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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (6205)	9/2/1999 9:36:00 AM
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BHUTTO EXPRESSES CONCERN ON TALIBANIZATION OF JUDICIARY Bid to bar a Hindu from CJ post concerns Bhutto Islamabad: Former Pakistani Premier Benazir Bhutto has expressed fears that an attempt to prevent a Hindu judge from becoming the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court may be part of the "Talibanisation process" of the Nawaz Sharif government. In a statement issued by the Pakistan Peoples Party here, Benazir expressed "grave concern" over a constitutional petition challenging the status of justice Bhagwan Das of the Sindh High Court on the grounds that being a non-Muslim he had no right to sit as a judge. The statement said justice das was number three on the judges? seniority list in the Sindh High Court and with the possibility of two senior judges being elevated to the Supreme Court there was chance of his becoming the Chief Justice of the High Court. "The move to challenge Justice Das is aimed at precluding him from becoming the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court," Benazir said in the statement. "There were apprehensions that the Nawaz Sharif regime, through the advocate-general, would collude with the petitioner in challenging the status of the honourable judge," she said referring to Sharif?s public declaration that he wished to impose a "Taliban-like system" in Pakistan which would result in discrimination against women and minorities. The PPP chief, who is at present in London, urged the Chief Justice of the Sindh High Court to take a suo moto notice of the development. She also appealed to the bar association and the human rights bodies to take up the matter. According to PPP sources, Benazir?s statement was a pre-emptive move so that injustice was not meted out as the Pakistani Constitution did not prevent a non-Muslim from becoming the Chief Justice of a High Court. The status of Justice Das has been challenged by a Karachi-based private company, reports here said. A senior ruling party member had recently filed a petition against Friday Times weekly editor Najam Sethi before the Chief Election Commissioner seeking that his name be struck off from the electoral rolls since being a Qadiani he was not a Muslim. The case is being heard by the CEC.

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