The Chairman
National Accountability Bureau
Islamabad
Pakistan Peoples
Party……………………………………….. COMPLAINANT
VS
Major Tipu
Inter-Services Intelligence
ISI Headquarters
Islamabad ..........................…………………………………. ACCUSED / RESPONDENT
Subject: COMPLAINT UNDER
SECTION 5 AND 18 (B) SUB SECTION-II OF THE NATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY BUREAU
(NAB) ORDINANCE 1999, AGAINST THE HOLDERS OF PUBLIC OFFICE FOR PUNISHMENT
UNDER SECTION 10 OF NAB ORDINANCE FOR MISUSING POWER AS AN OFFICIAL OF
ISI .
FACTS AND GROUNDS:
1. That the respondent was
deeply involved in misusing official power as an official at the rank of
Major in the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) as against the law of the
land as reported in the daily “The News” dated 5-7-2006.
2. That following a common
place playground in Sector I-8/4 Islamabad, a fight between minor and
teenage lads, including the son of the respondent, an official of an
intelligence agency, took place on Saturday July 1, 2006.
3. That late in the evening,
at least three houses in the neighbourhood were raided by 10 armed
intelligence men in plainclothes riding two separate cavalcades of double
cabins. They kidnapped four boys including two grand sons, a mother and a
grandfather – a retired brigadier, and took away all of them on separate
deserted locations, where they were threatened with death.
4. That narrating the
incident in a letter dated July 2, 2006 sent to President / Chief of Army
Staff by Brig. (Retd) Mohammad Taj, Sitara-e-Jurat and Bar for valour on the
battlefield, said that we all were beaten mercilessly and severely in the
house and outside the house without distinction of men and women.
5.That later on one
cavalcades of double cabin in which Brig. Taj was accompanied other two boys
and mother of the boys were brought back to Faizabad where the crowed of
local residents gathered, freed Brig. Taj and in the meantime, police came
as called by the residents, and took the Major away.
6. That Brig. Taj went to
Police Station I-9 Islamabad for registration of an FIR and recovery of his
two grandsons and daughter-in-law, where another ISI officer was present at
the police station in plainclothes with many other ISI officers and
identified himself as Col Nisar.
7. That Brig. Taj explained
the situation to Col Nisar who ordered the release of kidnapped persons
which were dropped at a deserted location near the house in I-8/4 about an
hour later. The Clothes of his daughter-in-law had been torn the boys also
had their clothes torn and had been severely beaten.
8. The above facts have
published in the daily “The News” dated 5-7-2006 (Press clipping enclosed
for ready reference).
9. That the respondent in
this complaint do fall within the ambit of NAB Ordinance 1999 for the
purposes of investigation, trial and punishment.
10. That the respondent is
reportedly guilty of abuse of power as Major in the ISI as defined in
Section 9 of the NAB Ordinance and as such is subject to punishment under
Section 10 of the NAB Ordinance 1999 based upon the above facts and grounds:
CONCLUSION:
Based on the above facts and
grounds, the respondent has shown wilful indulgence in misusing his power
practices under Section 9 of the NAB Ordinance and such a person is subject
to punishment under Section 10 of the NAB Ordinance 1999.
As such the Chairman of the
National Accountability Bureau is called upon to initiate investigation in
connection with matters set out hereinabove and further proceed to file a
Reference against the respondent for violating the provisions of Section 9
of the NAB Ordinance punishable under Section 10 of the NAB Ordinance in
competent court of law and proceed against the concerned for violating
Section 9 of the NAB Ordinance 1999.
Complainant
Pakistan Peoples Party
Through:
Ch. Muhammad Aslam
Advocate
Islamabad : Dated : 10 August
2006
Something’s gotta give
after messy bullying
The NEWS
-
July 5, 2006
Heads may
roll in the country’s premier intelligence agency over the misuse of its
might by some of its officers in what, quintessentially, was a private
matter.
Sources told
The News the top military leadership has taken strong exception to the
report that some senior officers of the agency had kidnapped a retired
brigadier, his daughter-in-law and some teenager boys to make them an
“example” for others over a trite playground fighting between lads.
Without
naming President Gen Pervez Musharraf, a military source told this
correspondent that the “authorities” far above the top boss of the
intelligence agency have taken strong notice of the misuse of authority by
the agency officials. “Let me assure you those, who used the agency’s muscle
against helpless civilians would not be spared,” the source said, adding
such “foolhardy elements” would be made example for others so that no-one in
the intelligence agencies ever dares to do the same.
Following a commonplace playground fight between minor and teenage lads,
including the son of an official of an intelligence agency in I-8/4, at
least three houses in the neighbourhood were raided late in the Saturday
evening by armed intelligence men riding two separate cavalcades of double
cabins.
They kidnapped four boys, a mother and a grandfather — a retired brigadier.
Already the intelligence agency has ordered a probe and recorded the
statement of the retired brigadier, his daughter-in-law and her son-all the
three were kidnapped.
However, the other boys or their relations have not yet been approached
either to record their statements or to collect evidence of the Saturday’s
“thriller” witnessed by a large number of people living in the
neighbourhood.
Meanwhile, Brig (retd) Muhammad Taj wrote to President Gen Musharraf,
seeking the Army chief’s intervention for “immediate action against all
officials involved in this criminal act”. In his one page letter, Taj said:
“I am an ex-Army officer from the Punjab Regiment and retired as a brigadier
in 1978. I served my country with honour and dignity, and am one of the few
soldiers of the Pakistan Army to have been awarded the Sitara-e-Jurat and
Bar for valour on the battlefield.”
Narrating the incident in the letter sent on July 2, the war veteran said:
“Last night, an ISI Major in plainclothes, who called himself Tipu, with at
least 10 men in plainclothes armed with automatic weapons entered my house
and beat me, my daughter-in-law and two grandsons.
“They kidnapped us and took us away to a deserted location where they
threatened us with death if my grandson did not cooperate with them in
identifying the children, who had been involved in a playground incident
with the relatives of a senior ISI official.
“I told them that I was not aware of the incident but could ask the people
in the neighbourhood to identify the children involved. We were brought to
Faizabad in a convoy of at least five vehicles where the Major proceeded to
threaten the residents, and beat up and kidnapped another two boys. My
daughter-in-law and grandsons were sent away to an undisclosed location by
the Major. In the meantime, a crowd of local residents gathered, freed me
and took the Major into custody. The Islamabad Police, who had been called
by the residents, arrived and took the Major away.
“I proceeded to the I-9 Police Station, Islamabad, and met the DSP and SHO
and informed them of the situation. Another ISI officer appeared at the
police station in plainclothes and identified himself as Col Nisar. He was
accompanied by several other officers in plain clothes.
“I explained the situation to him and he ordered the release of my
daughter-in-law and grandsons aged 18 and 16. They were dropped at a
deserted location near my house in I-8/4 about an hour later. My
daughter-in-law’s clothes had been torn, and the boys also had their clothes
torn and had been severely beaten.
“I have lodged an FIR at the I-9 police station, Islamabad, but I find the
police powerless to take any action in this situation. In fact the police
staff are fearful for their own safety.” He concluded by saying: “I am 80
years old now and can only look to you, Sir, as the President of Pakistan
and the Chief of the Pakistan Army that I also proudly served, to restore my
dignity as an ex-Army officer and protect my basic rights as a citizens of
Pakistan, and to order immediate action against all officials involved in
this criminal act.”
