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points:
♦ The citizens of Pakistan have a right to freely elect their representatives
in a free, fair and lawful election.
♦ Corrupt practices marred the general election of 1990. It has been
established that an Election Cell in the presidency provided financial assistance
to favoured candidates/parties to achieve desired results and deprive the people
of their right to choose their representatives.
♦ The president is bound by his oath to do right to all people and if he
fails to do this he violates the constitution and renders himself liable to action
under the constitution and the law.
♦ The president, the army chief and the ISI head or their subordinates
are not supposed to create an election cell to support any candidate/party
because that will deprive the people of their right and such action will be in
violation of the constitution.
♦ In the 1990 election an Election Cell in the presidency was aided by
the army chief, General Aslam Beg, and the ISI D-G, Gen. Asad Durrani,
though they participated in the unlawful activities of the Election Cell in their
individual capacities.
♦ The ISI and MI have no role in politics regarding the formation or
destabilisation of political governments, nor can they help or favour politicians,
groups or parties to achieve success.
♦ It has been established that President Ghulam Ishaq Khan, with the
support of Gen Aslam Beg, Gen Asad Durrani, and others working for M1,
now retired or dead, were supporting the working of the illegally established
Election Cell.
♦ Mr Younas Habib, the then CEO of Habib Bank, at the direction and
behest of the above-mentioned functionaries, arranged/provided Rs 140 million,
belonging to public exchequer, out of which Rs 60 million were distributed
among politicians whose incomplete particulars were provided by Gen. Durrani.
However, without a thorough probe no order can be passed against them.
♦ Any extra-constitutional act calls for action in accordance with the
constitution and the law against the officers/officials of the armed forces
without any discrimination.
♦ The nation deeply respects the armed forces for always sacrificing
their lives while defending the country against both external and internal
aggression.
♦ Involvement of the officers/members of secret services, such as ISI,
MI, IB etc., in unlawful activities, individually or collectively, calls for strict
action against them under the law.
♦ Any Election Cell in the presidency or ISI, MI or within their formations
shall be abolished immediately and any notification for the creation of such a
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State of Human Rights in 2012