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| India-Pakistan |
| Pakistani opposition leader arrested on treason charges |
| 2003-11-01 |
| Police on Wednesday arrested president of Alliance for Restoration of Democracy (ARD) Makhdoom Javed Hashmi at for supporting India and maligning the armed forces and attempting to incite them to mutiny. The note said Mr Hashmi was arrested because he read out and circulated a letter on a fake Pakistan Army letterhead at a press conference on October 20 in the National Assembly cafeteria and owned its authenticity. Mr Hashmi also claimed at a press conference on Wednesday that he had received hundreds of letters from Army officials who purportedly expressed disappointment with President Musharrafâs policies. So they must have been fake.. Party and police sources told Daily Times that Mr Hashmi, who is also acting president of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), was arrested near the gate of Parliament Lodges. âThey (the government) are preparing a high treason case against me. I might be arrested,â Hashmi told the journalist at a press conference a few hours before his arrest. Abdul Ghafoor, the driver of the arrested political leader, said they were stopped at the gate of the Parliament Lodges by uniformed and plainclothes personnel. PML-N information secretary Muhammad Siddiqul Farooq claimed the ISI was involved in Mr Hashmiâs arrest. |
| Posted by:Paul Moloney |
| #1 This is starting to look like Sadaam started off in the 1980's. |
| Posted by: Charles 2003-11-1 12:32:39 PM |