definitive go-ahead by their former outfits.

Whilst these attacks have clearly redounded on the security establishment (reinforcing the widespread belief that our brass hats are not much endowed with good sense!), they point clearly to the objective: to remove the elected democratic dispensation by hook or by crook, mostly the latter, and to replace it with a government of ‘technocrats’, whatever that means, under a caretaker civilian Quisling.

That the establishment is not alone in this enterprise is also clear; certain names of known unsavoury characters scurrying back into their respective gutters to do their assigned dirty work have already surfaced in the press.

As I have said before, the proof is the recent (ongoing indeed) spate of ugly stories first about one political leader, and then the other, doing the rounds of the plush drawing rooms of Islamabad the Beautiful, the TV channels and the front pages of newspapers. This is only the beginning: the country should be ready for far worse in the immediate future.

It is as part of this enterprise that the old story of Osama Bin Laden meeting Nawaz Sharif X or Y times and egging him on to destabilise Benazir’s government of the time has resurfaced, as has the Midnight Jackal story.

The patrons of the enterprise do not seem to remember that by signing the Charter of Democracy, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif buried the past, allegations and all, and resolved to take Pakistan to a better future through civilised politics by eschewing the rancour and blind hate of the past.

Which is why I must repeat myself. President Asif Zardari would be well advised to order his party to stop its delaying tactics with regard to the repeal of the 17th Amendment, and the tabling of the 18th without the draconian articles of the former. He must also remove any doubts there might be as to his cool relationship with Nawaz Sharif, to present a unified stand to those that would plot against them.

Both must also rein in the hawks in their parties, for many times even the swiftest hawk can lose its prey to other, lesser, raptors such as the carrion-eating kite.

A short word on the most recent Top Secret (surely!?) letter of the bestest diplomat in the whole wide world Master Hussain Haqqani, and the FO and ISI, in which he has bemoaned the fact that many American media people and the head of the Asia Foundation have been barred from getting Pakistan visas.

Who, may I ask, has leaked this most confidential letter so that it is now the subject of headline news and editorials? The government must carry out an indepth investigation into the leak and severely punish the guilty for it may very well be part of the ongoing conspiracy against democracy.

Also, might I one more time demand an inquiry into the granting of not one, not two, but three Pakistani visas to the disreputable Richard Reid aka Abdul Raheem aka Tariq Raja aka the ‘Shoe Bomber’, who had spent most of his life in prisons in the UK and who is now undergoing life imprisonment in the US? Who on earth was his sponsor in the Land of the Pure?

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March of the skeletons

By Mahir Ali
Wednesday, 16 Sep, 2009 (Dawn)

The plethora of talking heads on private television channels has yielded a few intriguing insights. —File Photo

GOING by the rate at which former operatives from a plethora of military and other agencies have been emerging from the woodwork and spilling the beans, it almost seems as if someone went around spiking their preferred beverages with truth serum in the run-up to the month of fasting.

If only it were that simple. Were there is some sort of guarantee that their outpourings consisted of nothing but the truth, it would be possible to applaud the skeletons that have steadily been striding out of all manner of cupboards in recent weeks.

Back in the dying years of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev laid considerable store by his policy of glasnost, which was an attempt to fill in the blank pages of his nation’s history. Much of the material that saw the light in those heady days was, of course, already common knowledge outside the USSR.

There can be little doubt that there are many blank pages in Pakistan’s history, but the present process of filling them cannot reasonably be compared with glasnost. A crucial reason for this is that invariably the source of the so-called revelations and the motivation behind them is more relevant than the content. The ‘why’ has more value than the ‘what’, not least because the latter often involves a regurgitation of established facts.

For instance, did anyone seriously doubt that the Islami Jamhoori Ittihad (IJI) was cobbled together by the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) 21 years ago in an attempt to thwart the electoral appeal of the PPP? Surely, the abortive attempt to keep the PPP out of power following the 1988 elections could not have eluded even a casual observer of those shenanigans. And it was followed by efforts to destabilise and, ultimately, abolish the PPP-led government.

Is there any element of surprise, then, in the nugget that the ISI distributed largesse among the PPP’s political opponents in the run-up to the next election, or that it was involved in buying loyalties during the effort to push through a motion of no-confidence against the government of Benazir Bhutto?

It has also long been rumoured that Osama bin Laden was generous to Benazir’s opponents, and the allegation that he met Nawaz Sharif five times a dozen or so years before 9/11 is of passing interest in the wider context of the Saudi role in Pakistani politics.

Intriguingly, the claim comes from former ISI official Khalid Khawaja, who reportedly heads an NGO called Defence of Human Rights, an organisation that focuses exclusively on those whose rights may have been violated by the US and its allies but can evidently summo n up no sympathy for the victims of terrorism.

Khawaja was arrested a couple of years ago for distributing ‘hate material’ outside Islamabad’s Lal Masjid, and one thing he decidedly shares in common with the other bean-spillers – not least the retired brigadier Imtiaz Ahmed, formerly of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and ISI – is that they personally have a great deal to answer for.

However, what seems crucial at the moment is the question of who or what has instigated them to start talking openly about misdeeds in which they were intimately involved.

Was it an attempt to distract attention from the moderately mysterious minus-one formula that dominated media attention for a while (the one in question being President Asif Ali Zardari)? Or was it primarily intended to bury the demand for former military dictator Pervez Musharraf’s trial? Or were there multiple motivating factors, including an attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of the neo-fascist Muttahida Qaumi Mahaz (MQM) – whose leader, settled in London for 17 years, has established a new paradigm in political cowardice?

Musharraf, like Altaf Hussain, is domiciled in the British capital, albeit rather more tentatively. The argument that placing him alone in the dock would be a travesty, given that there is a long list of people whose constitutional transgressions and related offences qualify them for prosecution, is certainly not without merit.

Tragically, it is more convincing than the idealistic hope that an ex-dictator’s trial and punishment would deter future military takeovers. In fact, it is quite conceivable that the army would feel obliged to flex its muscles in the event of its former chief being made to answer for his crimes. And that may not be a risk worth taking.

It is harder to agree with those who see little point in revisiting the recent past, fearing that history’s ghosts could block the road to reconciliation – but perhaps forgetting that no meaningful reconciliation can occur without an explicit recognition of what has gone before.

This is not to suggest that the current cacophony of probable falsehoods and motivated semi-truths qualifies as an adequate – or even desirable – reckoning. At the same time, the plethora of talking heads on private television channels has yielded a few intriguing insights. It was extremely interesting, for instance, to encounter former army chief Mirza Aslam Beg’s ingratiatingly reverent references to the Bhuttos, père et fille, and even an expression of sympathy for al-Zulfikar.

It is well worth remembering, among other things, that while Z.A. Bhutto’s prime ministerial tenure had its redeeming features, it was also the period during which Saudi and ISI interference in Pakistani politics was initiated. It didn’t pay off for the PPP. Unlike their recent gesture towards Musharraf, the Saudis made no effort to save Bhutto’s life.

The extent to which they are willing to coddle Nawaz Sharif remains to be seen, but there can be little question that recent indications that the latter would be a considerably more popular choice as helmsman than the incumbent are based on selective amnesia.

Meanwhile, as Zardari hits the handout trail yet again, bringing his personal philosophy – that money is the solution to every problem – to bear on affairs of state, it’s worth noting that Pakistan’s poverty reflects not so much the absence (or, rather, incredible disparities) of wealth as the preponderance of stealth and, above all, heavily depleted stores of honesty.

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Roedad Khan, Ishaq Khan, Aslam Beg and the anti-PPP operation by ISI.

"I considered Benazir Bhutto a security risk."

Brigadier Imtiaz also alleged that Haumayun Akghtar paid renonwed journalist Haroon-ur-Rasheed bribe to write a book in praise of his father General Akhtar Abdur-Rehman.

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Qadam barhao Nawaz Sharif: Not only against Musharraf but also against Hamid Gul and Zia

An interesting analysis by Latif Chaudhry. Also watch a video clip of Nawaz Sharif praising General Zia-ul-Haq and contrast that vidoe with his today's stance against Musharraf.

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Civil society in Pakistan must remain alert against anti-democracy conspiracies...

Muhammad Amir Khakwani alerts the civil society in Pakistan against the anti-democracy forces, namely the ISI and their agents in Pakistani media. Some of such persons include Brigadier Imtiaz, Dr Shahid Masood, Kamran Khan, General Hameed Gul

comment: Taking stock —Munir Attaullah

Time is the only sure-footed taskmaster, albeit an unpredictable one. In a few short years its magic has permanently altered certain important dimensions of our national life

Let me start by asking you a question: what is that inescapable reality which every human being — from the loftiest intellectual to the most clueless ignoramus — deals with effortlessly in practice, thinks about it from time to time, but has not even a half-decent answer as to what ‘it’ is? And, to boot, is utterly helpless to exercise any influence over it.
No smart aleck answers now. The ISI is not the answer I am looking for. Is it ‘Love’ then? No. Exclude that because everyone is an expert on that subject. Could it then be that little matter of life-after-death? Negative, again. After all, there are millions (including suicide bombers) who are pretty sure they know exactly where they are headed.
I will tell you. There is no one who, from time to time, has not thought about that mystifying thing called ‘Time’. We all use the concept seamlessly to anchor our daily thoughts and acts. But does anyone — from mystics to physicists — have any real idea, or understand, what ‘Time’ actually ‘is’ or how it can be influenced?

Is this the prelude to a scientific column about Time? No. That column will be written, but on another day. My thoughts for today are far less highbrow, and little more than some mundane reflections on the dynamics of our politics and our media: of how, even in the scant few years I have been writing (and thus forced to give order to my random thoughts), some things have rapidly changed irrevocably, others are in a transitional phase, while still others continue to appear as depressingly static features of our political and media landscape.

And what is the link between such thoughts and the digression I began the column with? As I follow the lively media discussions on the latest sensational disclosures, charges and counter-charges (even though they mostly confirm what sane people have known all along), as well as the continuingly tedious comments on the current political scene, I am reminded of what that erudite physicist and expert on Relativity Theory, John Wheeler, once said: “Time is that which ensures all change does not happen at once”.

Given that our politics and media are as inextricably intertwined as Space and Time are according to Einstein, is that not analogical support for my oft argued position in these columns to prefer evolutionary rather than radical change?

“Seize the moment,” we are often told. Doing so may well produce some temporary results. But all real and permanent change takes time. And this is largely true of human affairs as much as it is a characteristic feature of the physical world. ‘Seizing the moment’ is mostly about initiating, or giving impetus to, a process that needs to run a particular course. Neither Mother Nature, nor human nature, will be bullied or stampeded. Repeated coaxing is altogether more likely to produce a satisfactory outcome.

As I said, all these hand-wringing confessions and disclosures by some senior officers that have the media and the public in thrall presently are nothing new: As Muslims we are familiar with the concept of tauba; as Pakistanis, we understand the benefits of shameless hypocrisy. Put the two together and it is no surprise that those whose conscience was on holiday in their heyday seek — and find — easy rehabilitation in this manner once their glory days are over.

Is this then an argument for a policy of zero tolerance — and, therefore, a trial of the previous president for treason — when it comes to the blatant flouting of the laws of the land by the high and mighty?

In principle, the answer is a ‘yes’. But the cynicism with which the likes of Generals Aslam Beg and Hameed Gul, and Brigadier Imtiaz (not to mention a host of politicians and ex-bureaucrats) deserve to be treated should be tempered with a heavy dose of hard-nosed realism. The time, regrettably, is still not quite ripe for an all-encompassing sort of rigorous accountability, though I have little doubt that it is not far off in the distant future now. For the present there is more to be lost than gained by such precipitous action, particularly in the case of our ex-president.

That said, I do however believe the time is judicious for the Supreme Court to seize the moment, ride the tide of public interest in these disclosures and confessions, and give a sizeable impetus to this process of change by a quick hearing on Asghar Khan’s famous petition. Here is a golden opportunity to set many a precedent, not the least being that of driving an important nail in that coffin where ‘military overlordship’ currently lies pretending to be in its death throes. Do you think Generals Beg and Gul dare refuse now, in the current climate, to appear before a re-vitalised SC, as they once imperiously could? See what I mean by the power of time?

Time is the only sure-footed taskmaster, albeit an unpredictable one. In a few short years its magic has permanently altered certain important dimensions of our national life. And other crucial distortions of the rules of the power game, now caught in the vise-like grip of a dynamic flux that augers well for the future, are in the process of slow rectification. Nevertheless, even though the Khadim-e-aala Punjab has reluctantly decided to forego his grandiose title, in certain other respects it is business as usual in the motherland. Time can sometimes appear to be depressingly static.

The ‘Istikhara’ programme on a particular TV channel is still going strong. The anchor of another popular religious programme is still using the prefix ‘Dr’ despite being publicly exposed (why does the management of his channel, so high on principle, not take notice?). Meanwhile, the genuine ‘Dr’, the one with the etched frown and furrowed brow, unerringly continues to explain in morose tones to our ‘badkismet aur bay-bas awam’ how they are the innocent victims of a ruthless and exploitive establishment that itself is a slave to American interests. Incidentally, this particular double-faceted explanation for all our woes remains a sure-fire hit with our ba-sha’oor public.

But the good doctor should beware. His thunder is in danger of being stolen in broad daylight by the man who ‘knows’ everything, the presenter of the ‘Brasstacks’ programme on another channel (incidentally, I am wondering who finances the airing of this particular programme). Forget the US. Even Americans are unaware victims of a bigger and more powerful International Jewish Conspiracy, aimed at thwarting an Islamic resurgence by controlling the world’s monetary system.

Yawn!

The writer is a businessman. A selection of his columns is now available in book form. Visit munirattaullah.com (Daily Times)

Come back from the brink, please!

After meeting his leader Nawaz Sharif at Raiwind on Monday, the PMLN Information Secretary, Mr Ahsan Iqbal, has issued a 48-hour “ultimatum” for the PPP government to stop “maligning” Mr Nawaz Sharif or face “hundreds of corruption stories involving PPP leaders”. He was referring to the daily “revelations” being made by Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmad Billa (retd) courtesy an overexcited media.

This was predictable even though reaction to Brigadier Ahmad’s revelations was clearly becoming negative. Not only had more spooks crawled out of the woodwork to contest his “secrets”, he was himself undergoing a gradual “death by media”. Why has the PMLN acted in anger? Had there been a cool headed discussion before letting Mr Ahsan off the leash, the decision would have been to “stay cool”.

The other side has been silent so far but reacted to Mr Ahsan’s statement in much the same language. Fortunately, however, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani was moderate in his reaction when he said that politicians should show maturity while in the crosshairs of certain elements out to defame them. Since the Presidency was accused of orchestrating the vilification campaign, the retort from there could be interpreted as: Go ahead! We don’t care!

The bitterness of the PPP was clearly a leftover from the “minus one” campaign unleashed earlier by some TV channels and newspapers. The target was President Zardari and some anchors and chief reporters were allowed to cross the line of decency and fair play. That campaign was tacitly attributed to the PMLN simply because the PMLN Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, was crossing his own limits of anti-government diatribe. He had accused the MQM of being the henchman of the PPP in its attacks against the PMLN.

Brigadier Ahmad continues to swear loyalty to Mr Nawaz Sharif but shows lack of pragmatic wisdom by absolving the MQM of Jinnahpur. Somehow, the pending Mehrangate Case at the Supreme Court too got exhumed by the media and more dirt began to fly against all the anti-PPP forces of the past, led, of course, by Mr Sharif’s PML. Given the kind of wits demonstrated by the bean-spilling brigadier in question, one cannot say that the PPP could have masterminded the campaign even though it has benefited from it

The question is why did Brigadier “Billa” do it? We can give the following possible reasons which are in any case more cogent than the conclusions drawn by the PMLN. (1) Like all spooks, Billa knows about hundreds of unimportant but sensational past events and lacks the maturity to contain himself, indeed seeks to return to the limelight after years in the wilderness; (2) He is deluded into thinking that he will be admired for his “moral courage” and not be discovered as a self-important simpleton; (3) He wants recognition for his personalised vision of “national security” now that he is free to put it before the nation. (4) He is bitter because Mr Sharif didn’t help him while he was in prison during the Musharraf years and then didn’t allow him to regain his confidence and come close to him in the PMLN after Brigadier Billa came out of prison.

There can be reasons too relating to his personal “disappointments”. For instance, (1) He was ill-compensated for his services to his bosses in the ISI and the army, who left him in the lurch when the heat came upon him after Operation Midnight Jackals; (2) He is trying to pay back some fellow professionals who disliked him and were responsible for making the cases of corruption stick against him.

Some of the bitterness has oozed out of him on TV. He thinks he had gone out on a limb for Mr Sharif but was not appreciated while he was PMLN’s IB chief. He thinks Mr Sharif in power was surrounded by a wrong set of people who would not allow his “advice” to prevail with Mr Sharif. He simply can’t fathom that Mr Sharif may have ignored him “on merit” and that Mr Sharif could have stayed away from him after 1999 because of a change of political style. More lethally, he may still not realise that his revelations may be interpreted by Mr Sharif as “character-assassination”.

If it is maturity that compelled Mr Sharif to stay clear of Imtiaz Billa, it should also recommend to him abstinence from issuing ultimatums of war. What will happen now, for instance, when the Presidency and the PPP have counter-challenged him to do whatever he can? Equally, however, the PPP should show maturity by not escalating the war of words through counter-challenges. It has bigger challenges confronting it in the shape of the economy and the war against terror. (Daily Times)

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PML(N)'s balloon punctured by Brigadier Imtiaz?

Asadullah Ghliab's analysis: PML(N)'s baloon punctured?

Ayaz Khan: Nawaz Sharif under pressure?

PML(N) issues 24 hour deadline

LAHORE: PML-N Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal initially announced a 24-hour deadline for the PPP to stop its “propaganda campaign” before extending it to 48 hours, a private TV channel has reported. He told journalists the party would respond in kind if the campaign were not stopped, it added. daily times monitor

Go ahead! We don’t care: PPP

* Babar says issuing ultimatums against spirit of reconciliation, mutual accommodation
* Presidency has no role in allegations of slush fund distribution among politicians

Staff Report

ISLAMABAD: In a tit-for-tat reply to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal’s warning that his party would respond against the Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) leadership if it did not mend its ways within 48 hours, PPP leaders said they were not afraid of any ultimatum.

The president’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar rejected and condemned the attempts to accuse the Presidency of being involved in what has been described as “character assassination” of some political leaders. “There is no question of the Presidency being behind the resurrection of old accusations against some political leaders,” he said.

He said the accusation relating to the distribution of slush funds among politicians some two decades ago were not new and kept popping up every now and then. He said that it was strange that the Presidency was being accused for the first time of a role in the said accusations.

Not good: Babar described the present “hurling” of ultimatums at the president and the Presidency as most unfortunate, uncalled for and against the spirit of reconciliation and mutual accommodation.

The president’s spokesman said the PML-N should provide evidence to back up its claims.

He said the PML-N should not retaliate because of old accusation being brought up by a few disgruntled indivisuals.

Babar said those making the accusations were perhaps hoping to exert pressure on the Presidency to reject any previous record against the said people and in effect giving them future immunity. “This, however, is not the responsibility of the Presidency’s media outfit,” he said.

Babar recalled that when the same person had levelled the accusations against former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and the PPP leadership, the party and its leadership had directly confronted and squashed the false claims.

Pending: He said the case of alleged distribution of slush funds among politicians was not only almost two decades old but also pending in the Supreme Court. “As such the PPP cannot formally comment upon it let alone endorse the guilt or innocence of anyone allegedly involved,” he said.

PML (N) knew about Karachi operation: General Safdar Ali Khan

Updated at: 1830 PST, Monday, August 31, 2009

LAHORE: Ex Director General Rangers Major General (retired) Safdar Ali Khan said the maps of Jinnahpur were recovered in a raid, however the news was later repudiated under political pressure.

Talking to media in Lahore, he said, “Karachi operation was not against any particular party or community, but it was carried out to purge the city from weapons and criminal elements. Whereas Jinnahpur maps were found in a search operation, which were later dined under political pressure.

“The then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan did not want that Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) be crippled against Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP), Jamaat e Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP), and it was the main reason to end the Karachi operation.”

He said, “Pakistan Muslim League (N) cannot shake off the responsibility by claiming that it did was not informed about the operation, since such operations are not carried out without apprising the government.”

Not only the torture cells were found at Jamshoro University, but anthem and slogans for Sindhu Desh were also witnessed written on the walls, he continued.

He said, “When I was GOC Hyderabad in 1987, Altaf Hussain held a rally along with Jeay Sindh, where he torched the National Flag saying it was a great blunder to acknowledge Pakistan.”

Major General (retired) Safdar Ali Khan said he ordered the than Commissioner Ali Mohammad Sheikh to arrest Altaf Hussain, but the Commissioner replied (the than) president Zia-ul-Haq had directed him not to take any action against the MQM Chief.

General Beg’s mess

Ex-army chief General Aslam Beg (Retd) gets bogged down in damning facts whenever he tries to fend off criticism of his past misdeeds. In the latest attack launched by an ex-ISI officer Brigadier Imtiaz Ahmad Billa (Retd), his tenure as the army chief is again highlighted. The charge — as framed by those who are taking note of Brig Ahmad’s campaign — is that the PPP was victimised by Gen Beg and President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and that Ms Benazir Bhutto was dubbed a “security risk” in order to get rid of her.

In answer to Brig Ahmad’s accusation that operation “Midnight Jackals” against the government of Ms Bhutto was at the behest of General Beg and the then ISI chief General Hamid Gul, Gen Beg has now asserted that “Benazir Bhutto was no threat to national security”. To prove that she was “loyal” rather than a “risk”, he cites an incredible but typical secret agency report in 1990 that “the US, the Israelis and Indians were planning to attack Pakistan’s nuclear facilities”. According to him, her response was that “the Pakistan Air Force should be ready to attack India’s nuclear facilities in case Pakistan was attacked”. But if one reads the memoirs of Ms Bhutto, she doesn’t return the compliment. In fact her version is that General Beg didn’t trust she would be sensitive to the security of the country and was warned off certain areas of policy that the army had monopolised and was not willing to change despite a string of failures. She was asked to stay sway from the Afghan policy, Kashmir policy and the nuclear programme, among other issues.

Gen Beg is also keen to divert attention away from his Mehrangate scandal and focus instead on — in his thinking — a less culpable source of the money that was distributed among the politicians to defeat the PPP at the coming polls. He says, “The Saudis had given bags full of money to Mahmood Haroon to woo politicians to join the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI), which was constituted to ensure that Benazir did not return to power”. To make it more realistic he has added the detail: “Haroon had claimed that the ‘money-bags’ were so heavy that his shoulders hurt for days”. But evidence shows that it was not Mr Mahmood Haroon’s shoulders that hurt but the hearts of the account-holders in the Mehran Bank that bled when details of how the bank had disbursed big amounts of money to Gen Beg came out. However, Gen Asad Durrani, the then ISI chief, has stated that he had distributed the IJI funds on orders from the army chief. If Mr Beg knew that the money was going to unfairly tilt the elections against the PPP, why did he allow the ISI to distribute it? Especially as he thought Ms Bhutto was no security risk.

Gen Beg is apparently running out of his stock of red herrings. Instead of explaining his own problems with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, he has chosen to explain how Mr Sharif fell foul of the then army chief General Asif Nawaz. He should have explained his insubordination when he went and discussed the nuclear programme with Iran without consulting the prime minister. Mr Sharif is on record as having complained that Gen Beg was running his own nuclear policy in violation of his oath as the chief of Pakistan Army.

Gen Beg is in the habit of floating impossible theories as “breaking news” simply because there are people in the national media willing to listen to his anti-American rhetoric. Whenever there is a need for this kind of catharsis, he contributes fantasies that he has named “strategic defiance”. His latest pronouncement is that the people (read the US) who killed General Zia in 1988 also killed Benazir in 2007. He has blithely disregarded the fact that in any investigation of General Zia’s death his name has cropped up again and again.

Not surprisingly, this has compelled General Zia’s son, Mr Ijazul Haq, to say: “Mirza Aslam Beg should participate in the criminal investigation into the deaths of General Ziaul Haq and Benazir Bhutto if he has information about the killers”. Mr Haq is also on record as saying that he had read the “secret” Justice Shafiur Rehman (Retd) Commission report on the death of General Zia and that it had contained information about how the army had obstructed the commission’s inquiry. (Daily Times)

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Editorial: Revisiting Mehrangate: hating the PPP

The national media is revisiting Mehrangate, involving bribes paid by the ISI under the then army chief, General Aslam Beg, in 1990 for the creation of the Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (IJI) to foreclose the possibility of the PPP again coming to power after its dismissal by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan.

What has triggered this new media interest in Mehrangate is the latest statement by the former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Justice (Retd) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqi that no one among the recipient politicians had denied receiving the bribe. The debate has also been given a fillip by revelations made by the ex-ISI officer and ex-IB chief, Imtiaz Ahmad, about how the army had interfered in, and damaged, the democratic process in Pakistan.

The whole affair started when the PPP’s General (Retd) Naseerullah Babar told the National Assembly in 1994 how the ISI had disbursed funds among politicians to manipulate the 1990 elections, form the IJI, and bring about the defeat of the PPP.

At the summit of power, President Ghulam Ishaq Khan was providing the legal cover. It is his name which was mentioned at the Supreme Court as the Chief Executive who ordered the disbursement.In 1996, Air Marshal Asghar Khan petitioned the Supreme Court against ex-army chief General Mirza Aslam Beg, ex-ISI chief Lt General Asad Durrani, and Younus Habib of Habib Bank and then Mehran Bank, concerning “the criminal distribution of the people’s money for political purposes”.

When the Supreme Court proceeded with the case General Asad Durrani submitted the famous affidavit containing names of the “recipients”.That list is now being brandished on TV channels. From the “best prime minister”, the “best leader of a religious party” to the “most popular political leader in the country”, everyone figures on it. In some cases the sums are so small that it seems ridiculous that our politicians can sell themselves so cheaply. Why should the generals stay put if the lure of “interference” is uncontested by any social and moral restraint? The generals already had power and made money; the politicians wanted power to make money.

Writing in Daily Times (January 22, 2006) columnist Ardeshir Cowasjee revealed a large number of disbursements made from Mehran Bank to General Aslam Beg and his organisation FRIENDS. This was actually a bank account sheet provided to the Court during its initial hearings by General Naseerullah Babar. It also included the fee General Beg had to pay to the lawyer who defended him in a case of contempt against the Supreme Court earlier.

Brigadier (Retd) Imtiaz Ahmad has confessed on a TV channel to having hated the PPP on the basis of his institution’s sense of “national security”. Ms Benazir Bhutto has already revealed in her memoirs how she was not allowed to rule under the Constitution and how General Beg had warned her away from Afghanistan and India policies handled by the army through the ISI. (Extrapolating from the de facto situation, Justice (Retd) Siddiqi was compelled to say on Wednesday that the ISI was a military organisation which should be separated from the civilian government.)

The Mehrangate case is still pending at the Supreme Court. The revelations are tonic for us today as we confront the task of understanding what Pakistan has become over the years. But the TV channels too must draw correct lessons from the information being regurgitated. Is the PPP still a “hated” party? Political accountability is an imperative that the PPP must submit to at all times, but “hatred” of the PPP is not a fair emotion on the basis of which to judge an elected government. Aslam Beg is still good for sound bytes if the PPP has to be pilloried for being an American or Indian “lackey”.

Quoted in Nawa-e-Waqt (August 24, 2009) Gen Aslam Beg said that America used Gen Musharraf against the Taliban, later it bought Baitullah Mehsud, Sufi Muhammad and Ajmal Kasab to fulfil its designs in the region. Is this a fair comment to publish? During a discussion on a TV channel about his handling of Pakistan’s nuclear programme, he defiantly advocated the policy of “outsourcing” the programme.With the passage of time, this mismatch between the thinking of our retired top brass and the survival of the state is becoming clear. We should be careful what lessons we draw from the Mehrangate scandal. *
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\08\28\story_28-8-2009_pg3_1

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Asghar still awaiting SC verdict on agencies’ role

LAHORE: Tehreek-e-Istiqlal founder and former Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief Air Marshal (r) Muhammad Asghar Khan on Thursday said he had been writing letters to chief justices of the Supreme Court since 1996 to seek a ruling on the issue of intelligence agencies funding politicians and the agencies’ role in politics. Talking to a private TV channel, the former air chief said none of his letters to the Supreme Court chief justices had elicited a response, adding that real democracy could not be established in the country without ending interference by the intelligence agencies in politics. He said the Inter-Services Intelligence covertly funded some political parties, adding he had also written to former president General (r) Pervez Musharraf in 2002, asking him to ensure that the intelligence agencies’ role in politics comes to an end. The former PAF chief added that the government should ensure that the intelligence agencies no longer play any role in the country’s politics. He said those who funded the politicians should also be brought to justice. daily times monitor

‘Midnight Jackal’ was launched to overthrow Benazir: Imtiaz

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) chief Brigadier (r) Imtiaz said Operation Midnight Jackal was launched to topple Benazir Bhutto’s government, Dunya TV reported on Thursday.

Talking to the channel, he said the operation was not a big issue, but the politicians had politicised it.

He revealed that General (r) Aslam Beg, the army chief at the time, wanted to bring a change in the National Assembly through a no-confidence motion with the help of Operation Midnight Jackal, as General Beg believed that Benazir Bhutto’s policies were contrary to those of the army. He said General Beg did not agree to Benazir’s Afghan policy. The former IB chief said after Benazir Bhutto was sworn in as prime minister, General Beg and then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan had discussed at length the possibility of replacing her, adding that the operation was also launched for that reason.

Brigadier (r) Imtiaz said his major mistake was his failure to refuse to obey General Beg’s orders. During a subsequent inquiry, General (r) Hameed Gul advised him not to speak against the army chief as that could raise questions about the army, he maintained. Brigadier (r) Imtiaz told the channel that he was retired on the directions of General (r) Naseerullah Babar.

General (r) Asif Nawaz Janjua had suspected Imtiaz of tapping the former’s phone calls, the ex-IB chief said. Imtiaz said stayed quiet throughout his service since he did not want his institution defamed. He said president Ghulam Ishaq had offered him to join his “gang” and offered him privileges, as a cold war for power was raging between Nawaz Sharif and the then president. He said he had been meeting both the leaders and tried bring them together.

The former IB chief said he was also blamed for convincing General (r) Akhtar Abdul Rehman to join then president Ziaul Haq on the flight to Bahawalpur at the eleventh hour, whereas the names of those going to Bahawalpur had already been finalised in the General Headquarters.

Some relevant comments:

source: pkpolitics

MalangBaba said:

Asghar Khan’s petition on Army’s ISI’s role in making of IJI and a similar petition by Aradsher Kawasji is pending in supereme court for past 20 years. The million dollar question is that the current ‘independent’ judiaciary will take that case now to undo all the injustices done against PPP by army, establishment and ISI or they will play the same dirty role that Moulve Mushtaq, Naseem Hasan Shah, Sajjad Ali Shah, Anwar Al Haq etc played in the past. If article 6 has to be applied then it should start from past.

MalangBaba said:

@strikeone,

“Zardari is enjoying woman and wine in china and UK and USA and intelligence agencies have complete details”

What is the proof? This kind of naked and shameless lies r not new. If agencies would have anything against Zardari they would have used it by now. For past 20 years they r doing one sided character assasination but could not bring anything as a proof. In contrast these agencies are admitting that they bribed Jamaat Islami and NS for making IJI and also Imran Khan for supporting Mush in his first three years of Martial Law.

bsobaid said:

N-League is today’s biggest anti-establishment party (after signing maafi nama). Since when they started to care about army?? They want true democracy in the country. They want army’s role to end in the politics, then why are they using doctrine of necessity?

If army intervenes in Musharraf case, do a long march. N-League is an anti-establishment party with 79% popular support. darr kiss baat kaa hai???

qadam barhao nawaz shareef
hum tumharay saath hein

yaa phirr N-League kee mardaana taqat kaa raaz ISI kee funding mein chupaa hai??

Whatever it may be, why scared of army? why nazarya-e-zaroorat?? present a bill in the parliament, if army intervenes, then

Long March!!!

or do a million march with “thousands” of people

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Brigadier Imtiaz’s ‘get Nawaz’ conspiracy?

A recent flurry of interviews to TV channels by ex-ISI operative and ex-IB chief Brigadier (Retd) Imtiaz Ahmad Billa — at his urging — has caused discomfort in a lot of quarters. Brig Billa’s “disclosures” are flying in all directions, indicating that the old spy has once again not employed his brains while strategising his public appearances after having languished in jail for eight years.

Brig Billa has turned out to be the proverbial loose cannon. In fact, if someone wants to give an example of how a not too well intellectually endowed person can shoot all over the place, he is the perfect reference. Known for his loyalty to the PMLN leader Mr Nawaz Sharif, he has criminally mistimed his “absolution” of the MQM from the Jinnahpur charge at a time when the PMLN was crossing swords with the MQM in parliament.

Clearing himself of the role he played in Operation Midnight Jackals against the PPP government, he has offended ex-army chief Aslam Beg and ex-ISI chief Hamid Gul too. Both had painstakingly removed from themselves the stigma of having toppled an elected government when the people are being told by Brig Billa that they had put him up to it. In a TV discussion he has admitted that he was “partly” wrong in hating the PPP government!

He thought the Jinnahpur “disclosure” would not go against “his leader” Mr Sharif, but it has done exactly that. Tuesday night, on a TV discussion, he actually had a spat with Khwaja Muhammad Asif of the PMLN and ended up threatening him with public disclosures about Mr Asif’s person.

In the course of the discussion that followed, Brig Billa ended up blackening the name of the ISI too. Tough verdicts were passed on ISI officers who were a permanent danger to democracy because their view of state security was an in-house concept that had nothing to do with the security of the people of Pakistan.

Brigadier (Retd) Imtiaz Ahmad Billa has caused a ‘get Nawaz’ conspiracy theory to raise its head. If this is not what he wanted — and we don’t know the truth — he has done exactly that because of his lack of intellectual gifts. God save us if there are more like him in the army. (Daily Times)

Ex-ISI officials come out with new versions on MQM operation

Daily Times Monitor

LAHORE: Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officer Major (r) Nadeem Dar claimed on Wednesday he had recovered maps of Jinnahpur from the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) headquarters, a private TV channel reported. Meanwhile, former ISI director general Lt Gen Asad Durrani told another private channel then president Ghulam Ishaq Khan had ordered an end to the military operation against the MQM to deny political mileage to the Pakistan People’s Party.

Dar told the channel he had personally recovered the Jinnahpur maps from Nine-Zero during the 1992 military operation in Karachi. This contradicts claims by Brigadier (r) Imtiaz, who had claimed that he had informed then premier Nawaz Sharif there were no maps of Jinnahpur. Separately, Durrani told a channel the government was informed about every step of the military operation against the MQM. He claimed the MQM-Haqiqi had also supported the military in the operation. He alleged the 1992 military operation had been launched for ulterior motives and Jinnahpur had been used as a scapegoat. (Daily Times)

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Fazl-e-Hussain article in Daily Nawaiwaqt on the 1992 Karachi Operation against MQM:

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Who is Brigadier Imtiaz?

’سو چوہے کھا کر بلی حج کو چلی‘

حسن مجتبٰی

بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، نیویارک

جس نے بھی یہ کہاوت کہی کیا خوب کہی تھی کہ ’سو چوہے کھا کر بلی حج کو چلی۔‘ ضیاء الحق سے لیکر نواز شریف کی حکومتوں تک پاکستان پرخفیہ ایجینسیوں کی حکومت کے ایک طاقتور کردار ریٹائرڈ بریگيڈئير امتیاز با المعروف ’برگیڈيئر بلا‘ دو دہائيوں کی خاموشی کے بعد ایران کونٹرا سیکنڈل والے کرنل اولیور نارتھ کی طرح طوطا مینا ٹائپ جنگي کہانیوں سے واپس آئے ہیں۔ میں اسے ’ویمپائر اسٹرائیکس بیک‘ کہوں گا۔

اب وہ اپنے متعلق کہتے ہیں کہ وہ ’آدھی شب کا گیدڑ نہیں بلکہ دن دہاڑے چیتا ہے۔‘

مجھے کوئی حیرت نہیں ہوگی کہ کسی صبح کوئي پاکستانی نجی چینل آن کرنے پر سدا امر آمر جنرل ضیاء الحق بھی بیٹھا کہہ رہا ہوگا کہ دنیا و دین کی بھلائی کے لیے وہ جان سے گزر گئے تھے۔ اور یہ کہ ’پاکستان میں آمر مرتے نہیں زندہ ہوتے ہیں۔‘ مرتے صرف بھٹو ہیں، نذیر عباسی ہیں، کہ یہ سولہ کروڑ گیدڑوں کا جنگل ہے جہاں نیم شب کی کوئی صبح نہیں۔ جہاں کی نجی چینلوں پر صبح شام کوئی میجر عامر، کوئي بریگیڈیر با اللہ، کوئی جنرل با پردہ ناصر، کو‏ئي حمید گل کوئی درانی بالم بنے بول رہے ہوتے ہیں۔

نذیر عباسی کون تھا؟

نذیر عباسی پاکستان کے بائيں بازو کا وہ طالبعلم رہنما تھا جسے دوران قید مبینہ طور پر کل کے سندھ میں آئي ایس آئی کے کرنل اسی بریگيڈيئر امتیاز کے حکم پر تشدد کر قتل کردیا گیا تھا۔ نذیر عباسی کے ساتھی اور دوست اور نذیر عباسی کی بیوہ حمیدہ گھانگرو کی طرف سے بینظیر بھٹو کے دوسرے دور حکومت میں انیس سو چورانوے میں کٹوائی جانے والی ایف آئی آر بھی یہی کہتی ہے۔ تیس جولائي انیس سو اسی کو کراچی کے نارتھ ناظم آباد کی ایک بستی کے ایک کوارٹر سے نذیرعباسی کو اپنے ساتھیوں بدر ابڑو (مصنف اور ماہر آثار قدیمہ)، سہیل سانگي (صحافی)، شبیر شر (اب سندھ میں انسانی حقوق کے وکیل)، احمد کمال وارثی (مزدور رہنما) اور پرفیسر جمال نقوی کو فوجی ایجنسی اور آئی ایس آئی کے اہلکاروں نے گرفتار کیا تھا۔

سندھ نیشنل سٹوڈنٹس فیڈریشن کے صدر نذیر عباسی کی وہ کئي دنوں سے تلاش میں تھے۔ ’آج بھی وری ہو فاشی کتا مونکھے قابو کن تھا‘، شیخ ایاز کی مشہور نظم ہے۔ (|آج وہ فاشی کتے مجھے پھر قابو کرتے ہیں‘)۔ دبلا پتلا کنگلا لیکن خوبصورت شکل، خوبصورت آواز ذہن و دل والا نذیر عباسی جناح ہسپتال کے قریب قائم خفیہ ایجینسوں کے نیئپیر بیرکس نام کے عقوبت گھر میں مبینہ طور پر آٹھ اور نو اگست کے درمیاںتشدد کر قتل کردیاگیا۔ نذیر عباسی اور اسکے ساتھی، پاکستانی خفیہ ایجیسسیوں کی نظروں میں را، خاد، کے جی بیکے ایجنٹ تھے۔ نذیر عباسی کا جرم یہ تھا کہ وہ پاکستان سطح پر طالب علموں، مزدوروں، کسانوں کی رابطہ کمیٹی کومنظم کرنے میں سرگرم تھا۔

نذیر عباسی کے لیے بتایا گیا تھا کہ ’حوالات میں اس کی موت دل کا دورہ پڑنے سے ہوئي‘۔ معروف سماجی کارکن عبدالستار ایدھی جس نے نذیر عباسی کی لاش کو غسل دیا تھا کا کہنا تھا کہ ایسا لگتا تھا ‘جیسے کہ اس کے سر کو کسی شیشے سے ٹکرایا گیا ہو۔ ’وہ شخص جو شبخون میں مارا گیا ورنہ اس جیسا بہادرکوئی لشکر میں نہیں تھا‘ نذیر عباسی کے ریاستی قتل پر اس کے دوست شاعر معین قریشی نے کہا تھا۔ نذیر عباسی کا قتل ضیاء الحق کے آمرانہ دور میں پہلا ماورائے عدالت قتل تھا۔

پاکستان میں حزب مخالف خاموش کردینے کی کوشش کی گئي تھی اور ایسے میں یہ بڑی جرائتمندانہ آواز بیگم نصرت بھٹو کی تھی جس نے نذیر عباسی کے ضیا حکومت اور اس کی ایجینسیوں کے ہاتھوں تشدد میں قتل کی مذمت کی تھی جسے مجھے آج بھی یاد ہے بی بی سی نے نشر کیا تھا۔

’برگیڈيئر بلا‘ دو دہائيوں کی خاموشی کے بعد ایران کونٹرا اسیکنڈل والے کرنل اولیور نارتھ کی طرح طوطا مینا ٹائيپ جنگي کہانیوں سے واپس آئے ہیں۔ میں اسے ’ویمپائر اسٹرائیکس بیک‘ کہوں گا۔

کئي سال بعد شجاعت نام کے خفیہ ایجینسی کے اہلکار نے نذیر عباسی کے قتل کی تفتیش کرنے والے ادراے کے اہلکاروں کے سامنے بیان دیا تھا کہ ضمیر کے بوجھنے اسے چین سے رہنے نہیں دیا اور اسنے نذیر عباسی پر تشدد اس وقت کے آئي ایس آئي کے کرنل امتیاز کے حکم پر کیا تھا۔ کئي سال بعد انیس سو چورانوے میں نذیر عباسی کی بیوہ حمیدہ گانگھرو کی درخواست پر بینظیر بھٹو حکومت کے حکم پر سندھ پولیس نے برگیڈئیر امتیاز کے خلاف نذیر عباسی کے تحویل میں تشدد کے ذریعے مبینہ قتل کا مقدمہ درج کر کے ایف آئي آر سیل کردی تھی۔ ’اصل میں آج بینظیر بھٹو حکومت کا پہلا دن ہے‘، انیس سو چورانوے میں انٹیلیجنس بیورو کے اس سابق سربراہ کی گرفتاری کے وقت میرے صحافی دوست جاوید جیدی نے کہا تھا۔ اسکی گرفتاری کے دوسرے دن اسکی خبر کے ساتھ اخبارات میں پاکستان کے صحافیوں کی وہ فہرست بھی حکومت کی طرف سے جاری کی گئي تھی جو برگیڈيئر امتیاز اور اسکی انٹیلیجنس بیورو کے پے رول اور فوائد حاصل کرنے والوں میں شامل تھے۔

وہی برگیڈئیر امتیاز جو بعد میں نواز شریف کی پنجاب میں وزرات اعلیٰ اور پہلی وزرات اعظمیٰ کے دور میں اسکے کان اور آنکھیں تھا۔ وہ اصل میں اس وقت ’جیک دی رپر‘ ٹائپ کردار تھا۔

یہ جو کراچي اور سندھ دیکھ رہے ہو اس میں بشمول ایم کیو ایم کے ٹکڑے کروانے کے ان تمام فتنوں کے پیچھے دماغ اور پے رول برگیڈئیر امتیاز ہی بتائے جاتے ہیں۔ شاید اب بھی کسی بڑے کام کیلیے پھر اس گیدڑ نیم شب کو دن دیہاڑے چیتا بنایا گيا ہے۔

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’طالبان کا جن امریکہ نے بوتل سے نکالا‘

ہارون رشید

بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد

ونڈوز میڈیا یا ریئل پلیئر میں دیکھیں/سنیں

کلِک

کلِکانٹرویو کا دوسرا حصہ دیکھنے کے لیے یہاں کلک کریں

بریگیڈئر (ر) امتیاز احمد پاکستان کی تاریخ کے پندرہ اہم برسوں تک خفیہ اداروں آئی بی اور آئی ایس آئی میں اہم عہدوں پر فرائض انجام دیتے رہے ہیں۔ وہ انیس سو نوے میں ریٹائر ہوئے تھے تاہم انہیں وقتا فوقتاً سیاست میں مداخلت یا بدعنوانی کے الزامات کے تحت بےنظیر بھٹو اور صدر مشرف کے ادوار میں آٹھ برس تک قید بھی جھیلنا پڑی۔ ان پر بےنظیر بھٹو کی پہلی حکومت کے خاتمے کے لیے ’آپریشن مڈنائٹ جیکل’ میں ملوث ہونے کا بھی الزام ہے۔

اپنی ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد انیس برس کی طویل خاموشی توڑتے ہوئے انہوں نے بی بی سی اردو سروس کو ایک خصوصی انٹرویو دیا جسے دو اقساط میں پیش کیا جا رہا ہے۔ پہلی قسط افغانستان، طالبان اور شدت پسندی سے متعلق ہے جبکہ دوسری قسط میں بریگیڈئر امتیاز ’آپریشن مڈنائٹ جیکال‘ میں اپنے کردار پر روشنی ڈالیں گے۔

بریگیڈئر(ر) امتیاز بی بی سی اردو کے ہارون رشید کو انٹرویو دیتے ہوئے

پاکستانی خفیہ ایجنسی انٹیلیجنس بیورو کے سابق سربراہ بریگیڈئر ریٹائرڈ امتیاز احمد کے مطابق طالبان امریکہ کی پیداوار ہیں اور ’طالبان کا جن بوتل سے امریکہ نے نکالا تھا تاکہ اس خطے پر اپنی گرفت مضبوط کر سکے‘۔

بریگیڈئر ریٹائرڈ امتیاز احمد کا کہنا ہے کہ موجودہ وزیرِداخلہ رحمان ملک اور سابق وزیرِداخلہ جنرل نصیر اللہ بابر امریکی ایماء پر افغانستان میں اس اسلامی تحریک کی داغ بیل ڈالنے گئے تھے۔ اس سوال کے جواب میں کہ طالبان کے خالق تو پاکستان کے اس وقت کے وزیر داخلہ نصیراللہ بابر کو سمجھا جاتا ہے ستر سالہ بریگیڈئر امتیاز نے واضح کیا کہ وہ اور رحمان ملک اس وقت کی سیاسی حکومت کے دور میں اکثر افغانستان جاتے رہے تھے۔’ لیکن وہ( رحمان ملک اور نصیر اللہ بابر) امریکی ایماء پر، اس کے علم میں ہوتے ہوئے اور ان کی رضامندی سے جاتے رہے۔ میں اتنا کہہ سکتا ہوں کہ وہ شاید ہدایات لے کر وہاں جاتے ہوں تاکہ وہاں کیا کیا اہداف یا ہدایات دینی ہیں۔ وہ امریکی ایماء پر ہی ایسا کر رہے تھے‘۔

وہ( رحمان ملک اور نصیر اللہ بابر) امریکی ایماء پر، اس کے علم میں ہوتے ہوئے اور ان کی رضامندی سے جاتے رہے۔ میں اتنا کہہ سکتا ہوں کہ وہ شاید ہدایات لے کر وہاں جاتے ہوں تاکہ وہاں کیا کیا اہداف یا ہدایات دینی ہیں۔ وہ امریکی ایماء پر ہی ایسا کر رہے تھے۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز

جب بریگیڈئر امتیاز سے دریافت کیا گیا کہ آیا یہ سب کچھ ان کی ذاتی رائے تھی یا خفیہ اداروں کی تو ان کا کہنا تھا کہ وہ اس وقت خفیہ ادارے میں تھے ان کے پاس معلومات بھی تھیں اور ’کچھ باتیں ایسی ہوتی ہیں جو خود بولتی ہیں۔ لیکن جو کچھ میں کہہ رہا ہوں میں مطمئن ہوں کہ وثوق سے بول رہا ہوں‘۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز کے مطابق امریکہ طالبان کو حکومت کا موقع دے کر انہیں نااہل ثابت کروانا چاہتا تھا۔ ’ان کو معلوم تھا کہ طالبان کا سخت گیر رویہ کسی کو قابل قبول نہیں ہوگا۔ وہ بہت زیادہ انتہا پسند اور غیرفطری سوچ کے حامل تھے۔ وہ حکومت زیادہ دن نہیں چلاسکیں گے‘۔

لیکن ایک سوال کے جواب میں کہ وہ اس وقت بھی تو حامد کرزئی جیسی کسی شخصیت کو افغانستان لا سکتے تھے، بریگیڈئر امتیاز کا کہنا تھا کہ امریکہ نے جنیوا معاہدے کے بعد اس خطے پر مسلط ہونے کا منصوبہ تیار کر لیا تھا جس میں حامد کرزئی ان کے ’ٹروجن ہارس‘ تھے۔ ’ اگر انہیں ابتداء میں لایا جاتا تو شاید وہ زیادہ دیر نہ چل پاتے‘۔

اس مبینہ امریکی منصوبے پر روشنی ڈالتے ہوئے، ان کا کہنا تھا کہ سات مجاہدین جماعتوں کے اتحاد کو ناکام بھی پہلے امریکہ نے کروایا اور پھر طالبان کی شکل میں پیادہ جگجوؤں کو بھی انہوں نے فیل کروایا تاکہ اپنے منصوبوں کو کامیاب کرسکیں۔ ’ان دونوں کی موجودگی میں حامد کرزئی تو کچھ نہیں کرسکتے تھے‘۔

’حامد کرزئی کے سی آئی اے کے ڈائریکٹر ویلیم کیسی کے ساتھ تعلقات تھے اور اب بھی ہیں۔ حامد کرزئی کے بھائی کے بھی جارج بش سے قریبی تعلقات ہیں۔ یہ ٹروجن ہارس موجود تھا صرف اسے لانے کا مناسب وقت چاہیے تھا۔ حامد کرزئی نے شملہ میں چار سال تعلیم حاصل کی۔ آج افغانستان میں جتنے بڑے تعمیر نو کے منصوبے ہیں وہ بھارت کے پاس ہیں۔ ان منصوبوں پر تقریبا چار سو انجینئر کام کر رہے ہیں جن کی حفاظت کے لیے ساڑھے چار ہزار بھارتی تعینات ہیں۔ میرا یقین ہے کہ ان میں سے آدھی فورس را آپریٹ کر رہی ہے‘۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز نے انکشاف کیا کہ جب وہ آئی ایس آئی میں تعینات تھے اور جنرل مشرف جی ایچ کیو کی ایم ایس برانچ میں تھے تو انہوں (امتیاز) نے ہرے پال پوائنٹ پین کے ساتھ صدر مشرف کے بارے میں ایک مشاہدہ ریکارڈ کیا تھا کہ وہ ’ہائیلی انٹرو ورٹ اینڈ ڈینجرسلی ایمبیشئس شخص ہیں جو اعلی عہدوں پر فائز ہونے کے لیے شاید مناسب نہیں ہیں‘۔

آخر امریکہ کا مقصد کیا ہے اس خطے میں؟ اس بارے میں بریگیڈئر امتیاز کا کہنا تھا کہ وہ افغانستان پر مکمل قبضہ اور بھارت کو علاقائی طاقت بنا کر پاکستان کی اہمیت ختم کرنا چاہتا ہے اور اس سے بچاؤ کے لیے اس ملک کو ایک اعلی صلاحیت کی حامل قیادت کی ضرورت ہے۔

کیا موجودہ خفیہ اداروں کے پاس اس مبینہ امریکی منصوبے کو ناکام بنانے کی صلاحیت موجود ہے؟ جواب میں ان کا الزام تھا کہ سابق صدر جنرل پرویز مشرف نے تمام اداروں کو نقصان پہنچایا جن میں وہ بھی شامل تھے جو ملکی سلامتی کے ذمہ دار تھے۔ ’انہوں نے بڑے ننگے انداز سے خفیہ اداروں کی پیش ورانہ تربیت اور جذبہ تھا اسے دوسری جانب موڑ دیا۔ انہوں نے ان کا فیلڈ کمپیٹنس معیار تھا اس کو بری طرح نقصان پہنچایا‘۔

یاد رہے کہ بریگیڈئر امتیاز کو بھی سابق صدر مشرف نے گرفتار کر کے بدعنوانی کے الزام میں کئی برس تک قید رکھا تھا جبکہ بعد میں عدالت نے انہیں بری کر دیا تھا۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز نے کہا کہ ’اس وقت پاکستانی خفیہ ایجنسیاں ’ہینڈی کیپڈ‘ (معذور) ہیں‘۔ ان کے مطابق اندرونی اور بیرونی چیلنج کئی گنا بڑھ گئے ہیں اور موجودہ ایجنسیاں ان سے نبردآزما ہونے کی صلاحیت نہیں رکھتیں۔

موجودہ لاٹ کو تو اسامہ اور بیت اللہ کی خصوصیات کا بھی علم نہیں ہوگا۔ یہ بھی را اور امریکی گیم پلان ہے۔ امریکہ کو نائن الیون کے چار طیاروں کے ہائی جیک ہونے کا تو علم نہیں ہوا تاہم آج امریکی وزیر خارجہ کے بیان کے مطابق یہ معلوم ہوگیا کہ اس حملے میں ملوث لوگ پاکستان میں ہیں۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز

ان سے کشمیر میں جہادی تنظیموں پر صدر مشرف کی جانب سے پابندی کے بارے میں دریافت کیا تو ان کا جواب تھا کہ ’صدر صاحب کہتے کچھ تھے اور کرتے کچھ‘۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز نے انکشاف کیا کہ جب وہ آئی ایس آئی میں تعینات تھے اور جنرل مشرف جی ایچ کیو کی ایم ایس برانچ میں تھے تو انہوں (امتیاز) نے ہرے پال پوائنٹ پین کے ساتھ صدر مشرف کے بارے میں ایک مشاہدہ ریکارڈ کیا تھا کہ وہ ’ہائیلی انٹرو ورٹ اینڈ ڈینجرسلی ایمبیشئس شخص ہیں جو اعلی عہدوں پر فائز ہونے کے لیے شاید مناسب نہیں ہیں‘۔

انہوں نے اس تاثر کو رد کیا کہ ملکی کے سکیورٹی ادارے یا خفیہ ادارے شدت پسندوں کی سرپرستی کر رہے ہیں۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ افغان جہاد کے خاتمے کے ساتھ اس وقت خفیہ اداروں کے اہلکار ریٹائر ہوچکے ہیں اور اب سب نئی قیادت ہے۔’موجودہ لاٹ کو تو اسامہ اور بیت اللہ کی خصوصیات کا بھی علم نہیں ہوگا۔ یہ بھی را اور امریکی گیم پلان ہے۔ امریکہ کو نائن الیون کے چار طیاروں کے ہائی جیک ہونے کا تو علم نہیں ہوا تاہم آج امریکی وزیر خارجہ کے بیان کے مطابق یہ معلوم ہوگیا کہ اس حملے میں ملوث لوگ پاکستان میں ہیں‘۔

روسیوں کے خلاف افغانستان میں جنگ کے فیصلے کے بارے میں بریگیڈئر امتیاز کا کہنا تھا کہ وہ اس وقت سکیورٹی اداروں کا جنرل ضیاء کی قیادت میں مشترکہ فیصلہ تھا۔’روس میں کہوں گا پاکستان کا دشمن تھا۔ وہ بھارت کو علاقائی طاقت کے طور پر استوار کرنا چاہتا تھا‘۔

دریافت کیا کہ اب یہ کام تو امریکہ یہاں کر رہا ہے تو فائدہ کیا ہوا؟ بریگیڈئر امتیاز کا ماننا تھا کہ یہ درست ہے۔ ’اس وقت کے حالات میں وہ پالیسی درست تھی تاہم موجودہ حالات کو دیکھ نہیں سکی۔ انہوں نے اعتراف کیا کہ امریکی گیم پلان کو وہ اس وقت نہیں سمجھ سکے‘

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’بینظیر کی پالیسیوں پر سکیورٹی اداروں کو خدشات تھے‘

ہارون رشید

بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد

ونڈوز میڈیا یا ریئل پلیئر میں دیکھیں/سنیں

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بریگیڈئر (ر) امتیاز احمد پاکستان کی تاریخ کے پندرہ اہم برسوں تک خفیہ اداروں آئی بی اور آئی ایس آئی میں اہم عہدوں پر فرائض انجام دیتے رہے ہیں۔ وہ انیس سو نوے میں ریٹائر ہوئے تھے تاہم انہیں وقتا فوقتاً سیاست میں مداخلت یا بدعنوانی کے الزامات کے تحت بےنظیر بھٹو اور صدر مشرف کے ادوار میں آٹھ برس تک قید بھی جھیلنا پڑی۔ ان پر بےنظیر بھٹو کی پہلی حکومت کے خاتمے کے لیے ’آپریشن مڈنائٹ جیکل‘ میں ملوث ہونے کا بھی الزام ہے۔

اپنی ریٹائرمنٹ کے بعد انیس برس کی طویل خاموشی توڑتے ہوئے انہوں نے بی بی سی اردو سروس کو ایک خصوصی انٹرویو دیا جسے دو اقساط میں پیش کیا جا رہا ہے۔ گزشتہ روز شائع ہونے والی پہلی قسط افغانستان، طالبان اور شدت پسندی سے متعلق تھی جبکہ اس دوسری اور آخری قسط میں بریگیڈئر امتیاز ’آپریشن مڈنائٹ جیکال‘ میں اپنے کردار پر روشنی ڈال رہے ہیں۔

بریگیڈئر(ر) امتیاز بی بی سی اردو کے ہارون رشید کو انٹرویو دیتے ہوئے

انیس سو نواسی میں پیپلز پارٹی کی پہلی حکومت کے خاتمے کی ایک مبینہ سازش کے کلیدی کردار سمجھے جانے والے بریگیڈئر (ریٹائرڈ) امتیاز احمد کہتے ہیں کہ وہ ’مڈنائٹ جیکل‘ نہیں بلکہ ’ڈے لائٹ ٹائیگر‘ ہیں۔

بی بی سی اردو سروس کے ساتھ اپنے خصوصی انٹرویو میں پاکستان کی خفیہ ایجنسیوں میں پندرہ اہم برسوں کے دوران فرائض انجام دینے والے بریگیڈئر امتیاز کا کہنا تھا کہ سیاسی حکومت کے خلاف سازش پاکستانی خفیہ اداروں کی نہیں بلکہ بھارتی خفیہ ایجنسی را اور دو پاکستانیوں نے تیار کی تھی۔

’اس سازش کے کلیدی کردار ملٹری انجینرنگ سروس کے ایک سابق افسر اور وزیر اعظم سیکریٹریٹ میں ایڈیشنل سیکرٹری ایک سابق فوجی تھے۔ ان کا مقصد پاکستانی سکیورٹی اداروں کو بدنام کرنا تھا۔‘

حکمراں جماعت کے نمائندوں کی حمایت خریدنے کی اس مبینہ سازش کو ایک واقعہ قرار دیتے ہوئے انہوں نے کہا کہ ان کا صرف اتنا قصور تھا کہ انہوں نے اپنی فوج کی اعلی قیادت پر اندھا اعتماد کیا۔ ’میں اگر قصور وار تھا تو مجھ پر چار سال بعد بغاوت کا مقدمہ کیوں درج کیا گیا؟ میرے خلاف کورٹ مارشل کیوں نہیں ہوا؟‘

جب یہ سازش سامنے آئی تو اس وقت جنرل مرزا اسلم بیگ اور جنرل حمید گل کو واضح موقف کے ساتھ سامنے آنا چاہیے تھا۔ انہیں فوج کا دفاع کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ اپنے جونیئرز کے ساتھ وفاداری کا بھی ثبوت دیتے۔ لیکن انہوں نے سیاسی مصلحت یا دباؤ میں آکر ایسا نہیں کیا جس کی قیمت میں اور میرے بیوی بچوں نے ادا کی۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز

ان کے مبینہ ملوث ہونے کے بارے میں سامنے آنے والی آڈیو ٹیپ کے بارے میں ان کا کہنا تھا کہ وہ جعلی تھی۔ ’وہ کسی اور کی آواز تھی۔ اس کا ٹرانسکرپٹ تیار کرنے والے بھی سازش میں شامل تھے۔‘

ان کا کہنا تھا کہ جب یہ سازش سامنے آئی تو اس وقت جنرل مرزا اسلم بیگ اور جنرل حمید گل کو واضح موقف کے ساتھ سامنے آنا چاہیے تھا۔ ’انہیں فوج کا دفاع کرنے کے ساتھ ساتھ اپنے جونیئرز کے ساتھ وفاداری کا بھی ثبوت دیتے۔ لیکن انہوں نے سیاسی مصلحت یا دباؤ میں آکر ایسا نہیں کیا جس کی قیمت میں اور میرے بیوی بچوں نے ادا کی۔‘

بریگیڈئر امتیاز کا کہنا تھا کہ ملٹری انجینرنگ سروس کے سابق افسر بعد میں واپس ملک آئے۔ انہیں سرسری سزا دی گئی اور ایک ہفتے کے بعد رہا کر دیا گیا۔ ’یہ سیاسی و فوجی قیادت کی باہمی رضا سے ہوا۔ پھر اس شخص کو ایف آئی اے میں تعینات کیا جاتا ہے اور میرا کیس اسی کو دیا جاتا ہے۔ تاہم اب یہ دونوں شخصیات گمنام زندگی گزار رہے ہیں۔‘

سابق سپائے ماسٹر کا کہنا تھا کہ کسی کو محب وطن یا غدار خفیہ ایجنسیاں قرار نہیں دیتیں۔ ’میرے وقت میں ایسے غلط فیصلے ہوئے ملک کے مفاد کے خلاف ہوئے۔ یہ فیصلہ طاقت کی تکون نے سیاسی مصلحتوں اور اپنے اقتدار کو دوام دینے کے لیے کیے۔ میں نے تاہم ہمیشہ ملکی مفاد کو مقدم رکھا۔‘

انہوں نے اعتراف کیا کہ بےنظیر بھٹو کی افغانستان پالیسی، جوہری پروگراماور فوج کو اپنی گرفت میں رکھنے کی خواہش پر سکیورٹی اداروں کو خدشات تھے۔ ’اس بابت ہمارے پاس انٹیلیجنس بھی موجود تھی۔ ان کے اندرون اور بیرون ملک بیانات میں تضاد تھا۔‘

بینظیر بھٹو کی افغانستان پالیسی، جوہری پروگرام اور فوج کو اپنی گرفت میں رکھنے کی خواہش پر سکیورٹی اداروں کو خدشات تھے۔ اس بابت ہمارے پاس انٹیلیجنس بھی موجود تھی۔ ان کے اندرون اور بیرون ملک بیانات میں تضاد تھا۔

بریگیڈئر امتیاز

انہوں نے اس تاثر کی نفی کی کہ وہ پیپلز پارٹی مخالف تھے۔ ان کا کہنا تھا کہ جب وہ سندھ میں تعینات تھے تو یہی وہ وقت تھا جب پیپلز پارٹی کے بعض عناصر نے بغاوت شروع کی۔ ’اس میں را، خاد اور دیگر ممالک کی ایجنسیاں شامل ہوگئیں۔ میری ڈیوٹی تھی کہ اس دہشت گردی کو روکوں۔ اسی لیے شاید یہ تاثر قائم ہوا۔‘

انہوں نے اعتراف کیا کہ عام لوگوں اور انٹیلجنس ایجنسیوں کی رائے میں فرق ہوتا ہے۔ ’خفیہ اداروں کے پاس جو معلومات ہوتی ہیں وہ ان کی بنیاد پر رائے قائم کرتے ہیں لیکن عوام کے پاس ایسی کوئی معلومات نہیں ہوتیں۔‘

ان کا دعوی تھا کہ سابق صدر مشرف نے انہیں بےنظیر بھٹو اور نواز شریف کے خلاف وعدہ معاف گواہ بننے سے انکار پر آٹھ ماہ تک اڈیالہ جیل میں قید تنہائی میں رکھا

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(۱) بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد 31 مارچ 1990ء سے 25 اپریل 1993ء تک انٹیلی جنس بیورو میں تعینات رہے اور اس دوران انہوں نے بے پایاں ناجائز دولت اکٹھی کی‘ کرپشن اور ناجائز دولت اکٹھی کرنے کے حوالے سے ان کے خلاف دو مقدمات درج ہوئے پہلا مقدمہ ایف آئی اے نے مورخہ 21 اکتوبر 1994ء میں بذریعہ FIR No. 10/94 بے نظیر بھٹو حکومت کے دوسرے دور میں درج کیا لیکن 1996ء میں محترمہ بے نظیر بھٹو کی حکومت کی برطرفی کے بعد بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد نے اثر و رسوخ استعمال کیا اور ایف آئی اے نے اس مقدمہ کی پیروی میں دلچسپی نہ لی لہٰذا بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد نے ہائی کورٹ میں رٹ کے ذریعے 4 جولائی 1997ء میں اس مقدمہ سے بری الذمہ قرار پائے ۔ اس موقع پر محترمہ بے نظیر بھٹو کی حکومت میں شامل سابق وزیر داخلہ نے چیف جسٹس لاہور ہائی کورٹ اور ہائی کورٹ راولپنڈی بنچ کے متعلقہ جج‘ جسٹس ممتاز علی مرزا کے نام ایک خط کے ذریعے بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد کی جائیداد کیس میں یہ کہتے ہوئے فریق بننے کی درخواست کی کہ آئی بی کے سابق سربراہ کے خلاف ایف آئی اے نے ملک بھر میں 27 قیمتی جائیدادیں اور برکلے بنک لندن میں ان کی بڑی رقم کے بارے میں دستاویزات جمع کی تھیں جنہیں ٹرائل کورٹ کے سامنے پیش کیا جانا تھا تاہم پیپلز پارٹی کی حکومت کی برطرفی کے باعث ایف آئی اے نے مقدمہ کی اچھے پیرائے میں پیروی نہیں کی لہٰذا وہ یہ دستاویزات عدالت کے سامنے پیش کرنا چاہتے تھے لیکن مقدمہ خارج ہو جانے کے باعث اس درخواست پر عملدرآمد نہیں ہوا۔

(۲) بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد کے خلاف ناجائز دولت اکٹھی کرنے کا دوسرا مقدمہ چیئرمین اکاؤنٹ ایبیلٹی بیورو کی جانب سے سیکشن 10 کے تحت بذریعہ ریفرنس نمبر 21/2000 اکاؤنٹ ایبلٹی کورٹ کے جج جناب سید سخی حسین بخاری کی عدالت میں دائر ہوا اس عدالت میں چیئرمین اکاؤنٹ ایبلٹی بیورو کی جانب سے یہ وضاحت کر دی گئی تھی کہ اس مقدمہ میں ایف آئی اے کے مقدمہ میں ظاہر کی گئی جائیدادوں کو شامل نہیں کیا گیا ہے جن جائیدادوں کے پیش نظر اکاؤنٹ ایبلٹی کورٹ نے کرپشن کا مرتکب ہونے پر بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد کو سزا دی ان میں مندرجہ ذیل جائیدادیں شامل تھیں:

(۱)۔ فارن ایکسچینج بئیرر سرٹیفکیٹ جن کی ویلیو 20.8 ملین تھی

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(۴) یونٹ نمبر 2 I-S, پلازہ ایف ٹین مرکز اسلام آباد

(۵) ہاؤس نمبر 286 ایف ٹین فور اسلام آباد

(۶) ہاؤس نمبر 7 ایف سیون ٹو اسلام آباد

(۷) ہاؤس نمبر 6 نائنتھ ایونیو ایف ایٹ ٹو اسلام آباد

عدالت نے مندرجہ بالا جائیدادوں اور بینکوں کے ذریعے شواہد و ضوابط کی خلاف ورزیوں اور عدالت کے سامنے پیش کی گئی شہادتوں کی بنیاد پر کرپشن کے الزامات ثابت ہونے کے بعد مورخہ 31-07-2001ء کو بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد کے تمام بیان کردہ اثاثے بحق سرکار ضبط کرنے کے علاوہ 8 سال قید بامشقت ستر لاکھ روپے جرمانے کی سزا سنائی ۔ عدالت نے مندرجہ بالا سزا کے علاوہ بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد وغیرہ کو سنائی جانے والی سزا کے پورا ہونے کے بعد مزید دس سال کے لئے کسی بھی پبلک آفس‘ Statutory یا لوکل اتھارٹی کے منصب کے لئے نااہل قرار دیا لیکن حیرت ہے کہ قوم کی دولت لوٹنے اور ٹرائل کورٹ کی جانب سے مجرم قرار دینے کے باوجود اس مرتبہ بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد جنرل مشرف کے جاری ہونے والے NRO کے تحت کرپشن کے تحت کمائی ہوئی ناجائز قومی دولت کو پھر سے واگذار کرانے میں کیونکر کامیاب ہوا جبکہ NRO جاری کرتے وقت یہ کہا گیا تھا کہ NRO کے تحت ایسے ملزموں کو چھوٹ نہیں دی جائے گی جن کے خلاف الزامات ثابت ہوگئے ہوں ۔ یہ امر بھی قابل ذکر ہے کہ فوج سے ریٹائرمنٹ ایٹ فالٹ سے قبل 1988ء میں بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد نے جی ایچ کیو میں جائیداد کے جو گوشوارے جمع کرائے تھے ان میں لاہور کینٹ آفیسرز کالونی فیز ٹو میں دو کنال کا ایک پلاٹ اور ڈیفنس ہاؤسنگ کالونی کراچی فیز ایٹ میں دو ہزار گز کا ایک پلاٹ شامل تھا ۔ اس جائیداد کے علاوہ ان کی کوئی جائیداد نہیں تھی کیونکہ آئی بی کے ایک سینئر آفیسر (محمد یونس) نے عدالت میں بیان دیتے ہوئے سرکاری طور پر اس امر کی وضاحت کی تھی کہ آئی بی میں قواعد کے مطابق بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد نے نہ تو جائیداد کا کوئی گوشوارہ جمع کرایا تھا اور نہ ہی جائیداد کی خرید و فروخت کے لئے متعلقہ اتھارٹی سے کبھی اجازت لی تھی لہٰذا عدالت عالیہ اور حکومت سے مودبانہ درخواست کرتا ہوںکہ قومی دولت لوٹنے والے بریگیڈئیر امتیاز احمد کے کیسوں کو فوری طور پر ری اوپن کیا جائے کیونکہ ٹرائل کورٹس نے جولائی 2001ء میں انہیں سزا سنا کر جیل بھیج دیا تھا جبکہ دیگر کیس جسے عدم پیروی کی بناء پر خارج کیا گیا ہے کو بھی ری اوپن کیا جائے تاکہ قومی دولت کو واپس قومی خزانے میں جمع کرایا جائے

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Finally, who is dirtier than the other? Ansar Abbasi or Brigadier Imtiaz? Both are subservients to the interests of intelligence agencies, supporters of General Zia-ul-Haq, and enemies of democratic forces in Pakistan. Har do lanat:

Who is behind the ‘get Nawaz’ campaign?

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 By Ansar Abbasi ISLAMABAD: The fact that Nawaz Sharif was once the establishment’s blue-eyed boy and that the creation of the IJI was the ISI’s work are well known and undeniable, but the general perception is that today he is being targeted to save Musharraf’s skin. It is premature to say who is behind this ‘get Nawaz’ campaign to deter him from seeking Musharraf’s trial under Article 6 of the Constitution. Though the immediate suspect for many is the invisible, military-led establishment, there are indications of involvement of some key government players in this blame-game. Brigadier (retd) Imtiaz, whose recent statements have created ripples and upset the PML-N and its chief, however, denied that he has been playing into the hands of the establishment or the government. He insists that he just had the urge to share with the nation past secrets, irrespective of who benefits and who is damaged politically because of his revelations. Talking to this correspondent, Brig Imtiaz said that he is not part of any plan to save Musharraf from trial. “Instead, I am a strong advocate of holding Musharraf accountable for his crimes against Pakistan,” the former ISI spy of ‘midnight jackals’ fame and ex-director general of the Intelligence Bureau said. Regarding the ‘midnight jackal’ operation, which was meant to manoeuvre a no-confidence against the Benazir Bhutto government, he said that he was once called by the then Army chief General Aslam Beg, who desired in-house change of the government arguing that the Army was facing problems from the government vis-a-vis the country’s nuclear programme and the Afghan policy. But the PML-N leader and party’s spokesman Pervez Rashid is confident that Brigadier Imtiaz is playing someone’s dirty game. Rashid said that Brig Imtiaz’s interviews and MQM Altaf Hussain’s statements are part of the strategy to malign Nawaz Sharif and prevent him from pursuing Musharraf’s trial. He said that there are many elements who fear that if Musharraf is tried for his unconstitutional actions, then they too would face the music for their part in the misdoings. So they have launched this anti-Nawaz campaign. He, however, expressed the resolve of his party to continue pressing for upholding the rule of law for which Musharraf’s trial is necesary. Imtiaz claims that he still has liking for Nawaz Sharif but it is not possible for him to withhold the truth anymore. He denied that he had approached different television channels for interview. He also denied that he has recently met Rehman Malik, the interior minister. But Dr Shahid Masood of Geo’s ‘Meray Mutabik’ told this correspondent that the Brigadier approached him for an appearance in his programme. Pervez Rashid endorsed Dr Shahid Masood’s view and said that Brigadier Imtiaz contacted different television channels, which in his view is a clear indication of a well thought out strategy to malign the PML-N top leader. Meanwhile, a London-based source confided to this correspondent that a key Pakistani diplomat from Washington recently visited London to meet Musharraf. It is believed that certain players in the government are in close liaison with the ousted dictator and want to defeat the bid to try Musharraf on high treason charges. The source said that a British national of Pakistani origin, who runs spices business in London, is financing pro-Musharraf campaign and is even organising Musharraf’s meetings with different media persons to oppose the demand for his trial. Recently he organised Musharraf’s meeting with some pro-Musharraf media anchorpersons at the residence of a Pakistani dentist there. (The News)

saleembutt said: (source: pkpolitics)

Nawaz Sharif claims being uninformed about :

What happend to the Supreme Court of Pakistan on November 27, 1997 ! (Nawaz Sharif does not know who’s responsible to protect the sanctity of the highest court in the land !)

Nawaz Sharif does not know what is ‘contempt of court’ !

Under what circumstances the then Chief Justice of Pakistan Syed Sajjad Ali Shah was attacked by the mobs organized by Nawaz League !

What treatment was meted out to journalists Sethi & Haqqani & The Jang Group !

The whole country has heard the conversation between Nawaz Sharif’s NAB Chairman (his best buddy and side kick – Saif Ur Rehman Piracha) and Mir Jameel ur Rehman – recorded & released by Mir Jameelur rehman !

Nawaz Sharif’s Law Minister Khalid Anwer communicates desires of the rulers to the Judge of the High Court Malik Qayum about the concocted criminal cases against Benazir Bhutto & her husband Asif Ali Zardari – the whole communication was recorded and released and everyone and his cousin heard it but – Nawaz Sharif doesn’t know it !

Of course!!! Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif did not know anything about Kargil – no he doesn’t know nothing about who paid millions of Sterling Pounds on his behalf in London to save his luxury appartments near Marble Arch when a British Court passed a judgement against his group in a loan default case !

Nawaz doesn’t know who paid for his palace construction in Saudi Arabia or the Raiwind Complex (the future capital of the Independent Dutchy of the Central Punjab ! )

And the list goes on and on and on ad- infinitum!

And now he has been declared as innocent as a ’stuffed rabbit’ – Supreme Court think so!

And I say let him be as innocent and as ignorant as he wishes to pretend but I ask you all here – why should we let a nincompoop like Nawaz Sharif play havoc with our destiny yet another time? What makes you think that this incompetent man has suddenly become so excptionally qualified that you can’t find out of 180 millions of us?

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