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| Head of Jaish e-Mohammad gets bail, keeps his room... |
| 2002-09-21 |
| How the law is undermined in Pakistan by its military rulers can be witnessed from a recent episode – a court granted bail to prominent religious leader Maulana Masood Azhar but the government extended his preventive detention for another 90 days without assigning any reason — just to obey instructions from Washington. Balochistan Post calls him a "prominent religious leader" and fails to mention that he's the head of Jaish e-Mohammad. Wonder why they do that? Additional Sessions Judge Zulfiqar Khan Nasir on Monday granted bail to chief of the banned Jaish-e-Muhammad Maulana Masood Azhar against a surety bond of Rs 30,000. Maulana Masood had moved a bail application through his counsel Muhammad Zafarullah Khan Ghilzai, stating that he had been arrested illegally. The judge said the record had revealed that there was no law and order situation created as a result of the alleged speech delivered by the petitioner nor any segment of the public had been put on the alarm or fear, so there was no violation of the conditions envisaged in Section 16 MPO stated in the FIR. Doesn't matter if he's the head of a major terrorist organization... Meanwhile, the Home Secretary on Monday extended Masood Azhar's detention under 16 MPO for further 90 days. Masood Azhar at present is detained in New Central Jail Bahawalpur. He is facing more than six criminal cases under Arms Act. That's 'cause Perv doesn't like getting shot at. He may have actually had it with the jihadis. We'll see what happens after the elections next month... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |