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		<title>By: Aamir Mughal</title>
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		<description>NRO: Nawaz Sharif, Judiciary &amp; Charter of Democracy.
http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/01/nro-nawaz-sharif-judiciary-charter-of.html

Mr. Nawaz Sharif is quite fond of the Charter of Democracy, Independent Judiciary, Implementation of the Charter of Democracy and above all Accountability. Lets read what History has to say about Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s tall Claims. Read the history after reading Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s statement in The News/Daily Jang.

If I were president, I would have faced courts, says Nawaz PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the government must accept the court verdicts for the sake of solidarity and integrity of the country.
He said President Asif Zardari had disappointed him by not implementing the Charter of Democracy. About the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), he said it was a gift from a dictator and it only benefited the big fish.

As per the Charter of Democracy:

“QUOTE”

LONDON, May 15: The following is the text of the Charter of Democracy signed by former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif here on Sunday: Calling upon the people of Pakistan to join hands to save our motherland from the clutches of military dictatorship and to defend their fundamental, social, political and economic rights and for a democratic, federal, modern and progressive Pakistan as dreamt by the Founder of the nation; have adopted the following, “Charter of Democracy”;

3. (a) The recommendations for appointment of judges to superior judiciary shall be formulated through a commission, which shall comprise of the following: i. The chairman shall be a chief justice, who has never previously taken oath under the PCO.

ii. The members of the commission shall be the chief justices of the provincial high courts who have not taken oath under the PCO, failing which the senior most judge of that high court who has not taken oath shall be the member

4. A Federal Constitutional Court will be set up to resolve constitutional issues, giving equal representation to each of the federating units, whose members may be judges or persons qualified to be judges of the Supreme Court, constituted for a six-year period. The Supreme and High Courts will hear regular civil and criminal cases. The appointment of judges shall be made in the same manner as for judges of higher judiciary.

27. There shall be an independent, autonomous, and impartial election commission. The prime minister shall in consultation with leader of opposition forward up to three names for each position of chief election commissioner, members of election commission, and secretary to joint parliamentary committee, constituted on the same pattern as for appointment of judges in superior judiciary, through transparent public hearing process. In case of no consensus, both prime minister and leader of opposition shall forward separate lists to the joint parliamentary committee for consideration. Provincial election commissioner shall be appointed on the same pattern by committees of respective provincial assemblies.

On PCO Judiciary I will just quote Daily Newspapers. One of the wonders of Internet is this that the History can no more be kept hidden.
According to a notification, the president has appointed Justice Rashid Aziz, Chief Justice, Lahore High Court; Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Chief Justice Sindh High Court; Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice, Balochistan High Court; Qazi Farooq, former chief justice of Peshawar High Court; and Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, judge, Sindh High Court, judges of the Supreme Court. After the elevation of Justice Rashid Aziz Khan to the SC, Justice Mohammad Allah Nawaz has been appointed Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. Justice Deedar Hussain Shah has been appointed Chief Justice of Sindh High Court and Justice Javed Iqbal Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court. After these appointments, the number of SC judges has risen to 12, leaving five posts vacant.

ISLAMABAD, May 7: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday appointed Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, as the next chief justice. He will assume the office on June 30 after retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, on June 29. “The notification has ended speculations of appointment of a junior judge as chief justice in violation of the seniority principle settled under the 1996 Judges case,” commented a senior Supreme Court lawyer on condition of anonymity. Justice Chaudhry will reach the superannuation age of 65 years in 2012, which will make him one of the longest serving chief justices in the judicial history of Pakistan. He will serve as chief justice for over seven years. Earlier Justice A. R. Cornelius and Justice Mohammad Haleem served as chief justice for eight years from 1960 to 68 and 1981 to 89, respectively. Justice Chaudhry was elevated as a judge of the apex court on February 4, 2000. He has performed as acting chief justice from January 17 to 29, 2005. He holds the degree of LLB and started practice as an advocate in 1974. Later he was enrolled as an advocate of high court in 1976 and as an advocate of Supreme Court in 1985. In 1989, Justice Chaudhry was appointed as advocate-general of Balochistan and elevated to the post of additional judge in the Balochistan High Court in 1990. He also served as banking judge, judge of Special Court for Speedy Trials and Customs Appellate Courts as well as company judge. He served as the chief justice of the Balochistan High Court from April 22, 1999 to February 4, 2000. He was elected the president of the High Court Bar Association, Quetta, and twice a member of the Bar Council. He was appointed as the chairman of the Balochistan Local Council Election Authority in 1992 and for a second term in 1998. Justice Chaudhry also worked as the chairman of the Provincial Review Board for Balochistan and was appointed twice as the chairman of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Balochistan. Presently he is functioning as the chairman of the Enrolment Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council and Supreme Court Buildings Committee.

MR. NAWAZ SHARIF AND ACCOUNTABILITY

A number of incidents during 1998-99 indicated a pattern of harassment and intimidation of individual journalists as the government was increasingly becoming intolerant. Imtiaz Alam, a Lahore-based journalist, complains of threat over the telephone and then of his car being set on fire in a mysterious manner the other day. Another Lahore journalist, Mahmud Lodhi, is picked up and held in illegal custody for two days. He was questioned about his involvement with a BBC team filming a documentary on the rise and wealth of the Sharif family. Hussain Haqqani is picked up in a cloak-and-dagger fashion and interrogated at a FIA Center in connection with charges vaguely to do with money embezzlement while he held government office. The residence of Idrees Bakhtiar, a senior staff reporter of Herald monthly and BBC correspondent in Karachi was raided by CIA police on Nov. 26,1998.

BBC DOCUMENTARY ON NAWAZ SHARIF CORRUPTION:

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiNLCtw2Vkg&amp;feature=related

MR. NAWAZ SHARIF &amp; PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE (N) ATTACKS SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN.

Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part 1

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2oj2B4pTg

Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part 2

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m01npQowwc&amp;feature=related

Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part 3

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5eFHohRC2g&amp;feature=related

Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part4

URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBHoYk0gqY&amp;feature=related

REST IS HISTORY: NRO: Nawaz Sharif, Judiciary &amp; Charter of Democracy. http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/01/nro-nawaz-sharif-judiciary-charter-of.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NRO: Nawaz Sharif, Judiciary &#038; Charter of Democracy.<br />
<a href="http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/01/nro-nawaz-sharif-judiciary-charter-of.html" rel="nofollow">http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/01/nro-nawaz-sharif-judiciary-charter-of.html</a></p>
<p>Mr. Nawaz Sharif is quite fond of the Charter of Democracy, Independent Judiciary, Implementation of the Charter of Democracy and above all Accountability. Lets read what History has to say about Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s tall Claims. Read the history after reading Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s statement in The News/Daily Jang.</p>
<p>If I were president, I would have faced courts, says Nawaz PESHAWAR: Pakistan Muslim League-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif on Friday said the government must accept the court verdicts for the sake of solidarity and integrity of the country.<br />
He said President Asif Zardari had disappointed him by not implementing the Charter of Democracy. About the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO), he said it was a gift from a dictator and it only benefited the big fish.</p>
<p>As per the Charter of Democracy:</p>
<p>“QUOTE”</p>
<p>LONDON, May 15: The following is the text of the Charter of Democracy signed by former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif here on Sunday: Calling upon the people of Pakistan to join hands to save our motherland from the clutches of military dictatorship and to defend their fundamental, social, political and economic rights and for a democratic, federal, modern and progressive Pakistan as dreamt by the Founder of the nation; have adopted the following, “Charter of Democracy”;</p>
<p>3. (a) The recommendations for appointment of judges to superior judiciary shall be formulated through a commission, which shall comprise of the following: i. The chairman shall be a chief justice, who has never previously taken oath under the PCO.</p>
<p>ii. The members of the commission shall be the chief justices of the provincial high courts who have not taken oath under the PCO, failing which the senior most judge of that high court who has not taken oath shall be the member</p>
<p>4. A Federal Constitutional Court will be set up to resolve constitutional issues, giving equal representation to each of the federating units, whose members may be judges or persons qualified to be judges of the Supreme Court, constituted for a six-year period. The Supreme and High Courts will hear regular civil and criminal cases. The appointment of judges shall be made in the same manner as for judges of higher judiciary.</p>
<p>27. There shall be an independent, autonomous, and impartial election commission. The prime minister shall in consultation with leader of opposition forward up to three names for each position of chief election commissioner, members of election commission, and secretary to joint parliamentary committee, constituted on the same pattern as for appointment of judges in superior judiciary, through transparent public hearing process. In case of no consensus, both prime minister and leader of opposition shall forward separate lists to the joint parliamentary committee for consideration. Provincial election commissioner shall be appointed on the same pattern by committees of respective provincial assemblies.</p>
<p>On PCO Judiciary I will just quote Daily Newspapers. One of the wonders of Internet is this that the History can no more be kept hidden.<br />
According to a notification, the president has appointed Justice Rashid Aziz, Chief Justice, Lahore High Court; Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, Chief Justice Sindh High Court; Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, Chief Justice, Balochistan High Court; Qazi Farooq, former chief justice of Peshawar High Court; and Justice Rana Bhagwan Das, judge, Sindh High Court, judges of the Supreme Court. After the elevation of Justice Rashid Aziz Khan to the SC, Justice Mohammad Allah Nawaz has been appointed Chief Justice of Lahore High Court. Justice Deedar Hussain Shah has been appointed Chief Justice of Sindh High Court and Justice Javed Iqbal Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court. After these appointments, the number of SC judges has risen to 12, leaving five posts vacant.</p>
<p>ISLAMABAD, May 7: President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday appointed Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, as the next chief justice. He will assume the office on June 30 after retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice, Justice Nazim Hussain Siddiqui, on June 29. “The notification has ended speculations of appointment of a junior judge as chief justice in violation of the seniority principle settled under the 1996 Judges case,” commented a senior Supreme Court lawyer on condition of anonymity. Justice Chaudhry will reach the superannuation age of 65 years in 2012, which will make him one of the longest serving chief justices in the judicial history of Pakistan. He will serve as chief justice for over seven years. Earlier Justice A. R. Cornelius and Justice Mohammad Haleem served as chief justice for eight years from 1960 to 68 and 1981 to 89, respectively. Justice Chaudhry was elevated as a judge of the apex court on February 4, 2000. He has performed as acting chief justice from January 17 to 29, 2005. He holds the degree of LLB and started practice as an advocate in 1974. Later he was enrolled as an advocate of high court in 1976 and as an advocate of Supreme Court in 1985. In 1989, Justice Chaudhry was appointed as advocate-general of Balochistan and elevated to the post of additional judge in the Balochistan High Court in 1990. He also served as banking judge, judge of Special Court for Speedy Trials and Customs Appellate Courts as well as company judge. He served as the chief justice of the Balochistan High Court from April 22, 1999 to February 4, 2000. He was elected the president of the High Court Bar Association, Quetta, and twice a member of the Bar Council. He was appointed as the chairman of the Balochistan Local Council Election Authority in 1992 and for a second term in 1998. Justice Chaudhry also worked as the chairman of the Provincial Review Board for Balochistan and was appointed twice as the chairman of the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, Balochistan. Presently he is functioning as the chairman of the Enrolment Committee of the Pakistan Bar Council and Supreme Court Buildings Committee.</p>
<p>MR. NAWAZ SHARIF AND ACCOUNTABILITY</p>
<p>A number of incidents during 1998-99 indicated a pattern of harassment and intimidation of individual journalists as the government was increasingly becoming intolerant. Imtiaz Alam, a Lahore-based journalist, complains of threat over the telephone and then of his car being set on fire in a mysterious manner the other day. Another Lahore journalist, Mahmud Lodhi, is picked up and held in illegal custody for two days. He was questioned about his involvement with a BBC team filming a documentary on the rise and wealth of the Sharif family. Hussain Haqqani is picked up in a cloak-and-dagger fashion and interrogated at a FIA Center in connection with charges vaguely to do with money embezzlement while he held government office. The residence of Idrees Bakhtiar, a senior staff reporter of Herald monthly and BBC correspondent in Karachi was raided by CIA police on Nov. 26,1998.</p>
<p>BBC DOCUMENTARY ON NAWAZ SHARIF CORRUPTION:</p>
<p>URL: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiNLCtw2Vkg&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiNLCtw2Vkg&#038;feature=related</a></p>
<p>MR. NAWAZ SHARIF &#038; PAKISTAN MUSLIM LEAGUE (N) ATTACKS SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN.</p>
<p>Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part 1</p>
<p>URL: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2oj2B4pTg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF2oj2B4pTg</a></p>
<p>Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part 2</p>
<p>URL: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m01npQowwc&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9m01npQowwc&#038;feature=related</a></p>
<p>Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part 3</p>
<p>URL: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5eFHohRC2g&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5eFHohRC2g&#038;feature=related</a></p>
<p>Nawaz Sharif attack on Supreme Court, A rear footage Part4</p>
<p>URL: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBHoYk0gqY&#038;feature=related" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTBHoYk0gqY&#038;feature=related</a></p>
<p>REST IS HISTORY: NRO: Nawaz Sharif, Judiciary &#038; Charter of Democracy. <a href="http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/01/nro-nawaz-sharif-judiciary-charter-of.html" rel="nofollow">http://chagataikhan.blogspot.com/2010/01/nro-nawaz-sharif-judiciary-charter-of.html</a></p>
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