Hafiz Abdul Basit is a citizen of Pakistan who is believed to have been detained on suspicion of involvement to assassinate Pakistan's leader President Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. General (ret Pervez Musharraf ( (born 11 August 1943 NI(M, HI(M, TBt, is the former Military dictator and President of [1] [2]
A devout Muslim[3], Basit disappeared from his home on January 4, 2004, and was believed to have been taken into covert custody in a secret Pakistani interrogation center for the next three and a half years. A forced disappearance occurs when an organization forces a person to vanish from Public view either by Murder or by simple Sequestration. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " [4][5]
Tariq Pervez, the director-general of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency, was threatened with jail, unless he produced Basit. Tariq Pervez, a Pakistani Policeman is currently the director-general of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency. The Federal Investigation Agency (acronym FIA) (وفاقی ادارۂ تحقیقات of Pakistan is a national investigative agency with a wide role in anti-terrorism [5][1] Pakistani Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad told him:
“It has been proved that you lifted the person and now you are responsible for the production of the detainee before this bench. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry ( افتخار محمد چودھری) (born 12 December 1948)in a village of Faisalabad and belonging to the Ghorewaha Either produce the detainee or get ready to go to the dungeon. ”
Pervez claims he was soon transferred to the custody of Pakistan's controversial intelligence agency, the Interservices Intelligence Directorate. History After independence in 1947 two new intelligence agencies were created in Pakistan called the Intelligence Bureau (IB and Military Intelligence [5]
Pervez was allowed two brief, temporary, releases from the Court, to give him an opportunity to be arrange for Hafiz Abdul Basit to be released from his extrajudicial detention -- without success. [1] Pakistan's Attorney General Malik Qayyum intervened, and sought a further two day adjournment, taking responsibility for the release of Hafiz Abdul Basit. In most Common law jurisdictions the Attorney General, or Attorney-General, is the main legal advisor to the government and in some jurisdictions may in addition Malik Mohammad Qayyum (born December 18 1944 Senior Advocate Supreme Court, is the former Attorney General of Pakistan, who was replaced with Senator Latif [6] Hafiz Abdul Basit had still not been produced, before the Court, on August 22, 2007, when the two-day adjournment expired. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [7][8][9] The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported that Qayyum told the Supreme Court:
". Dawn is Pakistan 's oldest best known and most widely-read English-language newspaper . . that his exact location was still not known but he had found through a facsimile that a man named Abu Musa Khalid alias Basit was with some political agent in Khyber Agency. Khyber ( Urdu: خیبر is a tribal area in FATA region of Pakistan. He said the person could be produced in the court on Wednesday, or could even be released later in the day (Tuesday). "
The Supreme Court ordered the 25-year old Basit be released to his maternal uncle Hafiz Mohammad Nasir. [10][7]
He was finally released August 22, 2007. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [11]
Iftikhar's examination of the circumstances of Hafiz Abdul Basit's detention would trigger a wider inquiry into the practice of Pakistan's Intelligence and Justice organs holding captives in extrajudicial detention. Iftikhar wrote[1]
“At present we are concerned with instant relief to the complainant and at a later stage a larger bench will deliberate on the role of agencies and pass a detailed judgment with regard to arbitrary and illegal arrests of persons. ”
The Pakistani Supreme Court is going through a list of 287 disappeared men, one at a time. The Supreme Court ( Urdu: عدالت عظمیٰ) is the apex court in Pakistan 's judicial hierarchy the final arbiter of legal and constitutional [5]
The Supreme Court also ordered the release of other men from the list of disappeared, Imran Munir, Alim Nasir, Jan Muhammad, Munir Mengal and Salim Baloch. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Mohammad Kamran. "Missing persons case: Produce detainee or face jail, SC tells FIA chief", Daily Times (Pakistan), Tuesday, August 21, 2007. The Daily Times is an English language Pakistani Newspaper. Launched on April 9, 2002, Daily Times (DT which is simultaneously Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ Craig Whitlock, Griff Witte. Craig Michael Whitlock (born 1968? is a journalist working for The Washington Post. "Al-Qaeda Suspect Released by Pakistan: High Court Orders Freedom for Two Other Prisoners", Washington Post, Wednesday, August 22, 2007. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire
- ^ Hafiz Basit relates his tales of woe and horrors under arrest
- ^ Pakistani militants are released from jail - Times Online
- ^ a b c d Syed Shoaib Hasan. "Security chief gets jail warning", BBC News, Monday, August 20, 2007. Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring on the feast day of Vulcan the Roman god of fire
- ^ "SC disposes of DG FIA arrest matter on Attorney General assurance about release of Hafiz Abdul Basit", Pak Tribune, August 21, 2007. Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ a b Nasir Iqbal. "Two on list of ‘missing persons’ released", Dawn (newspaper), Tuesday August 22, 2007. Dawn is Pakistan 's oldest best known and most widely-read English-language newspaper Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ Mohammad Kamran. "SC releases two ‘missing persons’", Wednesday, August 22, 2007. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ Shahid Hussain. "Man involved in attempt on Musharraf to be freed", Gulf Daily News, August 22, 2007. The Gulf Daily News is an English-language Newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Al Hilal Group. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- ^ Hafiz Basit relates his tales of woe and horrors under arrest
- ^ Basit accuses agencies The Post
External links
- Nasir Iqbal. "Produce the missing or go to jail’: SC warns FIA chief", Dawn (newspaper), Tuesday August 21, 2007. Dawn is Pakistan 's oldest best known and most widely-read English-language newspaper Events 1192 - Minamoto Yoritomo becomes Seii Tai Shōgun and the De facto ruler of Japan. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
- "ISI not a law-enforcement agency: Pak SC", Times of India, August 22, 2007. The Times of India ( TOI) is a leading English-language Broadsheet Daily newspaper in India. Events 392 - Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.
- Sohail Khan. Sohail Khan ( Hindi, सोहेल ख़ान born December 20, 1970) is an Indian Bollywood actor producer and director "‘ISI not a law-enforcement agency’: SC releases Basit and Nasir; directs handover of Munir to police", The International News, Friday August 24, 2007. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-08-24. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River
© 2009 citizendia.org; parts available under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License, from http://en.wikipedia.org
network: | |