Mr. Munter asked for the man, who most probably is a covert US intelligence or special-ops officer, to be released from Pakistani police custody and be handed over to the embassy in Islamabad. Mr. Sharif, however, said the American, who is not a diplomat despite US embassy claims, will be tried according to Pakistani laws.
Mr. Sharif's terse half-line response to the US envoy is the only quote of Mr. Sharif that the media reported. We don't know what else Mr. Sharif discussed with the foreign envoy, if at all. The statement shows the former premier has made up his mind on the case.
But it's not that easy for Mr. Sharif. He is also very concerned about this case. One sign of this is the urgent meeting he called of his party seniors at his residence yesterday evening to discuss the American murderer's case.
In the closed-door meeting, Mr. Sharif heard many of his lieutenants warn against pardoning the killer in contravention of Pakistani laws. When a former premier, opposition leader and the leader of the provincial government calls for an urgent meeting to discuss a murder a case, it means the PMLN is in trouble.
Mr. Sharif is in a fix. He knows Pakistanis are closely watching this case and won't let him off the hook if he decides to issue a pardon. At the same time, he is also indebted to the Americans who saved his life in 2000 after a military coup.
Federal interior minister Rehman Malik has denied he is exerting pressure om police authorities in Punjab to release the American. Mr. Sharif's provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah told reporters yesterday no pressure from the federal Pakistani government and the US government would be heeded. But he didn't say if he was indeed facing pressures.
This is a test for Mr. Nawaz Sharif. The entire Pakistani political and military elite is guilty of selling Pakistani citizens for cheap. Mr. Sharif handed over Pakistani citizens to the US during his previous stints in power. So did late premier Benazir Bhutto. So did former army chief Pervez Musharraf.
Even today we hardly see any one of them, in the ruling parties, say a word about hundreds of Pakistani civilians killed by CIA drones in border areas.
Let's hope our ruling elite will let the law take its course in this case, though many Pakistanis remain skeptical.
Malik is a liar, who is also extremely stupid. "No pressure" he says, when Munter is piling on enough pressure to make the Pakistani politicians in positions of power lose their wits. Nawaz has been stripped naked by the WikiLeaks revelations - he will stoop to any level to please his masters.
ReplyDeleteIt is for the Pakistani public to rise up against our rulers who never tire of prostituting themselves to the Americans. Thank you, Ahmed, for organising the جاگ پاکستان جاگ rally.
Here is an excellent article in 'The News' by Asif Ezdi:
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Opinion.aspx
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