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	Top Pakistani opposition leader arrested
		Javed Hashmi, president of the 15-party Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, was arrested for allegedly releasing an anonymous letter purportedly written by army officials criticising Pakistan President Gen Pervez Musharraf's leadership.
		Hashmi, a firebrand leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (N), is a close lieutenant of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
		Hashmi had released the anonymous letter in the cafeteria of the parliament house on October 20 claiming to have received it from some men in uniform who did not want to be identified.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/oct/30pak.htm?zcc=ar (452 words)

	Conduct Unbecoming
		Javed Hashmi's arrest on charges of sedition may be meant to serve as a warning to anyone planning to take on the army.
		Hashmi's October 29 arrest on charges of sedition and incitement of disaffection within the armed forces of Pakistan, inevitably cast him in the mould of a victim of a system in which debating military matters is still taboo.
		Javed Hashmi should have known that reading before the press an anonymous letter to parliamentarians demanding the formation of a judicial commission to look into the Kargil conflict would not go unchallenged by the ruling generals.
	www.newsline.com.pk /Newsdec2003/viewdec2003.htm (1100 words)

	Human rights of parliamentarians: 175th Governing Council session
		Hashmi were reportedly allowed to attend the proceedings and the press were allowed in from time to time; the defence contested the holding of the trial in jail and rejected the judge assigned to the case, Mr.
		Hashmi's daughter were reportedly allowed in the courtroom when the judgment was handed down; noting that it transpires from the judgment that the judge in the case only heard prosecution witnesses and not a single witness for the defence, although the latter had pointed to the necessity of calling certain witnesses,
		Hashmi was found guilty and sentenced to a heavy prison term at the close of a trial which, given the secrecy of the proceedings and the total disregard of the rights of the defence, fell far short of fundamental fair trial guarantees and suggested partiality on the part of the judge;
	www.ipu.org /hr-e/175/Pak16.htm (1062 words)

	Pakistan Times \| Top Story: Shaukat, Hashmi to contest for Pakistan's Premiership today
		The ruling PML had raised objection on the nomination papers of Javed Hashmi on plea that he was convicted by a session court and after he is convicted, he stands disqualified as member of National Assembly.
		He said Javed Hashmi was convicted by the competent court of jurisdiction on charges of treason and he ceased to be member of National Assembly, so there was no question of his contesting for the slot of the Prime Minister.
		"Javed Hashmi is unanimous candidate of ARD for Premiership and we have requested the Speaker to issue his production order to ensure his presence during the election process under Constitution's article 90," he told a press conference in the Parliament House.
	pakistantimes.net /2004/08/27/top1.htm (999 words)

	World Movement for Democracy - Parliamentarians for Democracy
		Hashmi is president of the Alliance for Restoration of Democracy and is the acting leader of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
		Hashmi was arrested on October 29, 2003 following the distribution and reading of a letter titled "To the National Leadership" at a press conference.
		Hashmi was arrested and charged with inciting the army to mutiny, defaming the government and the army, and document forgery.
	www.wmd.org /impd/alerts/alertsPakistan-504.html (411 words)

	Javed Hashmi's medical check-up sought -DAWN - National; 06 January, 2004
		Ms Hashmi said when her father was in the NAB custody for one year, the government had allowed him physiotherapy at the Civil Hospital, Lahore.
		Mr Hashmi, she said, had been kept in solitary confinement in a security cell and that the government had been violating court orders.
		The MNA said the arrest of Javed Hashmi would send a wrong message to the leaders of Saarc states, who were visiting Islamabad in connection with the 12th Saarc summit.
	www.dawn.com /2004/01/06/nat10.htm (313 words)

	CNN.com - Pakistan defends sedition trial - Apr 17, 2004
		Javed Hashmi was sentenced Monday, after a trial during which journalists were barred, for an arrest in October on charges of defaming the government and the army.
		Hashmi is president of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League and the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, comprising 15 political parties.
		Hashmi was arrested October 29 after he circulated a letter allegedly written by an army officer opposing the role of the army in national politics.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/16/pakistan.protests (495 words)

	Musharraf foe convicted of trying to incite rebellion \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Javed Hashmi, leader of the 15-party Alliance for Restoration of Democracy coalition, was convicted of sedition, mutiny and forgery by the District and Session Court in Rawalpindi, said Munir Ahmed Bhatti.
		Hashmi, a member of the lower house of parliament, was arrested Oct. 29, days after publicizing a letter purportedly written by an army officer criticizing Musharraf's policy of supporting the U.S.-led war against terrorism in neighboring Afghanistan.
		Hashmi became one Musharraf's most vocal critics after the military leader ousted former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup in 1999.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040413/news_1n13pakman.html (237 words)

	Human rights of parliamentarians: 176th Governing Council session
		Hashmi is entitled to A treatment and facilities, he is being treated at C class standards; considering that, according to the Pakistani delegation, Mr.
		Hashmi was found guilty and sentenced to a heavy prison term at the close of a trial which, given the secrecy of the proceedings and the disregard of the rights of the defence, fell far short of fundamental fair trial guarantees and suggested partiality on the part of the judge;
		Hashmi was sentenced only at first instance, and that consequently, by virtue of the principle of presumption of innocence which carries through until a conviction is confirmed at final instance, he should be presumed innocent;
	www.ipu.org /hr-e/176/Pak16.htm (664 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, a parliamentarian and president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz Sharif Group) party, was arrested at his apartment here on Oct. 29 on charges of creating hatred against the Pakistan Army and defaming the federal and provincial governments.
		Hashmi was among a few politicians who defied pressure from the military establishment to ditch his party and its leader, former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, after the 1999 coup by Musharraf.
		Meantime, Hashmi, from the southern Punjab town of Multan, was becoming more bitter and vocal in censuring Musharraf - who remains the effective head of Pakistan despite the election of a parliament and having a prime minister in place -- and his policies.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=20939 (972 words)

	Pakistan Facts - PAKISTAN: Detained politician remanded to judicial custody (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, a member of parliament and the president of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), a coalition of opposition parties demanding Pakistan?s return to "true" democracy, was picked up in a late-night raid outside his official residence in the capital, Islamabad, on 28 October.
		Hashmi was accused of defaming the army by distributing copies of a letter he claimed to have received in which members of the armed forces supposedly criticised President Pervez Musharraf?s role in the US-led war on terror.
		Hashmi has demanded that President Musharraf be tried for treason for allegedly subverting the Constitution when he seized power in a coup in 1999 from prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
	www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=20031114234727950 (689 words)

	Pakistan Facts - Opposition condemns Pakistan arrest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mr Hashmi, the president of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD), was arrested late on Wednesday night and accused of defaming the army.
		Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, de facto leader of the Pakistan Muslim League led by exiled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was arrested late on Wednesday near his house in Islamabad.
		Hashmi is president of the multi-party Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, which is driving a campaign against Pakistan's military ruler, President Pervez Musharraf.
	www.pakistan-facts.com /article.php?story=2003103019480560 (928 words)

	The Hindu : International : 23-year jail term for Pakistan Opposition leader
		The working president of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-Nawaz), Javed Hashmi, was sentenced today to 23 years of imprisonment on charges of defaming Army and inciting it to rebel against the President, Pervez Musharraf.
		Hashmi shot to prominence for his bold comments on the military rule and was arrested for distributing a letter at a press conference in which it was alleged that the military regime had compromised on vital national interests.
		Hashmi had sought an open trial citing the cases of the late Z.A. Bhutto and Mian Nawaz Sharif.
	www.hindu.com /2004/04/13/stories/2004041302021600.htm (358 words)

	The Nation
		The JUI head said that Javed Hashmi wrote the book to show that he was committed to the country not to the rulers.
		She informed the audience that she had a chance to interact closely with Hashmi in 1993 and found him to be a brave person and his loyalty was unquestionable.
		Javed Hashmi’s daughter and MNA Memoona Hashmi thanked the speaker for coming on the occasion and said that her father’s struggle and book meant that bodied could be imprisoned but souls could not be confined.
	nation.com.pk /daily/feb-2005/14/index4.php (2784 words)

	Javed Hashmi's Forty Year Jail Service by Manzur Ejaz: ShariaHaunt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Javed Hashmi’s crime is that he has again refused to bow down to a military dictatorship.
		Javed Hashmi expressed similar sentiments from Kot Lakhpat jail likening all committed political activists to leaves and petals of the same stem that than displays its beauty in totality.
		Javed Hashmi has not betrayed the Constitution or the people of Pakistan like some other politicians but he was tried for it and was given a long tenure in jail.
	www.shariahaunt.com /javedhashmi.html (1123 words)

	CNN.com - Pakistan: Jail term for key critic - Apr 12, 2004
		Hashmi was arrested on October 29 on charges of defaming the government and the army.
		Hashmi is president of the opposition Pakistan Muslim League and a joint opposition alliance comprising 15 political parties.
		Hashmi's trial was held in Rawalpindi Prison and journalists were not allowed to cover the proceedings.
	www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/12/pakistan.sedition/index.html (322 words)

	Times of Oman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Justice Mohammed Akhtar Shabbir, before whom the main appeal of Javed Hashmi was pending against his sentence, dismissed the miscellaneous application in which Advocate Mohammed Akram Sheikh, the legal counsel of the appellant, had prayed to release Hashmi on bail by suspending the sentence.
		In the main appeal of Hashmi, the high court had already summoned records of the trial court that jailed him.
		Under the rules, nobody except the speaker was competent to take cognisance or initiate action, therefore the entire transaction of the registration of case, arrest of the appellant, his custody, alleged torture and subsequent trial was gravest encroachment on the functioning of the parliament and the speaker, he stated.
	www.timesofoman.com /print.asp?newsid=11315 (293 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		Vice-president of the MMA Qazi Hussain Ahmad described Hashmi’s arrest as a “political tactic” of the government aimed at diverting the peoples’ attention from the real issues and to deter the Opposition from planning for national demonstrations against the army and the government.
		Ahmed said the government should produce Javed Hashmi at least in the parliament and he should be given a chance to defend himself.
		Chief of the Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians (PPPP), Makhdoom Amin Fahim, said Javed Hashmi’s arrest was “illegal and urged the speaker of the National Assembly, Chaudhry Amir Hussain, to immediately issue the order to produce Hashmi during the next session of the Assembly.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1031101/asp/foreign/story_2523971.asp (641 words)

	:: K h y b e r M a i l I n t e r n a t i o n a l Peshawar, P a k i s t a n :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		They said that the arrest of Javed Hashmi was a slap on the face of democracy.
		Speaking on the occasion, Haji Hanif said that Lahore the fortress of Nawaz Sharif and said that the protests in the nook and corner of the country against the arrest of Javed Hashmi proved that the days of government were numbered.
		PML-N leader said that due to the protest demonstrations against the arrest of Javed Hashmi, the women wing of the Party was acing the spearheaded role in the movement.
	www.brain.net.pk /~aryans82/kmi/b4.htm (413 words)

	Release Javed Hashmi and all Political Prisoners in Pakistan Petition
		Javed Hashmi, the Acting President of Pakistan Muslim League (N), has been detained, imprisoned, charged and given a sentence of 23 years in Pakistan.
		- That Javed Hashmi is a veteran of Pakistani politics since his student days in the 1970s, and is highly valued by his peers and his constituents as a leading political voice in the country.
		The Release Javed Hashmi and all Political Prisoners in Pakistan Petition to General Pervez Musharraf, Government of Pakistan was created by Members and Supporters of Javed hashmi Release Committee and written by Mohammad Anwer (jhreleasecom@yahoo.com).
	new.petitiononline.com /jh011406/petition.html (286 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| South Asia \| Pakistan jails opposition leader
		Mr Hashmi is the leader of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, a body campaigning for the return of civilian rule after Gen Musharraf's seizure of power in 1999.
		Javed Hashmi was arrested after circulating a letter bearing a military letterhead which was purportedly written by disgruntled officers.
		Mr Hashmi's allies say they believe the letter was genuine and that the charges of forgery are politically motivated.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/3619745.stm (431 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		Hashmi said that in fact he had received a number of letters from army officers in the past months expressing dissatisfaction with President General Pervez Musharraf, who is also army chief.
		Hashmi said that he was ready to go to jail and had already packed his bags.
		Hashmi not only came out clean from this episode, he went on to win a seat in parliament while still in jail.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/EJ31Df05.html (751 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
		Mr Hashmi, a close lieutenant of deposed Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and a firebrand leader of his Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), was arrested along with his driver here last night by the police and intelligence agencies when he was coming out of Parliament Lodges.
		“Javed Hashmi wanted to come out of Parliament Lodges but both entry and exit gates were closed”, a PML (N) spokesman told the local media, alleging that policemen slapped his driver before arresting the two and taking them to an unknown destination.
		Mr Hashmi had released the anonymous letter in the cafeteria of Parliament House on October 20, claiming that he had received it from men in uniform who did not want to be identified.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20031031/world.htm (1953 words)

	The Hindu : International : Pakistan rejects U.S. demarche on Javed Hashmi trial
		Hashmi was sentenced to 23 years of imprisonment by a sessions judge in Rawalpindi last week on charges of defaming the army and instigating rebellion against the Pakistan President and Chief of the Army Staff, Pervez Musharraf.
		Hashmi, the U.S. Embassy sent a demarche to the Pakistan Foreign Office, which did not go down well with the Government.
		Political and diplomatic observers here feel that election year compulsions and criticism on the domestic front that the Bush administration was soft on the Musharraf regime could have influenced the U.S. action.
	www.hindu.com /2004/04/17/stories/2004041705811400.htm (283 words)

	JHRC will accept signature sheets.
		Javed Hashmi Release Committee (JHRC) has received over 500 signatures of support in the first week of the Campaign, 355 from the province of the Punjab that are in the form of signed sheets of paper.
		The Government of Pakistan had charged Javed Hashmi in 2004 on the basis of a fraudulent case of treason to silence a strong political voice, and he was given a 23-year jail term that he is now fulfilling in a Lahore jail.
		The JHRC was formed January 14, 2006 in Toronto to lobby for the release of Javed Hashmi and all political prisoners in Pakistan.
	www.tmcnet.com /usubmit/2006/02/08/1353886.htm (721 words)

	Democracy on trial along with Pakistani opposition leader / Critics say treason tribunal is meant to quash dissent
		Plainclothes security operatives arrested Hashmi, leader of the 15-party Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, near midnight on Oct. -- nine days after he went public with an anonymous letter purportedly from army officers challenging Musharraf's cooperation with the United States in the war on terrorism and the involvement of the military in national politics.
		Hashmi offered the handwritten letter, bearing what appears to be the seal of the Pakistani army's general headquarters, as proof of growing disaffection with Musharraf's policies within the ranks of the military.
		Hashmi himself made similar charges just two days before his arrest in a news conference in Peshawar, calling for the resignation of Musharraf and criticizing the army generals for "turning the country into a satellite" of the United States and "betraying the Afghan people."
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/03/23/MNGJ65OQ6F1.DTL (1219 words)

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