ETHNIC SOMALI MPS WHO VOTED FOR THE SECURITY BILL:PAKISTAN HISTORY HAS A LESSON FOR YOU. Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto was the President of Pakistan between the years 1971-1973.Bhutto was what we can describe as a benevolent dictator who used every means,Crook & granny to muzzle the media & silence the opposition parties.Bhutto manipulated the local lawyers who shied away from defending opposition politicians in the courts.When the opposition politicians turned to foreign lawyers for help,Bhutto used the numerical strength of representatives from his Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to pass a bill that bans foreign lawyers to practice in Pakistani courts & therefore effectively render the opposition politicians hopeless in the courts.However,in 1974,Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto was overthrown by the Pakistani army led by General Muhammad Zia-ul Haq.Bhutto was arrested & arraigned in court for various charges among them murder of some of his opponents.No Pakistani lawyers defended him.His family tried to solicit for legal help from British lawyers & General Muhammad Zia-ul Haq reminded them this,The law cannot allow foreign lawyers to practice in Pakistani courts. Remember this law was passed by Bhuttos allies when he was the president.Anyway,with no good legal defence,he was found guilty,sentenced and executed on April 4th 1979.Zulfikhar Ali Bhutto died due to the law that he engineered & signed himself. Back home,I will not be surprised tomorrow when an ethnic Somali Mp in Kenya is arrested on charges of terrorism & held incommunicado for up to 360 days for being a suspect only.Thats the law he/she supported!
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:37:18 +0000
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