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The full version of Justice Khosa’s addition to Pity the Nation is below:



Pity the nation that achieves nationhood in the name of a religion

but pays little heed to truth, righteousness and accountability

which are the essence of every religion.

Pity the nation that proclaims democracy as its polity

but restricts it to queuing up for casting of ballots only

and discourages democratic values.

Pity the nation that measures honour with success

and respect with authority,

that despises sublime and cherishes mundane,

that treats a criminal as a hero and considers civility as weakness

and that deems a sage a fool and venerates the wicked.

Pity the nation that adopts a Constitution

but allows political interests to outweigh constitutional diktat.

Pity the nation that demands justice for all

but is agitated when justice hurts its political loyalty.

Pity the nation whose servants treat their solemn oaths

as nothing more than a formality before entering upon an office.

Pity the nation that elects a leader as a redeemer

but expects him to bend every law to favour his benefactors.

Pity the nation whose leaders seek martyrdom

through disobeying the law

than giving sacrifices for the glory of law

and who see no shame in crime.

Pity the nation that is led by those

who laugh at the law

little realizing that the law shall have the last laugh.

Pity the nation that launches a movement for rule of law

but cries foul when the law is applied against its bigwig,

that reads judicial verdicts through political glasses

and that permits skills of advocacy to be practised

more vigorously outside the courtroom than inside.

Pity the nation that punishes its weak and poor

but is shy of bringing its high and mighty to book.

Pity the nation that clamours for equality before law

but has selective justice close to its heart.

Pity the nation that thinks from its heart

and not from its head.

Indeed, pity the nation

that does not discern villainy from nobility.

Violating procedures: Govt circumvents rules for Khosa’s appointment

By Shahbaz Rana
Published: August 25, 2013

ISLAMABAD: The government allegedly circumvented the procedures in the appointment of the prime minister’s principal secretary, Nasir Mahmood Khosa, as executive director ED/AED of the World Bank, The Express Tribune has learnt.

Official sources said that neither the position was circulated nor the handpicked candidates were interviewed.
According to the April 2000 office memorandum of the establishment division, any vacancy for international organisations, foreign governments and UN agencies has to be widely circulated to all ministries, divisions and provincial governments.
The post alternates between Pakistan and Algeria. The ED/AED is responsible for protecting the interests of a constituency of seven countries in addition to securing concessionary loans.
Khosa – who is retiring on September 14 – will succeed Raja Azeem-ul Haque, son-in-law of former premier Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. Azeem’s appointment was challenged in the Supreme Court, and fearing an adverse ruling he quit only seven months after taking over.
Khosa belongs to the District Management Group, now known as Pakistan Administrative Services. His appointment as the ED/AED had long been anticipated, official sources said.
Appointment procedure
According to the office memorandum of the Establishment Division, after circulating a vacancy to various departments the Special Selection Board (SSB) of the establishment division shortlists candidates for a decision by the prime minister.
However, sources said the economic affairs division did not circulate the post. A panel of candidates was shortlisted consisting of Nasir Khosa, former secretaries Ghulam Dastgir and Javed Iqbal.
Javed Iqbal told The Express Tribune that he was not interviewed by the SSB, as he did not know about his inclusion in the panel. However, he appreciated Khosa’s administrative skills.
Following the Memorandum
The spokesman for the economic affairs division insisted that they followed the procedures which have been practiced for the last 20 years. The panel was approved by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2013.

 

[The Eagle]

ISLAMABAD: While members of the five-judge Supreme Court bench that conducted marathon hearings into the Panama Papers scandal are busy authoring what is being billed as one of the most important judgements in the country’s history, speculation is rife about what the outcome of the case may be.

Before closing the final hearing into Panamagate, the bench announced on Feb 23 that their decision would have to be one that remained relevant and valid for at least 20 years.

Read: Suspenseful wait begins as Panama trial concludes

The case filed by various petitioners — Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf chief Imran Khan, Jamaat-i-Islami emir Sirajul Haq and Sheikh Rashid Ahmed — essentially seeks disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over his alleged misstatement in his address to the nation on April 5 and his speech before the National Assembly on May 16, 2016.

The petitioners claim that the prime minister lied about the investments made by his children in offshore companies, which led to the acquisition of four apartments in London’s upscale Park Lane neighbourhood.

While nobody is willing to stick their neck out, there is a general consensus that whatever the court’s decision, it will strengthen the apex court’s powers to intervene for the enforcement of citizens’ fundamental rights in future cases.

“It is difficult to guess what dimension [of the case] the Supreme Court will consider while writing the judgement, since there were many that came to light during the proceedings,” a senior lawyer said on condition of anonymity.

He said that it was too early to presume whether the court would actually consider the papers released by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) or not.

Legal experts say Sharif family’s failure to challenge leak’s veracity ‘amounts to admission’
The court could focus on the controversy regarding the admissibility of the material that had been placed on the record, he added.

During proceedings, the bench repeatedly raised doubts over the evidentiary value of the Panama Papers and the newspaper clippings filed before it.

On different occasions, the court dubbed the documents submitted by both sides “hearsay”, highlighting that both the leaked documents and the Qatari letters did not meet the stringent criteria of the Qanoon-i-Shahadat (Law of Evidence).

Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Rasheed A. Rizvi was of the view that it would be difficult for the court to accept or reject the documents contained in the Panama Papers leaks, since they had not been submitted under oath by a witness, who could have been cross-examined to determine the authenticity of their source.

At the same time, the Sharif family and other respondents have not questioned or denied the allegations contained in the documents.

“In numerous countries authorities [have] launched investigations based on the Panama Papers revelations,” said Frederik Obermaier, investigative reporter at the German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung, which first obtained the Panama Papers documents.

The European Union (EU) formed a Committee of Inquiry into Money Laundering, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion to investigate the Panama Papers revelations.

In Iceland, Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson failed to explain his links with Wintris Inc, a company in the British Virgin Islands that held shares in one of Iceland’s failed banks, leading to his eventual resignation.

Former UK prime minister David Cameron had to face embarrassment when it emerged that his late father’s offshore investment fund Blairmore Holdings Inc. did not pay any UK taxes on its profits.

In addition, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond told parliament in Nov 2016 that 22 people were under investigation for tax evasion and 43 high net-worth individuals were “under examination”, the Guardian reported.

In Malta, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat is under increasing pressure after the EU committee described a case involving his cabinet minister, Konrad Mizzi, as a “textbook case of money laundering”.

In Hong Kong, Reuters reported that the Financial Services and Treasury Bureau is looking to impose anti-money laundering laws on non-financial businesses and requiring private companies to disclose their true owners.

And in Panama, the country thrust into the global spotlight as the tax haven of choice for those looking to stash their wealth, the two owners of Mossack Fonseca have been charged with money laundering and destroying evidence of a bribery scandal.

“To my knowledge, apart from Pakistan, the authenticity of the Panama Papers documents has not been seriously questioned in court in any country worldwide,” Mr Obermaier said when asked about the veracity of the documents.

Accepting the legal principle involved, senior counsel Chaudhry Faisal Hussain said that the Sharif family’s failure to challenge the Panama Papers’ veracity in any court in Pakistan or abroad amounted to an admission.

“The message is more important than the messenger,” he said, recalling that one of the judges on the bench hearing the Panamagate case had observed that the allegations levelled by the petitioners did not seem frivolous.

But in the opinion of former additional attorney general Tariq Khokhar, the Panama Papers contains the official records of certain offshore companies, which does have an intrinsic evidentiary value.

“They were the basis of the Supreme Court case,” he said, “hence their evidentiary value cannot be denied. But it is for the judges to decide whether or not they are sufficient basis for a finding against the prime minister.”

He pointed out that UK’s parliament had deemed the Panama Papers sufficient proof for a complete disclosure from former prime minister David Cameron.

“But here, there has not been any disclosure; neither before parliament nor in the Supreme Court,” Mr Khokhar said.

Published in Dawn, March 3rd, 2017

Panamagate boils down to authenticity of leaked documents

 

[mingle]

No body challenged the papers authenticity even sharif family as well .Reason is its real Papers .

 

[Farah Sohail]

Waisy ab tak Supreme court ko atleast date de deni chahye thee ke kab verdict dein ge? ...date ab tak aajani chahye thee...

No body challenged the papers authenticity even sharif family as well .Reason is its real Papers .

They have challenged the document, which has Maryam's signatures, and prove her as beneficial owner.. They have said tht signatures are not of Maryam, and are fake

 

[mingle]

Waisy ab tak Supreme court ko atleast date de deni chahye thee ke kab verdict dein ge? ...date ab tak aajani chahye thee...



They have challenged the document, which has Maryam's signatures, and prove her as beneficial owner.. They have said tht signatures are not of Maryam, and are fake

Farah it's only in Pak beacuse theior political future at stake have they sued ICIJ ?No reason is they know it's theior papers .

Waisy ab tak Supreme court ko atleast date de deni chahye thee ke kab verdict dein ge? ...date ab tak aajani chahye thee...



They have challenged the document, which has Maryam's signatures, and prove her as beneficial owner.. They have said tht signatures are not of Maryam, and are fake

Let me explain you how system works in Europe and North America.
When you buy property in west You put money in trust account of ur property lawyer the other party who is selling you house has theior Owen lawyer both lawyer sit togather and deal with money it's called closing .You have to give all ur details and money trail through bank to ur lawyer when property bought one copy you will get one seller will get one each lawyer and one bank and city Hall get it .This company Mossac Foncica was one law firm who dealt the Maryam properties they got hacked and these papers emerged that why it's real and Nooni Toons don't sue these iCIJ .

 

[Farah Sohail]

Farah it's only in Pak beacuse theior political future at stake have they sued ICIJ ?No reason is they know it's theior papers .


Let me explain you how system works in Europe and North America.
When you buy property in west You put money in trust account of ur property lawyer the other party who is selling you house has theior Owen lawyer both lawyer sit togather and deal with money it's called closing .You have to give all ur details and money trail through bank to ur lawyer when property bought one copy you will get one seller will get one each lawyer and one bank and city Hall get it .This company Mossac Foncica was one law firm who dealt the Maryam properties they got hacked and these papers emerged that why it's real and Nooni Toons don't sue these iCIJ .

Hmm..you are right..i am dead sure these papers are correct....

But at the end of hearing, Justice Khosa said 99% of the evidence submitted by both parties deserve to be thrown out, according to law of evidence.ab dekhtay hain ke court kia faisla karti hai?.. I hope these papers constitute tht remaining 1% in Justice Khosa's eyes...which match legal requirments of evidence, lolll...

Waisy..ab tak jitni bhi main ne book parhi hai, Justice khosa ki... I am sure, he is a man of conscience....and now whatever verdict he gives in panama case, I will be able to understand the verdict much better now...which will be strictly and strictly in accordance with the law.. I just hope, he gives preference to articles 62/63 over other articles/even law of evidence....which i hope he will..because he has himself emphasized many times, in this case, ke ye case imaandari ka hai.. So i am hoping he gives declaration on 62/63... Uske baad beshak commission bhi banaa dein..

 

[mingle]

Hmm..you are right..i am dead sure these papers are correct....

But at the end of hearing, Justice Khosa said 99% of the evidence submitted by both parties deserve to be thrown out, according to law of evidence.ab dekhtay hain ke court kia faisla karti hai?.. I hope these papers constitute tht remaining 1% in Justice Khosa's eyes...which match legal requirments of evidence, lolll...

Waisy..ab tak jitni bhi main ne book parhi hai, Justice khosa ki... I am sure, he is a man of conscience....and now whatever verdict he gives in panama case, I will be able to understand the verdict much better now...which will be strictly and strictly in accordance with the law.. I just hope, he gives preference to articles 62/63 over other articles/even law of evidence....which i hope he will..because he has himself emphasized many times, in this case, ke ye case imaandari ka hai.. So i am hoping he gives declaration on 62/63... Uske baad beshak commission bhi banaa dein..

There won't be a commission it's too late there will be verdict .These papers r real it's theior papers who got hacked that why they don't say anything to ICIJ but fight with IK PTI .They think if IK backed off this issue will go under the carpet like other issues in Pak .

 

[Farah Sohail]

There won't be a commission it's too late there will be verdict .These papers r real it's theior papers who got hacked that why they don't say anything to ICIJ but fight with IK PTI .They think if IK backed off this issue will go under the carpet like other issues in Pak .

Commission agar bana tu woh money laundering ki investigation ke liye hoga... Aur woh Ishaq Dar wala case bhi tu reopen hona hai... Commission bhi ban sakta hai.. Cant rule tht out... Although personally i will hate commission.lekin judges ki baaton se lagta hai..esp is remark se ...tht 99% of documents deserve to be thrown out... So agar, in evidence par judges rely nahi karrahay...atb unhein inki verfication ya attestation tu kahin na kahin se chahye hogi....tu uske liye commission shayad bana dein, aur phir money laundering investigation ke liye bhi... I think agar commission bana bhi, then they will suspend PM till commission completes its work and submits report

I hope, u are right though tht there is direct verdict in this case..and no commission....

 

[Mansoon]

Verdict of Panama Case is out. NS given clean chit as expected. Imran Khan lost his seat in Parliament for accusing NS.

 

[PakSword]

The full version of Justice Khosa’s addition to Pity the Nation is below:



Pity the nation that achieves nationhood in the name of a religion

but pays little heed to truth, righteousness and accountability

which are the essence of every religion.

Pity the nation that proclaims democracy as its polity

but restricts it to queuing up for casting of ballots only

and discourages democratic values.

Pity the nation that measures honour with success

and respect with authority,

that despises sublime and cherishes mundane,

that treats a criminal as a hero and considers civility as weakness

and that deems a sage a fool and venerates the wicked.

Pity the nation that adopts a Constitution

but allows political interests to outweigh constitutional diktat.

Pity the nation that demands justice for all

but is agitated when justice hurts its political loyalty.

Pity the nation whose servants treat their solemn oaths

as nothing more than a formality before entering upon an office.

Pity the nation that elects a leader as a redeemer

but expects him to bend every law to favour his benefactors.

Pity the nation whose leaders seek martyrdom

through disobeying the law

than giving sacrifices for the glory of law

and who see no shame in crime.

Pity the nation that is led by those

who laugh at the law

little realizing that the law shall have the last laugh.

Pity the nation that launches a movement for rule of law

but cries foul when the law is applied against its bigwig,

that reads judicial verdicts through political glasses

and that permits skills of advocacy to be practised

more vigorously outside the courtroom than inside.

Pity the nation that punishes its weak and poor

but is shy of bringing its high and mighty to book.

Pity the nation that clamours for equality before law

but has selective justice close to its heart.

Pity the nation that thinks from its heart

and not from its head.

Indeed, pity the nation

that does not discern villainy from nobility.

Violating procedures: Govt circumvents rules for Khosa’s appointment

By Shahbaz Rana
Published: August 25, 2013

ISLAMABAD: The government allegedly circumvented the procedures in the appointment of the prime minister’s principal secretary, Nasir Mahmood Khosa, as executive director ED/AED of the World Bank, The Express Tribune has learnt.

Official sources said that neither the position was circulated nor the handpicked candidates were interviewed.
According to the April 2000 office memorandum of the establishment division, any vacancy for international organisations, foreign governments and UN agencies has to be widely circulated to all ministries, divisions and provincial governments.
The post alternates between Pakistan and Algeria. The ED/AED is responsible for protecting the interests of a constituency of seven countries in addition to securing concessionary loans.
Khosa – who is retiring on September 14 – will succeed Raja Azeem-ul Haque, son-in-law of former premier Raja Pervaiz Ashraf. Azeem’s appointment was challenged in the Supreme Court, and fearing an adverse ruling he quit only seven months after taking over.
Khosa belongs to the District Management Group, now known as Pakistan Administrative Services. His appointment as the ED/AED had long been anticipated, official sources said.
Appointment procedure
According to the office memorandum of the Establishment Division, after circulating a vacancy to various departments the Special Selection Board (SSB) of the establishment division shortlists candidates for a decision by the prime minister.
However, sources said the economic affairs division did not circulate the post. A panel of candidates was shortlisted consisting of Nasir Khosa, former secretaries Ghulam Dastgir and Javed Iqbal.
Javed Iqbal told The Express Tribune that he was not interviewed by the SSB, as he did not know about his inclusion in the panel. However, he appreciated Khosa’s administrative skills.
Following the Memorandum
The spokesman for the economic affairs division insisted that they followed the procedures which have been practiced for the last 20 years. The panel was approved by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, he added.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 25th, 2013.

His real character will be exposed once the verdict comes out against NS.

Gillani was no one as compared to Shareef Family. You can't even compare Bhuttos with this family.

Poems aur kitabain har koi likh leta hai.. Ab check hoga asal character.

Verdict of Panama Case is out. NS given clean chit as expected. Imran Khan lost his seat in Parliament for accusing NS.

This is not working now

I even pasted a news clip when I tried to troll people last time.. If that didn't work, nothing will work..

By the way, woh sher wali kahani suni hai naa... Sher aaya sher aaaya.. Abb iss ka faisla aa bhi gaya tou bhi log 3 din tak yaqeen nahi karaingay. Thanks to @Arsalan

 

[Farah Sohail]

His real character will be exposed once the verdict comes out against NS.

Gillani was no one as compared to Shareef Family. You can't even compare Bhuttos with this family.

Poems aur kitabain har koi likh leta hai.. Ab check hoga asal character.

I dont know....in a way i am happy now tht i bought his book..which helped me to know his POV better, esp after reading some of his verdicts uptil now,.. One thing i can say..is tht..he is a God fearing man, and man of conscience...aur inhon ne apni book main har tarah ke verdicts likhay hian, jis main unhon ne logon ko chora bhi hai, aur saza bhi di hai.. Harsh saza bhi di hai, when it was in spirit of the law..he did not shy away from giving hard decisions..lekin kuch logon ko chora bhi hai, if he thought evidence was not full...

Atleast i will not doubt his intentions now..... One thing i am sure..ke woh Nawaz Sharif ko powerful PM honay ki wajah se koi favor nahi dein ge....this i can say with certainity.... Jo bhi faisla hoga..woh merit par karein ge...and he can give harsh decision too... In one of his verdicts he said i felt sympathy for some ppl against whom, i gave harsh verdicts..but then my conscience is clear... Aur kuch aisy bhi thay..jahan unhon ne logon ko chora bhi hai... He also gives utmost importance to fundamental rights Atleast ab he lata hai ke..even those pagds which i shared here, where he talked abt law and justice...this book was written in 2008... So we know tht these are his thoughts, which he genuinely believes in..and wont have to do anything with PM.. We can agree or disagree with them, is another matter... Woh biknay walay judge nahi hain....

Waisy abhi tu main bhtt favor main bol rahi hun unke..kahin aisa na ho ke kuch din baad main bhi u turn le lon

 

[Dastaan]

Waisy abhi tu main bhtt favor main bol rahi hun unke..kahin aisa na ho ke kuch din baad main bhi u turn le lon

lol pakora k bad i think ab samosa ki entry ho gi.ye to kuch milta julta bhi hai.

 

[friendly_troll96]

rozay daro ab kad do jo sapp kadna hai

 

[Farah Sohail]

lol pakora k bad i think ab samosa ki entry ho gi.ye to kuch milta julta bhi hai.

Lolll...samosa ki entry....

Waqayi ..mera bhi kia bharosa..,kab u turn le lon? abhi jo bhtt favor main bol rahi hun, unke loll... Dekhtay hain kia hota hai... I hope ke acha hi ho, jo bhi ho... Aur jaldi ho bhtt intezar hogaya

 

[PakSword]

I dont know....in a way i am happy now tht i bought his book..which helped me to know his POV better, esp after reading some of his verdicts uptil now,.. One thing i can say..is tht..he is a God fearing man, and man of conscience...aur inhon ne apni book main har tarah ke verdicts likhay hian, jis main unhon ne logon ko chora bhi hai, aur saza bhi di hai.. Harsh saza bhi di hai, when it was in spirit of the law..he did not shy away from giving hard decisions..lekin kuch logon ko chora bhi hai, if he thought evidence was not full...

You are right.. what I am referring to is the fact that he hasn't come across Sharif family as a judge.

Book parhnay se tou lag raha hai ke he will take decisions according to law.. Lekin kafi achay achay judge sharif family ke khlilaaf ghabra jatey hain. Maloom nahi kyun..

pakora k bad i think ab samosa ki entry ho gi

Lolll...samosa ki entry....

Yaar kia aap log pakoron aur samoson ki baatain kar rahay ho.. Aik shakhs, jo Abu Dhabi main rehta hai, uss ki bebasi ka mazaaq ura rahey ho.

By the way, I made Nihari yesterday.. After so many years, I ate 3.5 tandoori rotis..

Aur jaldi ho bhtt intezar hogaya

Time pass ke liey unn ki aur bhi books order kar sakti hain waisay.. I think you love reading books.