Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07ISLAMABAD4235
2007-10-02 02:04:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:
ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 004235
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2017
TAGS: PGOV PK
SUBJECT: ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT
ORDERS
REF: ISLAMABAD 4209
Classified By: A/DCM Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 004235
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2017
TAGS: PGOV PK
SUBJECT: ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT
ORDERS
REF: ISLAMABAD 4209
Classified By: A/DCM Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers'
protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered
the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector
and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal
Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector
General Marwat Ali Shah, Police Senior Superintendent Naeem
Khan, and Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Mohammad Ali. An
Interior Ministry official privately told Embassy that the
suspension was just a "formality." Both PM Aziz and
Information Minister Durrani promised investigations over the
incident.
2. (U) The media provided emotional front-page coverage of
the September 29 clashes between police and several hundred
lawyers/human rights activities who were protesting the
Election Commission's approval of Musharraf's presidential
nomination (reftel). The Court noted that several lawyers,
as well as journalists covering the event, were injured by
televised baton-wielding police, and the bandaged victims
appeared today in the Court.
3. (C) Comment: Following accusations from opposition and
civil society groups that it had caved in to Musharraf by
dismissing the cases against him, the Court opted for a
public reproach to the GOP over how it handled this
demonstration. Rather than challenging the Chief Justice,
the GOP agreed to what appears to be a face-saving gesture
for the Court. End Summary
PATTERSON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/28/2017
TAGS: PGOV PK
SUBJECT: ISLAMABAD POLICE CHIEF SUSPENDED ON SUPREME COURT
ORDERS
REF: ISLAMABAD 4209
Classified By: A/DCM Candace Putnam, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d)
1. (C) Responding to the violence used to quell lawyers'
protests in Islamabad September 29, the Supreme Court ordered
the arrest and suspension of the Islamabad Police Inspector
and two of his deputies. GOP Interior Secretary Syed Kamal
Shah responded by suspending Islamabad's Police Inspector
General Marwat Ali Shah, Police Senior Superintendent Naeem
Khan, and Deputy Commissioner Chaudhry Mohammad Ali. An
Interior Ministry official privately told Embassy that the
suspension was just a "formality." Both PM Aziz and
Information Minister Durrani promised investigations over the
incident.
2. (U) The media provided emotional front-page coverage of
the September 29 clashes between police and several hundred
lawyers/human rights activities who were protesting the
Election Commission's approval of Musharraf's presidential
nomination (reftel). The Court noted that several lawyers,
as well as journalists covering the event, were injured by
televised baton-wielding police, and the bandaged victims
appeared today in the Court.
3. (C) Comment: Following accusations from opposition and
civil society groups that it had caved in to Musharraf by
dismissing the cases against him, the Court opted for a
public reproach to the GOP over how it handled this
demonstration. Rather than challenging the Chief Justice,
the GOP agreed to what appears to be a face-saving gesture
for the Court. End Summary
PATTERSON