[source: TimesOnline, Hindustan Times]
Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf suffers another setback as The Sunday Times, UK reveals that the intelligence arm ISI tried to blackmail by filming SC judges and their children having sex with partners.
ALREADY UNDER intense pressure from both friends and foes at home and abroad, Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf suffered another setback today, when allegations surfaced that Inter Services Intelligence used dirty tricks to pressurize Supreme Court judges, who were to deliver key judgment against the military ruler.
A British newspaper has revealed that Inter Services Intelligence, the most powerful agency in Pakistan secretly filmed judges and their children having sex with partners or prostitutes and later these were sent to at least three judges of the Pakistan Supreme Court.
The Sunday Times has reported that at least three judges out of the 11-judge bench were sent these secret films. This Bench was to decide whether Musharraf was eligible for the post of President while he was still wearing army uniform.
In one of the videos, a judge is shown with his mistress and another showed a man making love to a girl perceived to be the daughter of a judge.
The intent, according to Sunday Times, was clearly to tell the judges to mind their business and prevent them from meddling too much into the affairs of the army and the government.
Sources in Pakistan now say that perhaps this was the reason the Supreme Court gave an ambiguous ruling and decided that his eligibility would be decided later.
The Sunday Times report alludes to the fact that Musharraf imposed emergency to keep in check an activist judiciary which was almost on the verge of declaring his candidature as null and void.
The report also said that Musharraf was asked to impose emergency by his intelligence arm, suggesting that judges were totally against him.
Interestingly, it also reveals that several judges were enjoying the company of women in lieu of the favours they granted to private parties involved in litigation and this was the reason that many of them could be target of the smear campaign.
ISI reportedly has a large number of such videos which could be used at appropriate time.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Khurram Khan // Nov 13, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Only one word comes to my mind about this latest twist … wow … This one is for sure a perfect plot for a bollywood film … ram gopal warma please will you ? :)
2 Awab // Nov 13, 2007 at 7:04 pm
I wonder why hide these vedios
why not bring them in front of the public
publish them with the report(as mentioned above)
the judge and his mistress( perks from anti musharaf parties)
and constitutionally deprived the judge from his post because he was taking kick back to vote against the president.
If you wana play dirty, do it realy dirty.
this will only enlighten the people and shine upon them the fact that they have no buddies in the gOvt not on either side. and will be a proof for the allgations that may come uip against the juduciary
3 raza // Nov 13, 2007 at 7:33 pm
I am sure they cannot bring proofs against all of them so the act to remove Chief Justice and top judiciary will never be justified.
It’s such an irony, President was quick to suspend Chief Justice in March on mere allegations and now with complete proof (as they say it) they did not bother to suspend only those judges, inface they fired everyone.
Not only we got rid of very capable judges but the situation is going to be worsened when they would try to complete the supreme court bench with whatever they can find.
4 Shahid Virk // Nov 17, 2007 at 10:01 am
May Allaha take all these bloody generals away from Pakistan. They think that they are GOD for Pakistanis. They are doing whatever they want to do. Shame on you bullies….Down with you…..God Bless Chief Justice
5 MORGAN // Jan 23, 2008 at 6:03 am
WHAT IF YOU GET BULLIED
6 Sufi // Jan 29, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Bloody and merciless generals learned nothing but blackmail others. Shame on these poeple who are leading this country. This neferious act should the ill mentality of Musharraf who is adamant to stick to the the presidency and use every mean silence the people.
Pathetic! God save our brave judges and send these merciless generals to hell.
7 Ibraheem // Jan 29, 2008 at 10:18 pm
i was told by a friend , a former army officer that an intelligence agency has the computer programe to manufacture video movies of any person by a special programe as long as they have a photograph of the person. such movies are being used to threaten people who oppose the government. Not opnly judges but government officers and politicians. heil hitler
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