Bharat Rakshak

The massive UK investigation has come down to two cases: money laundering and the murder of Imran Farooq. For the police in London the murder has always been the higher priority. The police said from an early stage that they believed the murder had a political aspect. And that’s important. It’s a red line. The UK does not want the disputes of foreign political activists to be fought out on the streets of London. Whether the victim is Russian or Pakistani any such murder sparks a determined effort to bring the perpetrators to justice.

The money-laundering case was only ever a secondary, incidental investigation that arose because of large amounts of cash found in the course of the murder enquiry. To that extent it was the evidence that lead the police to the money laundering issue. But there was also always the possibility that the money laundering case could give the UK authorities some leverage in the murder case.

But the army/ISI/establishment/deep state in Pakistan now has diametrically opposed priorities. They want to advance the money laundering case ahead of the murder one. That’s because with the money laundering case comes what the Pakistani military sees as the enticing prospect of a UK court hearing evidence that India funded a group often accused of engaging in violence in Karachi.

There is another factor to consider. For the ISI, the murder case carries the risk of embarrassment. When the Pakistan government recently ordered the arrest in Chaman of two suspects in the murder case – Mohsin Ali Syed and Khalid Shamin – two difficult questions arose. First, where had they been for the last five years? Were they, as many press reports suggest, in illegal ISI detention all that time? And secondly what has happened to another named suspect Kashif Khan Kamran? Did he escape? Is he still alive?

It is not clear if the UK police currently visiting Pakistan have been granted access to Mohsin Ali Syed and Khalid Shamin. But reports suggest that they have either had none or very limited access. Most or all of their meetings have been with another suspect, Muazzam Ali. That would make sense because Muazzam Ali’s detention history raises less difficult issues for the ISI.

In other words the establishment in Pakistan now has a couple of reasons for not wanting the murder case to advance rapidly, especially if that takes attention away from the money laundering case. There is a possibility that Pakistan will try to drag out the murder case by not granting access to the suspects and that in return the UK will go slow on the money laundering case.

In any event there are now two sets of national authorities working on the basis of different priorities.

The next key moment comes in July when the six people arrested in the money laundering case will either have their cases dropped, their bail extended or be charged.

pankajs wrote:Karachi_Post ‏@Karachi_Post 1h1 hour ago

My sources are telling me that Zaid Hamid had met several Saudi dissidents in #Saudi and was planning coercive acts in #KSA #Saudi #Yemen

My sources are telling me that Zaid Hamid had met several Saudi dissidents in #Saudi and was planning coercive acts in #KSA #Saudi #Yemen

LONDON: Lord[*] Nazir Ahmed of House of Lords, London has written a letter to Saudi Prince and raised concerns about the detention of Pakistani citizen Zaid Hamid.

He also demands that Saudi authorities should make clear that whether he is a political prisoner or a threat to national security of their country.

Gus wrote:Pakis did rebuff the KSA request for troops. Must have been a rude shock to KSA after all that money and support for decades. Could this zaid idiot jailing be related to that?

vayu tuvan wrote:

Gus wrote:Pakis did rebuff the KSA request for troops. Must have been a rude shock to KSA after all that money and support for decades. Could this zaid idiot jailing be related to that?

He is too small a fry, is he not?

Can one imagine David Cameron or Barack Obama or Angela Merkel or Francois Hollande making trips abroad, while their respective countries reel from blood-soaked trails of the most sinister scam? Can one imagine the leaders not succumbing to calls for resignation, when that scam leaves behind 48 unexplained deaths?Logic says they should step aside till a highest-level investigation clears the names of their party men. But the thick-skinned Indian premier is not only tight-lipped over the issue facing his country, he is also unperturbed with his cohorts telling the media that Narendra Modi need not comment on such “silly” issues.Social media savvy Modi who even tweets on Tunisia, Syria, Pakistan and Bangladesh is yet to post one word on Vyapam, whose victims include policemen, journalists, doctors, teachers, intermediaries and more, who have died in unexplained accidents, mysterious suicides and puzzling heart attacks. Modi who is currently enjoying Uzbekistan’s hospitality has nothing to offer the country trying to make sense of suspicious deaths because most of the victims were young and a vital link to the $1 billion scam.
Modi’s apologists have been diligently trying to maintain the premier’s pro-business and pro-investment image, but in the words of Ruchir Sharma, who oversees more than $25 billion as New York-based head of emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, “India is still aspiring to be an economic miracle.” The Bharatiya Janata Party tom-tommed its transparency and political probity to come to power, as the Congress was neck-deep in various corruption quagmires. But deep-rooted favoritism and financial corruption have already exposed the ruling Hindu extremist party. The furor around fugitive ex-Indian Premier League boss Lalit Modi refuses to end. Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj’s argument that she helped the scam-tainted ex-cricket boss on humanitarian grounds as his wife was suffering from cancer has not satisfied the opposition and even some of her own colleagues. Parallel to it, the BJP’s trump card in Rajasthan, Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje, secretly supported Lalit Modi’s bid to obtain immigration documents in the UK. In Modi’s India, education is being systematically de-secularized. Irani has been accused of working to destroy reputed institutions, insult educationalists and appoint unqualified saffron functionaries on high positions.It is surprising to note the BJP leaders are using food as a weapon. NYT’s Sonia Faleiro has rightly pointed out that the BJP’s decisions threaten to make India’s children — already among the most undernourished in the world — weaker still. Madhya Pradesh has banned eggs in free meals at government schools, because eggs are a non-vegetarian food, abhorred by some Hindus.
As for the BJP’s beef ban, it is a body blow to the poor. Beef, unlike mutton and chicken, is cheap. It is an important source of protein for low-caste Dalits, and for minority communities like Muslims and Christians. Hindus consider cows sacred, but ultra-nationalists have lobbied aggressively on the issue, not out of concern for the animals — which live on garbage — but to force their religious beliefs on non-Hindus. India under Modi has seen a plethora of anti-Muslim designs. A recent one is the outrageous de-recognition of madrasas by the BJP government in Maharashtra. The ill-timed and ill-designed move has drawn outrage from Muslims and opposition parties.The Atali riot, in which a mosque was destroyed, in Haryana has followed the horror story of Muzaffarnagar in UP — pointing to the fact that the principal minority continues to be the softest and the most favorite target of pseudo nationalists.
The government’s attempts to make singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in public schools have left the principal minority livid, as Muslims do not bow to anyone other than Almighty Allah. Radical Hindu leaders such as Sadhvi Niranjan, Sadhvi Prachi, Yogi Adityanath, Pravin Togadia, Varun Gandhi and Giriraj Singh are outdoing each other in spitting venom against Muslims. Prachi took this brazenness to a new level when she publicly threatened Muslims that if devotees are attacked on their way to Hindu shrines, the Hajis will face consequences.
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ramana wrote:Shiv posted on twitter that Zaheel Hamid gets 50 lashes a week for 20 weeks. 7 every day and 8 on Fridin.

Jhujar wrote:

ramana wrote:Shiv posted on twitter that Zaheel Hamid gets 50 lashes a week for 20 weeks. 7 every day and 8 on Fridin.

Abb Aaya Hamid Saudi Oonth Ke Neeche!. Fun will start after Fridin when flesh will be tender, salwar wet and eyes moist.
Rotte Hue Aaya Thaa Yeh, Rotte Hue Hi Mar Jayega
50 Lashes week Khaa kar Mush yeh Apni ..wayega
Tabbhi Ghazwa Be Hind Ka Matlab isko Samajh Aayega

Supporters of Bibi are calling on the U.S. to use the approximately $900 million in annual foreign aid it provides Pakistan as leverage to obtain justice for Bibi and others suffering under the Muslim nation's Draconian blasphemy laws.

Supporters of Bibi are calling on the U.S. [*]to use the approximately $900 million in annual foreign aid it provides Pakistan as leverage to obtain justice for Bibi and others suffering under the Muslim nation's Draconian blasphemy laws.

Falijee wrote:Newspaper claims former army chief Gen Kayani stopped by FIA from leaving country for Australia

ISLAMABAD: The government has ruled out the possibility of proscribing Jamaatud Dawa (JuD) in the near future and says there is no evidence of the charity organisation having been formed in place of the outlawed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Minister for States and Frontier Region retired Gen Abdul Qadir Baloch told the Senate on behalf of Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan during the question hour on Tuesday that the United Nations Security Council had in a resolution listed the JuD as LeT with a new name, but no supporting evidence had been shared with Pakistan to establish the connection.

Falijee wrote:As a British LArd, is he allowed to interfere in the domestics matters of Pakiland :-? Was prior permission from House of Lords obtained ? Back channel used by the Pakis ?

Vipul wrote:This Nazir Ahmed character is very commonly found on Paki TV chat shows on anything relating to Baldania (UK). He tries to prove himself more Paki then an aam abdul. The MI 5 guys must most certainly be having him under surveillance for his pro-paki stand even when it concerns UK's national security interests.

Jhujar wrote:Welcome to Modistan
A Maskeen Paki who call himself Syed to Satisfy Ammi's Khwab

Haroun Rashid ‏@HarounRashid2
Pak hockey captain blamed poor diet- "naan chollay eaters"- for debacle. Jokes aside, he has a point. #hockey

Jhujar wrote: . . .50 Lashes week Khaa kar Mush yeh Apni ..wayega
Tabbhi Ghazwa Be Hind Ka Matlab isko Samajh Aayega