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Wife urges commission to hear Yasin Malik
[Dawn] The memo commission was approached from an unliklely quarter on Saturday when the wife of Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik...  chairman of one of the two factions of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. JKLF is a Kashmiri nationalist organization founded in Birmingham, UK in 1977. Branches weren't actually established in Kashmir for another ten years. It has the usual demands for separation of J&K from secular India so it can become an independent Islamic rathole. It seems to have no interest in Pak Kashmir breaking away to join it. In 1994 Malik renounced violence after he was released from jail and from that point he and his organization pursued peaceful means to impose their will on the area...submitted an application to become a party in the case. Mushaal Malik said an allegation levelled by Mansoor Ijaz, the American businessman, that he had arranged a meeting between her husband and C. D. Sahay, a former Indian intelligence chief, had damaged his reputation. Mr Ijaz, on his part, once again jolted the proceedings of the commission investigating the origin, authenticity and purpose of the controversial memorandum as he accused President  Asif Ali President Ten PercentZardari ... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ... of giving the go-ahead to the US president for the May 2 raid in Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... without consulting the Army and the ISI. In her petition, Yasin Malik's wife requested the commission to provide her husband an opportunity to explain his position. She said since Mr Malik was at present in Srinagar, he could appear before the commission next month. At this point, Mr Ijaz's counsel, contrary to the stance taken by him earlier in the day, suggested to the commission to delete the portion of the testimony related to Mr Malik from the record. He said acceptance of the application would open a new Pandora's box because the commission would have to summon the former Indian intelligence chief and a news hound of a foreign newspaper as well. Advocate Bokhari requested the commission to accept the plea. "Since Mr Malik claims having some evidence against Mr Ijaz, he will be useful for the inquiry." The commission deferred the matter till Sunday. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-19 |
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