Ex Attorney General of Pakistan Munir Malik Vs Riaz Haq Debate in Silicon Valley

[Riaz Haq]

Viewpoint From Overseas team invited former Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry and former Attorney General of Pakistan Mr. Munir A. Malik for a conversation at our Silicon Valley studio last week. 


The former chief justice did not respond to our invitation.


We were fortunate to have Mr. Munir Malik visit with us and respond to the questions often asked by people here in the valley. 

L to R: Misbah Azam, Saeed Malik, Riaz Haq, Munir Malik and Faraz Darvesh

The format chosen was essentially a debate format moderated by VPOS host Faraz Darvesh. 


Mr. Malik vigorously defended the lawyers' movement a movement to bring rule-of-law to Pakistan. The former attorney general supported the actions of Mr. Chaudhry before, during and after 
his restoration to the top bench, including Mr. Chaudhry's unprecedented use of suo moto and contempt of court actions. Mr. Malik rejected allegations that Mr. Chaudhry covered up his son Arsalsan Iftikhar's corruption. 


Riaz Haq responded by pointing out the lawless conduct of lawyers during and after the lawyers' movement. Mr. Haq pointed that Mr. Chaudhry took PCO oaths twice and remained a compliant judge until his support for his son Arsalan Iftikhar's illegal and rapid promotions and conduct were discovered in 2007 and a reference filed against Chief Justice Chaudhry.  The issues of corruption brought out in that reference have remained unresolved mainly due to obstruction of justice by the Chaudhry Court. 


Faraz focused on the following questions: 


How did Mr. Munir Malik start and lead Pakistan lawyers' movement? 

Did Ex-CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry meet lawyers' expectations of him?


Was the effort to restore him worth it? 


 ViewPoint from Overseas host Faraz Darvesh discussed these questions with Pakistan's former attorney general Munir Malik and Riaz Haq (www.riazhaq.com) 


Here's a video of the Malik-Haq debate:


Ex AG Munir Malik Defends Ex CJ Chaudhry, Lawyers Movement in Pakistan from WBT TV on Vimeo.



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[Riaz Haq]

QUETTA: The provincial government has appointed Arsalan Iftikhar, son of former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, as vice-chairman of the Balochistan Investment Board.

The Chief Minister’s Finance Adviser Mir Khalid Khan Langove had announced in his budget speech the provincial government’s plan to set up the board headed by Chief Minister Dr Abdul Malik Baloch.

“Yes, Arsalan Iftikhar has been appointed vice-chairman of the Balochistan Investment Board,” Finance Secretary Mushtaq Ahmed Raisani confirmed to Dawn on Wednesday.

He said it would be an “honorary post without salary and allowances” and the vice chairman would preside over the meetings of the investment board in the absence of the chairman (chief minister).

The board will have 12 members. “The names of other members are likely to be announced soon,” the secretary said.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1115178/arsalan-gets-top-post-in-investmen...

[Riaz Haq]

#Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Waqar Seth dies of #coronavirus. In an infamous order, Justice Seth said Musharraf be hanged in front of Parliament, adding that if Musharraf is found dead,drag his body to D-Chowk and leave it there for 3 days. #Pakistan

https://www.brecorder.com/news/40032411

According to his profile available on the Peshawar High court website, he enrolled as an advocate of the Lower Courts in 1985. He was promoted to advocate of the High Court in 1990 and rose through the ranks to become an advocate of the Supreme Court in 2008.

He became the Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court on 28th June 2018. He passed a number of important judgments during his judicial career, including ordering Musharraf’s hanging in one of his verdicts.

In his judgment, Justice Seth had written a section asking the law enforcement agencies to hang Musharraf in front of the Parliament. He also wrote that if Musharraf is found dead, slog his body to D-Chowk and leave it there for three days.

According to the Gulf News, Justice Seth recently “filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan seeking elevation to the apex court.” “He drew the court’s attention to the fact that he was the senior-most judge in all the four high courts and had the lawful right to be considered for elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court.”