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No army in world is involved in commerce but our's is selling even cement and bread - Justice Isa

Justice Qazi Faez Isa of the Supreme Court on Wednesday lashed out at security agencies for "failing to produce a new report" on last year's Faizabad sit-in.

After a weeks-long protest at the Faizabad interchange that had disrupted life in the capital, the government and protesters reached an army-brokered agreement in November 2017, in which the former had conceded to the latter's demands.

Justice Isa is part of a two-member SC bench, along with Justice Musheer Alam, which has been hearing a suo motu case regarding the use of abusive language during the sit-in and the difficulties caused to residents of the capital by the roadblocks placed by the agitators.

Justice Isa asked the deputy attorney general on Wednesday if the agencies had a report to submit.

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The deputy attorney general told the bench that no such report has been furnished because the court had not passed any orders in this regard. To this, Justice Isa said that the security agencies should have submitted a new report when the court had expressed its dissatisfaction over the previous report on the same issue.

"Who is paying you? Who is paying the Inter-Services Intelligence? No one should consider themselves above the law," he said while addressing the deputy attorney general.

"The army did not establish this country and the state will not be ruled on the whims and wishes of anyone."

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"Read history to know how Pakistan was established; Quaid-i-Azam was not surrounded by a brigade but a leadership willing to create Pakistan," he said.

Last month, the SC had rejected ISI's report on the Faizabad sit-in, calling it "unsatisfactory". "This report is deeply unsettling: it has been prepared by one of the premier agencies of the country, yet a journalist could have given more details [about the protests] than this report," Justice Isa had said after reviewing the document.

Taking about the inaction on part of the government against the Faizabad protesters, Justice Isa during today's hearing remarked: "No one moves against them who block roads, resort to torture and torch vehicles," he said.

"Those claiming to be 'Aashiq e Rasool' used derogatory language — this is not Islam. They are enemies of Islam; they portray a horrible picture of the religion."

'Army involved in commercial activities'
Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) also criticised the military on Wednesday, questioning its involvement in commercial activities.

He was hearing a petition demanding to make the Faizabad sit-in inquiry report public.

The court, during earlier hearings, had lashed out at the government as well as the army for the role assigned to the military "as the mediator" to end the sit-in. Justice Siddiqui had pointed out that the army chief instead of following the orders of the chief executive became a mediator. "Who is the army to adopt a mediator's role?" the judge had inquired. "Where does the law assign this role to a major general?"

On Wednesday, Justice Siddiqui remarked: "No army in the world is involved in commercial activities but our's is selling even cement, meat and bread."

He said that the court will issue a notice to defence secretary to know about the stance of the ministry over the issue.

"They want to earn as per a commercial model but want to be dealt with like an armed force," he said. Justice Siddiqui went on to say that people have been made mental, economic and moral slaves.

The court issued a notice to the deputy attorney general, seeking a reply on the issue.

The petitioner, through his counsel, contended that they had approached the registrar office for access to the report but the plea was denied. Justice Siddiqui replied on a lighter note, saying that he was already facing six references against him and it seemed that the petitioner wanted Siddiqui to face the seventh one.

"The report has been sealed as per a court order," he told the lawyer.

The case was deferred for an indefinite period.
Well the good thing to ask from honorable judge sahab is that who in Pakistan is performing his/her own duties? Police nokaron ka, foj hukumranon ka, judge police ka, hukumran choron ka....algherz keh, pehly khud to apna kam karo, phir ungli uthana.
 
Laughable BS from Ignorant Judges.


Fauji Foundation is a legally created charitable organization same as any other organization is allowed to create a financial system to take care of their retired people and their families.

http://www.fauji.org.pk/fauji/about-us/aboutus-overview
Fauji Foundation Overview
Fauji Foundation (also known as Fauji Group), is amongst the largest business conglomerate in Pakistan which "Earns To Serve" the interests of ex-servicemen.

    • It is basically a Charitable Trust founded in 1954 for the welfare of the ex-servicemen and their dependents.
    • It is incorporated under the Charitable Endowments Act 1890.
The history of Fauji Foundation dates back to 1945, when a Post War Services Reconstruction Fund (PWSRF) was established for Indian War Veterans who served the British Crown during WW-II. At the time of partition (1947) when Pakistan came into being, the balance fund was transferred to Pakistan in the proportion of its post WW-II veterans. Till 1953, the fund remained in the custody of the civilian Government, when in 1954 it was transferred to the Army.


The Army instead of disbursing the balance fund of about Rs 18.2 millions (USD 0.2 million) among the beneficiaries, invested it in establishing a Textile Mill. Later from the income of the textile mill, it established first 50 bedded TB hospital at Rawalpindi.


Fauji foundation is proud that from Rs 18.2 million in 1953, it today runs more than 18 industries, the income from which is utilized to serve about 9 million beneficiaries (5 % of country's population). Generally, more than 80 percent of the income goes towards the welfare activities every year.


The welfare is conducted through health care, education and vocational/technical training. To a limited extent welfare is also a by- product of employment generated for the beneficiaries through commercial and welfare activities. Presently, the welfare is conducted through 115 medical facilities, 100 Schools & Colleges, 65 Vocational Training Centers and 9 Technical Training Centers.


The commercial activities are generated through two categories of projects namely:

    • Fully Owned and Affiliated Projects
    • Associated Companies
Fully Owned Projects
Associated Companies
Following companies are considered as Associated Companies
 
On March 25, 2008, I took a flight from Karachi to Islamabad. It was Air Blue. It was a morning flight. Qazi Faiz Isa, the judge who made the comment was one of the passengers. He had couple of friends with him, who looked like people who typically hang around powerful individuals in our country. One of the persons had some ticket issue. Qazi Faiz Isa stood in the door and did not let the attendants close the doors until the guy was allowed to board the plane. This was a typical Pakistani solution to a problem where a powerful arm twists to get his way. All along Qazi Faiz Isa kept threatening the flight staff with the usual 'mei woh kardoo gaa, mein yeh kardoo gaa'.

Before you make such holier than thou comments, look around yourself and your own conduct. Its easy to take shots sitting in a position of power.
 

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