Shoe thrown at Musharraf amid bail extension

[third eye]

Shoe thrown at Musharraf amid bail extension | Pakistan | DAWN.COM

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday granted bail extension to former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, DawnNews reported.

Pervez Musharraf appeared before the court amid lawyers chanting slogans against him. An angry protester also threw a shoe at the former president which missed him.

Earlier on March 22, the court had granted protective bail to Musharraf in three high-profile cases in which he was facing arrest warrants.

A single-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Mushir Alam, had granted protective bail to Musharraf in the case of ‘illegal confinement’ of 62 judges after he declared a state of emergency in the country on November 3, 2007.

Another two-member bench headed by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah granted pre-arrival protective bail to the former military leader in two more cases for two weeks in which he was facing non-bailable arrest warrants.

The cases are the murder of former governor and chief minister of Balochistan Nawab Akbar Bugti in August 2007 and the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto in a gun-and-bomb attack in Rawalpindi in December 2007.

 

[SamantK]

What has this democracy done to Pakistan, could anyone think about doing that sometime back?

 

[W.11]

indians will be happy................ but lets remind who these lawyers are

who hailed a killer mumtaz qadri

 

[OrionHunter]

An angry protester also threw a shoe at the former president which missed him.

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/nation...harraf-amid-bail-extension.html#ixzz2Oul71itu

Throwing shoes has now become a fashion! Jeeez! Rotten eggs and tomatoes is now passé!

But seeing that Mush has already so much egg on his face after Kargil, a shoe was thrown at him instead!!

 

[Jango]

It was a lawyer that threw the show, it hit his face by the looks of it.

 

[W.11]

Throwing shoes has now become a fashion! Jeeez! Rotten eggs and tomatoes is now passé!

But seeing that Mush has already so much egg on his face after Kargil, a shoe was thrown at him instead!!

its indian fantasy we are not discussing here

 

[SamantK]

It was a lawyer that threw the show, it hit his face by the looks of it.

And they should be rightly pissed for making a joke of the judiciary

 

[W.11]

maybe a paid lawyer who was given money by political people to humiliate mush

 

[third eye]

indians will be happy................ but lets remind who these lawyers are

who hailed a killer mumtaz qadri

A shoe is thrown at Mush ,, why should Indians be happy or sad ?

Indian couldn't care less if Mush gets a Shoe or an egg on his face.

Is it so difficult NOT to drag India into everything that happens or does not happen in Pakistan ?

 

[Leader]

this was expected...

 

[UmarJustice]

Throwing shoes has now become a fashion! Jeeez! Rotten eggs and tomatoes is now passé!

But seeing that Mush has already so much egg on his face after Kargil, a shoe was thrown at him instead!!

Butt hurt are you?

 

[W.11]

A shoe is thrown at Mush ,, why should Indians be happy or sad ?

Indian couldn't care less if Mush gets a Shoe or an egg on his face.

Is it so difficult NOT to drag India into everything that happens or does not happen in Pakistan ?

then why an indian make a thread in the first place if you arnt happy

 

[UmarJustice]

this was expected...

PTI fans usually have sweet spot for Musharraf, what is your opinion?

 

[third eye]

then why an indian make a thread in the first place if you arnt happy

I have made at least 1000 + threads, does it mean that I was ' happy' hence I made them ?

Grow up.

 

[Windjammer]

I have made at least 1000 + threads, does it mean that I was ' happy' hence I made them ?

Grow up.

Never seen you or any other Indian touch the subject elsewhere.....it seems to be in fashion in India.

Election-related shoeings in India
The sensation surrounding the shoeing of George W. Bush seems to have inspired a number of copycat incidents in India, where a general election was held from 16 April to 13 May 2009. Several Indian politicians of note were targeted during the very heated election season, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
At P. Chidambaram
India's Home Minister P. Chidambaram was shoed on 7 April 2009 by Jarnail Singh, a Sikh journalist who works at the Hindi daily Dainik Jagaran.[18] Chidamabaram was asked a question by Jarnail Singh on the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. He said that CBI was not under the home ministry, and no ministry of the government had put any pressure on the CBI. He said that "It is for the court to accept or reject or ask for further investigation by CBI. Let us wait for the court decision". When Jarnail Singh persisted with his questions, Chidambaram told him "no arguments, you are using this forum...". Following this the journalist lobbed his shoe saying 'I protest'. Thrown underhand with little force, the shoe narrowly missed hitting Chidambaram. (there is a view that it was never intended to hurt him anyways) The action caused a flutter in the hall.[52][verification needed]
Chidambaram responded to the situation in a composed manner and said that the journalist should be removed from the press conference hall gently. Chidambaram appealed to the reporters, "let not the action of one emotional person hijack the entire press conference. I have answered his questions to the best of my ability."
After the incident, Jarnail Singh said that he was sorry for the method of protest he adopted, but issue is right. He added that he felt upset that the government had not done justice in the anti-Sikh riots. Singh also appealed to journalists and others not to repeat his actions. Asked if he could have used some other manner to protest..."For the last 25 years this has been happening. So what other method is left (to protest)", Jarnail Singh said.[53]
Jarnail Singh was let off without any charges on the insistence of Chidambaram. The whole incident set off a major media feeding frenzy with 24x7 TV coverage and snowballed into a major election issue which embarrassed Congress politically. The police said that no complaint was lodged with them, and Chidambaram said that the journalist should be forgiven.[54] A few Sikh bodies came out in Singh's support and even offered rewards. The shoe throwing incident also sparked off widespread protests by Sikhs against the CBI which had given a clean chit to Tytler.[55]
After the shoe throwing incident, Congress calculated politically that all the media controversy created could make it lose many seats especially in Punjab. Fearing further controversy, Congress dropped both Tytler and Sajjan Kumar as congress candidates from Lok Sabha 2009 elections.[56]
At Manmohan Singh
During an election rally, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh came under a shoe attack in Ahmedabad on 26 April 2009. A 28-year-old man made an attempt to throw a shoe at the Prime Minister while he was addressing the rally. The shoe landed a few meters away from Dr Singh. Soon after the incident took place, the young shoe thrower was taken away by the police. Dr Singh asked the police not to file any charges. The incident was condemned by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and was called an "unestablished way of protesting against democracy."At B. S. Yeddyurappa
On 28 April 2009, a chappal was hurled at Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa at a Bharatiya Janata Party rally for the ongoing elections in the town of Channarayapatna, Hassan district. The slipper landed far from the dais, but the man who tossed it was arrested and charged with assault. The Karnataka State Police report that the man who threw the slipper, a vagabond named Chandrashekar, appeared to be drunk at the time.[58]
At Naveen Jindal
In April 2009, a schoolteacher hurled a slipper at Indian National Congress Lok Sabha candidate Naveen Jindal.
At Lal Krishna Advani
In April 2009, BJP worker Pavas Agrawal hurled a slipper at BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani.[60] Agrawal was arrested for interrogation.