By Iftikhar Rahman
The gloves were off during the address by NS at the Gujranwala rally several moons ago from the safe shores of the UK. He directly attacked by name our COAS and the DG-ISI. Not a leaf moved… No action followed this sedition laden speech. Only our poor Prime Minister fumed fretted and vowed to become a new IK in dealing within the mafia and seditionists….
No one in our history of 72 years ever attacked the Army hierarchy directly by name or threatened the two top Generals responsible for the security of Pakistan, by leveling serious charges that are punishable under the law if proved. It was seditionists attacking Pakistan’s center of gravity and its nerve center. It was an attack by convicts and wanted criminals and absconders as determined by court judgments. It was music for Indian ears.
It was an affirmation to FATF that Pakistan cannot punish its money launderers. While FATF could not help heap praise on the military part of the fight against terror but come February 2020, FATF will be left with no choice but to push Pakistan down to the black list because the terror and financial mafia is ensuring that Pakistan is helpless against these very people attacking the state.
In short it was TREASON but the government and military establishment is frozen as I wrote earlier. With today on 25 October 2020 there was in military terminology, induction of the bulk of enemy armored forces into “bridgehead/lodgment” created in Gujranwala. The next step will be the “breakout” of these seditionist forces. For this two critical spaces were created by the seditionists on 25 October 2020;
- I) NS incited junior officers and other ranks to become a bulwark against the current COAS and DG-ISI. This is an incitement to mutiny under Article 31 of the Pakistan Army Act 1952 as amended from time to time;
Any person subject to this Act who commits any of the following offences, that is to say, —(a) begins, incites, causes, or conspires with any other person to cause, or joins in, any mutiny in the military, naval or air forces of Pakistan or any forces co-operating therewith) and
Pakistan Penal Code, Section 505 – Statements Conducing to Public Mischief;
(1) Whoever makes, publishes, or circulates any statement, rumor or report (a) with intent to cause or incite, or which is likely to cause or incite, any officer, soldier, sailor, or airman in the Army, Navy or Air Force of Pakistan to mutiny, offence or otherwise disregard or fail in his duty as such; and Pakistan Penal Code Section 124 (a) Sedition
- ii) Shah Owais Noorani of Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan publically demanded a separate state for Baluchistan in the rally today. This falls under war against the State of Pakistan under the Constitution.
Islam permits the death penalty for anyone who threatens to undermine authority or destabilize the state. Surah Baqarah Verse 2.11 When they are told, “Do not spread corruption in the land,” they reply, “We are only peace-makers!
They take it for granted that Article 19 of the Constitution allow citizens to have the right to freedom of speech and expression but do not read through Article 19 as it clearly defines that “subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of the glory of Islam or the integrity, security or defense of Pakistan, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of court, 1 commission of or incitement to an offence”.
It is the duty of the Government of Pakistan and the Armed Forces to defend Pakistan against external aggression or threat of war under the Constitution of Pakistan. Where is the Government and the Armed Forces of Pakistan? Are you failing in your constitutional duty? It looks like it as you are covered by the Constitution and Pakistan Penal Code. Thus your inaction is a serious abdication of national duty.
Have you got cold feet from a man who sits in luxury and is attacking Pakistan? I want to be assured as a citizen that Pakistan will be protected as waiting any longer is NO OPTION. The judiciary is also subject to these very clauses of the Constitution. But they have failed the people of Pakistan over the past 70 years. They take suo moto on largely petty issues but have shied away from defending Pakistan against white collar criminals and seditionists.
The judicial rot started with ex-Chief justice of the Supreme Court Muhammad Munir who declared the undemocratic decision of dissolving assembly and justified it under the doctrine of necessity. Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s Judgment was a gross miscarriage of justice. The acquittal of Shah Hussain, the man who was convicted for stabbing Khadija Siddiqui in 2016 was a black spot.
The ignoring of the crime of NS of storming of the SC and the mutiny within the SC triggered because of truckloads of money to buy loyalties, the special favors to NS at every step… Hudaibaiya closure by our unexplained wealth guru; Judge Qazi Faez Isa and the LHC allowing NS to flee Pakistan without any bond are crimes that must be investigated and judges responsible charged with treason against Pakistan.
The least, Imran Khan, you should invoke Article 245; call the Army in aid of civil power as this is the only constitutional option by which you can sort out this mess, as under 245. 2. (2) the validity of any direction issued by the Federal Government under clause (1) shall not be called in question in any court. (3) A High Court shall not exercise any jurisdiction under Article 199 in relation to any area in which the Armed Forces of Pakistan are, for the time being, acting in aid of civil power in pursuance of Article 245:
Additionally, have a number of ordinances promulgated that establish new processes for selection of High Court and SC judges and a system of accountability of judges replacing the SJC farce as we saw recently.
