Saeed’s lawyer files petition seeking his early release

September 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Cases against former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf continue to be filed abated, as now a petition has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking contempt-of-court proceedings against the former general for 'illegally' preventing 60 judges from performing judicial duties after the November 2007 emergency. The petition filed by advocate Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam Ghuman under Article 204 of the Constitution, named Musharraf as the respondent.

August 27th, 2009 LAHORE/ISLAMABAD - Over 100,000 people in India, including former test cricketers and chief justices, have signed a petition addressed to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari seeking clemency for Sarabjit Singh, an Indian currently on death row in a Pakistani prison. Awais Sheikh, the counsel for Sarabjit, was quoted by a private television channel as saying that said he had brought back a mercy petition with more than 100,000 signatures from a recent visit to India.

August 26th, 2009 QUETTA - Slain Baloch leader Nawab Akbar Bugti's son, Jamil Akbar Bugti has filed a petition in the Sibbi District and Sessions Court seeking a court order to register a case against former President General Pervez Musharraf and other senior officials in connection with his father's death. Jamil Bugti, in his petition, has accused Musharraf and his associates of murdering Akbar Bugti.

July 17th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Punjab government is ready to pursue the detention case of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed provided the federal government presents it with more fresh evidence against the 26/11 prime accused. Punjab Advocate General Raza Farooq informed a three-member Supreme Court bench that it could take back its application to withdraw their petition against the Lahore High Court's (LHC) verdict setting Saeed and his close aide Colonel (retired) Nazir Ahmed free if the federal government provides fresh evidence against both.

July 15th, 2009 LAHORE - It seems that the threat of adverse international reaction over the failure of the Pakistani government to detain the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, the prime accused in the November 2008 Mumbai terror strikes may see the federal government file a fresh petition against him, even if the Punjab government decides to withdraw its case. The provincial government, on Tuesday (July 14) had said that it lacks evidence against Saeed, so it was difficult for it to continue the case.

July 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan Government and the Punjab province Government on Tuesday re-filed the petitions against the release of Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, after removing the objections. The federal and Punjab governments after removing these objections have re-filed the petitions.

July 5th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Following the Punjab government's decision to challenge the Lahore High Court's (LHC) verdict of releasing the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Muhammad Saeed and Colonel (retired) Nazir Ahmad, both of whom are accused of masterminding the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, now the federal government has also decided to file a separate petition against the verdict. The Pakistan government is likely to file the petition on Monday, July 6.

June 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A former lawyer who represented Sarabjit Singh, the Indian on death row in Pakistan, has appealed to Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari to either pardon him or commute his death sentence to life imprisonment. Rana Abdul Hamid said Zardari should act on the several mercy petitions that were pending before him.

June 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira has said the arrest or release of an individual should not affect ties with India. Kaira was referring to the release of Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed.

June 3rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has said that India's concerns on the acquittal of the Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Saeed were 'misplaced', and that it should refrain from commenting on a decision of a court of law. "The views expressed therein are misplaced.

June 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The acquittal of Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafeez Saeed is seen as a 'very major setback' to the efforts being initiated to thaw the relationship between India and Pakistan. Experts believe that the heightened friction between the two neighboring countries was declining, as New Delhi had shown some moves to deescalate the tension.

April 27th, 2009 LONDON - A petition on 10 Downing Street's own website calling for Gordon Brown to resign as Prime Minister has passed the 10,000-signature mark.y 7.00 last night nearly 10,000 people had signed a petition on the Downing Street website calling for the prime minister to resign. The petition simply states: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to resign." Dr Kalvis Jansons, an academic mathematician, who describes himself as a disillusioned "traditional Labour supporter", posted the petition.

April 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - A divorce petition from a young Chinese couple was thrown out of court after the reason for it was revealed to be because of the changing of the lock on a door. The whole incident started when the young couple, who had been married for six months, had a quarrel, reports the China Daily.

March 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistan government has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court challenging the apex court's verdict which disqualified the former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif and his brother Shahbaz Sharif from contesting elections. According to The News, the petition was filed by the Attorney General of Pakistan, Sardar Muhammad Latif Khan Khosa.

March 10th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court Monday reserved orders on a plea for extending the house arrest of militant leader Hafeez Mohammad Saeed, whose Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror group has been blamed for the 26/11 Mumbai carnage. 'The court has reserved its orders,' Saeed's lawyer told reporters outside the Lahore High Court after a review board heard his petition seeking his release.