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Lal Masjid cleric acquitted in all cases
 [Dawn] Maulana Abdul Aziz, the chief holy man of Lal Masjid, was acquitted from his last case on Monday by a judicial magistrate of Islamabad, Mohammad Naveed Khan.Since 2001, 27 different cases had been registered against Maulana Aziz, and the last one was registered on April 1, 2007 by the Kohsar police. The first of the 27 cases against Maulana Abdul Aziz and his associates was registered on September 28, 2001, for delivering fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... speeches. Between 2001 and 2005, the police registered 10 cases of which five were registered under different sections of the Anti Terrorism Act 1997. The remaining five were withdrawn before 2007. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... 22 cases were later registered against the holy man between January and July, 2007. The last case registered against the holy man stated that he had threatened shopkeepers of Aabpara and Jinnah Super for selling movies containing indecent content. In this regard, the prosecution produced 60 witnesses against Maulana Aziz. However, some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves... when the relevant witnesses, including the shopkeepers, were produced before the court, they disowned the prosecution's story and claimed that Maulana Aziz had never threatened them or visited their shops. Maulana Wajihullah advocate, counsel of Maulana Aziz, after the holy man's acquittal told Dawn that former president General (retired)  Pervez PervMusharraf ... former dictator of Pakistain, who was less dictatorial and corrupt than any Pak civilian government to date ... had forced the police to register fake cases against the holy man and his family members. He said Maulana Aziz and his family members had now been acquitted from all fake cases but Gen Musharraf himself was still facing trials. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-25 |
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