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Widow of Murdered Journalist Nazim Jokhio "pardons" his PPP killers

Nazim Jokhio was a diehard PPP supporter and a massive fan of Benazir! This is how liberal and progressive PPP treats its supporters! A despicable and cursed party and I wish they vanish from the face of the earth!
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] [MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION]
Where are you inqalabis on this? This is your govt? Why was this guy killed? You were more worried about Junaid than you are about Widow that wanted her killers in the PPP to be brought to justice
 
Members of civil society held a protest outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday demanding justice for Nazim Jokhio, who was found murdered at the farmhouse of a PPP lawmaker in November.

MPA Jam Awais and his brother, MNA brother Jam Abdul Karim, along with several others were booked for allegedly torturing Nazim to death after he stopped their foreign guests from hunting houbara bustard.

Last week, police excluded the names of the two lawmakers from the final charge sheet submitted to an antiterrorism court, setting the stage for their exit from the murder case.

During today's protest, scores of participants held up placards demanding justice for the deceased and lambasted the abuse of power by the lawmakers.

Karamat Ali, executive director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, said that he had not seen a "bigger injustice" than this.

Nasir Mansoor of the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan said that the participants of the protest had registered a "people's FIR" against the PPP's "anti-people and anti-Sindh policies". He stated that Nazim was the first person in the country to be martyred for an environmental cause.

Uzma Noorani from the Women's Action Forum (WAF) said that the group was standing with Nazim's widow, Shireen Jokhio.

"She was all alone and a WAF team met with her. She told the team that she didn't even have enough money for a single meal," she said, adding that the group tried to help her financially and by providing legal aid.

She said that they had not expected the PPP to treat a widow in this manner. "Nazim Jokhio was a human rights defender, just like us. Tomorrow, we could meet the same fate," she said, adding that Shireen backed down due to "pressure".

Read: Nazim Jokhio murder case — With great power, comes the ability to bend the criminal justice system to your will

Lawyer and rights activist Jibran Nasir said that the protesters had gathered not merely to chant slogans against the PPP but to demand justice and talk about principles.

"Nazim was also a (PPP) jiyala," he said, adding that the only difference was that the deceased was a common man. "This is a class war for which we have taken to the streets."

He added that the prosecutor in the case was acting like the "defence counsel" while the police — which was supposed to investigate the case — had become an "aider and abettor".

Member of the National Commission for Human Rights and eminent activist Anis Haroon called on the media to stand with the protesters and highlight the case.

"How can a poor woman with four kids stand up for herself? How can a mother who fears losing a second son stand up for herself?" she asked. Haroon said that the protesters wanted to send a message that only the supremacy of the law would be accepted, not the supremacy of power.

"Our laws and the Constitution are the same for all," she said, calling on the Sindh government to provide justice to the family of the deceased. "How will you ask us to vote for you when you will not stand for justice?"

Dawn
 
MenInG said:
Members of civil society held a protest outside the Karachi Press Club (KPC) on Tuesday demanding justice for Nazim Jokhio, who was found murdered at the farmhouse of a PPP lawmaker in November.

MPA Jam Awais and his brother, MNA brother Jam Abdul Karim, along with several others were booked for allegedly torturing Nazim to death after he stopped their foreign guests from hunting houbara bustard.

Last week, police excluded the names of the two lawmakers from the final charge sheet submitted to an antiterrorism court, setting the stage for their exit from the murder case.

During today's protest, scores of participants held up placards demanding justice for the deceased and lambasted the abuse of power by the lawmakers.

Karamat Ali, executive director of the Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research, said that he had not seen a "bigger injustice" than this.

Nasir Mansoor of the National Trade Union Federation Pakistan said that the participants of the protest had registered a "people's FIR" against the PPP's "anti-people and anti-Sindh policies". He stated that Nazim was the first person in the country to be martyred for an environmental cause.

Uzma Noorani from the Women's Action Forum (WAF) said that the group was standing with Nazim's widow, Shireen Jokhio.

"She was all alone and a WAF team met with her. She told the team that she didn't even have enough money for a single meal," she said, adding that the group tried to help her financially and by providing legal aid.

She said that they had not expected the PPP to treat a widow in this manner. "Nazim Jokhio was a human rights defender, just like us. Tomorrow, we could meet the same fate," she said, adding that Shireen backed down due to "pressure".

Read: Nazim Jokhio murder case — With great power, comes the ability to bend the criminal justice system to your will

Lawyer and rights activist Jibran Nasir said that the protesters had gathered not merely to chant slogans against the PPP but to demand justice and talk about principles.

"Nazim was also a (PPP) jiyala," he said, adding that the only difference was that the deceased was a common man. "This is a class war for which we have taken to the streets."

He added that the prosecutor in the case was acting like the "defence counsel" while the police — which was supposed to investigate the case — had become an "aider and abettor".

Member of the National Commission for Human Rights and eminent activist Anis Haroon called on the media to stand with the protesters and highlight the case.

"How can a poor woman with four kids stand up for herself? How can a mother who fears losing a second son stand up for herself?" she asked. Haroon said that the protesters wanted to send a message that only the supremacy of the law would be accepted, not the supremacy of power.

"Our laws and the Constitution are the same for all," she said, calling on the Sindh government to provide justice to the family of the deceased. "How will you ask us to vote for you when you will not stand for justice?"

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[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION]
When will this family get justice. You have the govt in the centre and in Sindh.
 
In a shocking move, the family of Nazim Jokhio on Thursday opposed the application of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) to become an intervener in the slain activist’s murder case against two sitting Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers and their guards.

Jokhio was found murdered at the Malir farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam Awais on Nov 3, 2021.

His brother, Afzal Jokhio, had nominated MPA Awais, his brother MNA Jam Abdul Karim, and their henchmen of murdering Jokhio for resisting houbara bustard hunting by the lawmakers’ foreign guests.

On Thursday, the ATC-XV judge, who is conducting the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, took up the matter for hearing arguments from the parties on the charge sheet and the NCHR application to become intervener.

MPA Awais is currently in judicial custody, while his brother is on bail.

At the outset, victim’s widow Shirin Jokhio and complainant Afzal Jokhio separately filed written objections to the NCHR’s plea.

They stated that the NCHR had no locus standi to become an intervener in the case as the signatory of the application, who claimed to be the chairman/member of the Sindh National Commission for Human Rights, did not hold any position as per law.

They further stated that as per Section 3 of the NCHR Act, 2012 it was the powers of the federal government to constitute a commission which will exercise the powers and perform the functions under this Act only and no other person could act on the commission’s behalf.

The widow and her brother-in-law said that the relevant section under which the intervener application had been filed was related to functions of the commission and all procedures/quorum for a meeting shall not be less than one-half of the total membership of commission and a decision shall be taken by the majority members, but it transpired that the NCHR’s application was not filed after obtaining the requisite permission of its governing members. They asked the court to dismiss the application.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2022
 
Shame on you if you are supporting a murderer, be it PML/PTI/PPP, and shame on you if are not denouncing it.
Its lowest form of any human decency a society can have.

This society and all supporters of these murderers have a special kind of welcome awaiting from their maker when that day comes.
 
MenInG said:
In a shocking move, the family of Nazim Jokhio on Thursday opposed the application of the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) to become an intervener in the slain activist’s murder case against two sitting Pakistan Peoples Party lawmakers and their guards.

Jokhio was found murdered at the Malir farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam Awais on Nov 3, 2021.

His brother, Afzal Jokhio, had nominated MPA Awais, his brother MNA Jam Abdul Karim, and their henchmen of murdering Jokhio for resisting houbara bustard hunting by the lawmakers’ foreign guests.

On Thursday, the ATC-XV judge, who is conducting the trial in the judicial complex inside the central prison, took up the matter for hearing arguments from the parties on the charge sheet and the NCHR application to become intervener.

MPA Awais is currently in judicial custody, while his brother is on bail.

At the outset, victim’s widow Shirin Jokhio and complainant Afzal Jokhio separately filed written objections to the NCHR’s plea.

They stated that the NCHR had no locus standi to become an intervener in the case as the signatory of the application, who claimed to be the chairman/member of the Sindh National Commission for Human Rights, did not hold any position as per law.

They further stated that as per Section 3 of the NCHR Act, 2012 it was the powers of the federal government to constitute a commission which will exercise the powers and perform the functions under this Act only and no other person could act on the commission’s behalf.

The widow and her brother-in-law said that the relevant section under which the intervener application had been filed was related to functions of the commission and all procedures/quorum for a meeting shall not be less than one-half of the total membership of commission and a decision shall be taken by the majority members, but it transpired that the NCHR’s application was not filed after obtaining the requisite permission of its governing members. They asked the court to dismiss the application.

Published in Dawn, April 22nd, 2022
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The poor family is bring blackmailed and intimidated by the PPP thugs.
 
Extremely dark and disturbing event. PPP needs to come out and resolve this as soon as possible. The treatment of this man and his family is a complete joke.
 
Loralai said:
Extremely dark and disturbing event. PPP needs to come out and resolve this as soon as possible. The treatment of this man and his family is a complete joke.
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How is this thing any different from what they have been doing for years. Remember Memon being killed fir exposing Billos rent a crowd.
 
A Karachi anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday reserved its verdict on the fate of the challan in the Nazim Jokhio murder case after the prosecution and the investigating officer argued that the case was not related to terrorism and therefore, should be tried by a sessions court instead of an ATC.

Nazim's tortured body was found at a farmhouse belonging to PPP MPA Jam Awais last year in November.

The victim's brother, Afzal Jokhio, had nominated Awais and his older brother MNA Jam Abdul Karim as well as their guards for murdering 26-year-old Nazim. The deceased had earned the ire of the lawmakers for stopping their foreign guests from hunting houbara bustard, a rare bird species, according to the first-information report (FIR).

During today's hearing, the ATC-XV judge — who is conducting the trial at the judicial complex inside the central prison — heard arguments on whether it was within the court's jurisdiction to conduct the trial.

Investigating Officer (IO) Inspector Sirajuddin Lashari said the case did not concern an act of terrorism. Therefore, the case may be transferred from an anti-terrorism court to an ordinary sessions court for conducting the trial in accordance with the law, he argued.

Advocate Rehman Ghous, representing Nazim's widow Shirin Jokhio, also supported the IO's stance. He said that since the case did not fall within the ambit of terrorism, it should be transferred to a sessions court.

However, Advocate Ali Asghar Narejo — who claimed he was also representing the victim's widow — opposed the prosecution's view. He argued that the offence against the accused fell within the meaning of terror, therefore, the case was within the ambit of the anti-terror law.

He urged the judge to conduct the trial in accordance with the law.

Advocate Mazhar Ali Junejo, the complainant's counsel, also opposed the prosecution’s stance. He contended that the brutal murder was meant to terrorise the community and the victim's clan and therefore, the accused should be tried for committing a terrorism offence.

The judge observed that “on receiving the charge sheet, the jurisdiction of this court has been challenged even by the investigating officer and prosecution, therefore, I am of the humble opinion that firstly the jurisdiction may be decided”.

Advocate Muhammad Jibran Nasir, representing the National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR), urged the court to decide his client's application seeking to join trial proceedings. He argued that the group had the locus standi to join the case as an intervener.

However, the judge said that the pending applications would be taken up after the jurisdiction of the court to preside over the case was decided. Subsequently, he reserved the verdict to be pronounced on May 10.

DAWN
 
ppp MPA directly involved in murder of a journalist. This is in addition to the ethnic violence they are promoting in Sindh to buy votes.

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A sessions court in Karachi on Thursday acquitted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Jam Awais and co-accused in Nazim Jokhio murder case, ARY News reported.

MPA Jam Awais and his servants and guards — Haider Ali, Meer Ali, Muhammad Mairaj, Mohammad Saleem Salar, Mohammad Doda Khan, Ahmed Khan Shoro and Mohammad Soomar — have been charged with torturing the local journalist Jokhio to death at Mr Awais’s farmhouse in a Malir locality in November last year.

The court acquitted PPP MPA Jam Awais and others after an out-of-court settlement in the local journalist’s murder case.
 
MenInG said:
A sessions court in Karachi on Thursday acquitted Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Jam Awais and co-accused in Nazim Jokhio murder case, ARY News reported.

MPA Jam Awais and his servants and guards — Haider Ali, Meer Ali, Muhammad Mairaj, Mohammad Saleem Salar, Mohammad Doda Khan, Ahmed Khan Shoro and Mohammad Soomar — have been charged with torturing the local journalist Jokhio to death at Mr Awais’s farmhouse in a Malir locality in November last year.

The court acquitted PPP MPA Jam Awais and others after an out-of-court settlement in the local journalist’s murder case.
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Justice under PPP and the Junta.
 
[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION]
This is the real face of the carnival khusra and party. The killers of journalist,the thieves that stole the future of Sindhs children and the ones that have run from elections
 
Cricket-lion said:
May be and may be threats, what option does the family have?
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Poor family. Billo was the chairman of the human rights committee in Parliament and the beghairat had no shame. I just hope that he faces the same fate as the poor journalists he had killed. We won't forget Memon and Jokhio and more recently Arshad Sharif( Shaheed). Some cretin called Arshad Sharif a coward.
 
Bewal Express said:
Billo was the chairman of the human rights committee in Parliament and the beghairat had no shame.
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True. It also shows hypocrisy and corrupt mindset of those who allow this carnival to continue and for such traitors to win any seats at all by rigging.
 
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