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| Imran's party files complaint against CIA station chief |
| 2013-11-28 |
| [The Hindu] Pakistain Tehrik e Insaf (PTI) has named the CIA station chief in Islamabad, Craig Osth and CIA Director John O. Brennan in a complaint lodged at Tal cop shoppe in Hangu district ... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them... in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... on Wednesday against the drone strike on November 21 which killed six persons. In a complaint filed for committing the offences of murder and waging war against Pakistain by Shireen Mazari, central information secretary PTI alleged that Craig Osth is running an illegal clandestine spying operation throughout Pakistain but specifically in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and annexed Tribal Areas, wherein Osth and his allies (names not known yet) throw a GPS (Global Positioning System) device at a targeted house/ car and the Drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), which is remotely controlled from The Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. High Court has already declared such drone strikes illegal and a violation of Pak and International laws in its judgment. Ms Mazari stated that Craig Osth is currently residing and operating from the United States Embassy situated in the Diplomatic Enclave in Islamabad, which is a clear violation of diplomatic norms and laws as a foreign mission cannot be used for any criminal activity within a sovereign state. CIA Station Chief is not a diplomatic post therefore he does not enjoy any diplomatic immunity and is within the bounds of domestic laws of Pakistain. It is a fact that the nominated accused Craig Osth is not a Pak citizen, but under Pakistain Penal Code he is clearly subject to the jurisdiction of Pakistain under Section 3 of the Pakistain Penal Code, she said. The complaint said Osth is guilty of committing offences under the law of the land and he should be put on the exit control list so he doesn't try and leave the country. This is not the first time a CIA station chief in Islamabad has been named in a police complaint. Advocate Shahzhad Akbar too had, before filing a public interest in the Peshawar high court which resulted in the landmark order, named the CIA station chief in 2010.Then the complaint was filed on behalf of Karim Khan whose brother and son died in a drone attack. |
| Posted by:Fred |