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Mullick urges UK lawmakers to play role in halting rights violations in held Kashmir

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November 30, 2023

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Mullick urges UK lawmakers to play role in halting rights violations in held Kashmir

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Human Rights and Women Empowerment Mushaal Mullick on Thursday urged British parliamentarians to play a proactive role in halting human rights violations in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and repealing its draconian laws, including its demographic engineering in the occupied territory.

Mullick attended a meeting of cross-party British Parliamentarians, convened by MP Debbie Abrahams, the APPG chairperson on Jammu & Kashmir, at a virtual platform from London. Besides British lawmakers, members of civil society and human rights organisations also participated in the virtual debate which revolved around the state of human rights affairs in Jammu and Kashmir.

The SAPM briefed the parliamentarians about human rights abuses by the Indian government in the Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). She particularly raised the issue of gross violations of human rights against women and children in the occupied territory.

Mullick urged the international community to take notice of the treatment being meted out to minorities, particularly the Christians and other minority communities under the RSS [Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] ideology in India.

She said that Kashmiris were deeply concerned over the attempts to alter the demographics of the IIOJK. She said that the world wasn’t paying enough attention to the resolution of this dispute which, according to her, had been lingering on the UN agenda for the past 75 years.

Mullick called upon the international community to uphold international human rights obligations and help implement the relevant UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions on Jammu & Kashmir. She urged the British parliamentarians to play a proactive role in halting human rights violations in the occupied Jammu and Kashmir, repealing India’s draconian laws, including its demographic engineering in the occupied territory.

Mullick said that her husband Yasin Malik, the chairman of the Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was a political prisoner and had been languishing in the Tihar Jail, India, for years. She told the British lawmakers that their young daughter had been deprived of meeting her own father and she was seriously concerned about the health and well-being of Yasin Malik.

She feared that Yasin Malik would be awarded a death sentence against his appeal scheduled for hearing early next month. She appealed to the UK parliamentarians to raise their concerns over this injustice.

The SAPM thanked the participants for inviting her to speak to the British parliamentarians and human rights activists through the APPG-Kashmir forum. She also thanked them for expressing their solidarity with the oppressed Kashmiris.

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Court reserves verdict on PTI founder’s bail plea in May 9 case

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May 16, 2024

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Court reserves verdict on PTI founder's bail plea in May 9 case

The Islamabad district and sessions court has reserved verdict on the bail plea of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder in the May 9 case.

Judicial Magistrate Omar Shabbir heard the case against the PTI leader registered in Shahzad Town police station.

Naeem Haider Panjhota, Sardar Masroof and Amina Ali appeared before the judge as counsel for the PTI leader.

The lawyers said the case against the PTI founder had not been pursued by an authorised officer. All cases against him had been instituted on the basis of politics and should, therefore, be quashed, they demanded.

The court after listening to the arguments reserved the verdict.

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Rawalpindi court bins plea for initiating case against former commissioner Liaquat Chattha

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May 16, 2024

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Rawalpindi court bins plea for initiating case against former commissioner Liaquat Chattha

The Rawalpindi Sessions Court on Thursday dismissed a petition seeking the registration of a case against former Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Hakim Khan issued a two-page written order on the petition.

In its order, the court observed that apart from the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), a departmental inquiry was also being conducted against the former commissioner.

If the allegations were proven in the ECP and departmental inquiries, a legal action was certain, the order stated, adding that in this situation, there was no justification for registering a separate case against the former Rawalpindi commissioner.

Two lawyers from Rawalpindi had filed the petition seeking the registration of a case against former commissioner.

In a Feb 18 presser, the former commissioner admitted that elections in his division were “rigged”.

The commissioner accused Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja of being complicit in the rigging and asserted that he, along with the CEC and Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, deserved punishment, even the death penalty, for their injustice.

Chattha expressed remorse for forcing his subordinates to engage in wrongdoing and admitted that winning candidates were made to lose on 13 seats in the Rawalpindi division.

Later on Feb 23, Chattha retracted his earlier statement in a written statement submitted to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

In the statement, Chattha confessed to having supported the narrative of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) about rigging in the general elections and maligning state institutions in exchange for a lucrative position in the future.

He stated he had been made this offer by a Lahore-based PTI leader with whom he had developed a close friendship.

Chattha alleged that “this entire planning had been formulated after consultation and approval of the senior leadership of PTI”.

He stated that this proposal was made by the said [PTI] individual in consideration of the fact that he was about to retire from service after having remained a part of the services for 32 years and enjoyed all the perks and privileges.

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IHC orders Zartaj Gul to appear before court with record in ECL name removal case

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May 16, 2024

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IHC orders Zartaj Gul to appear before court with record in ECL name removal case

Islamabad High Court (IHC) has sought the record from Zartaj Gul’s counsel on a petition seeking the name removal of PTI leader and MNA Zartaj Gul from the Exit Control List (ECL).

IHC’s Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri heard the case on Zartaj Gul’s name removal from ECL.

During the hearing, the state counsel stated that Zartaj Gul’s name has been included in the Provisional National Identification List (PNIL).

Upon inquiry from the court, the state counsel informed that Zartaj Gul’s name was included in PNIL on the order of Islamabad and Punjab police, and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) was responsible for including the name in PNIL.

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State counsel added that five cases were registered against Zartaj Gul in Islamabad and Punjab.

The petitioner’s counsel, Advocate Usama, disclosed that Zartaj Gul has been granted bail in those cases. He reiterated that the name was being included in the PNIL list despite being on bail.

During the hearing, Justice Tariq Jahangiri inquired about how many cases Zartaj Gul has been granted bail in and ordered the petitioner to appear before the court in the next hearing.

Consequently, IHC has adjourned the case hearing until next week by directing Zartaj Gul’s counsel to appear before the court in the next hearing with records.

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