1. Justice Sharif’s murder plot ‘a remarkable tale’: Report
Further reading:
We look forward to the follow up story to the plot to kill Justice Sharif- by Chaudry
Ahmad Khan and Ahmad Iqbalabadi
Special Branch Report to kill Khwaja Sharif “false and baseless”
The alleged Plot to kill Justice Sharif: A wishful thinking of Ansar Abassi (part 1) – by
Fawad Manzoor
CJ murder plot: Top cops tortured on Shahbaz Sharif’s instructions – by Rauf Klasra
As they say, “aik jhoot chhupanay kay liye, sau jhoot bolnay partay hayn”. In a true investigative
report by Express Tribune’s Rauf Klasra, the 3 member Judicial Commission, headed by CJP
Iftikhar Chaudhry appointed BHC CJ, Qazi Faez Isa has termed the infamous “Plot to kill
Justice Sharif unearthed” as nothing but a “remarkable tale”. Colonel Ehsan and Dr. Tauqir

2. Shah have been implicated by the commission while at the same time, it has once again
unmasked the “investigative journalism” of Pakistan’s apex investigative journalist, Ansar
Abbasi!
Though the report was considered baseless from day one as a way to create friction between the
executive and judiciary, what is most satisfying that the way Ansar Abbasi and his gang
investigate their “scoops” has been exposed. The report was provided to Ansar Abbasi by
Tauqeer Shah. Also there are recorded conversations between Ansar and Tauqeer that discuss the
report. Now you know where the investigations come from.
We demand that the Judicial Commission report be released officially and strict action be taken
against Tauqeer Shah for releasing “confidential information” to the press. Colonel Ehsan and
Tauqeer Shah be removed from their office and be barred from service. We also demand that
Ansar Abbasi’s membership of various journalistic bodies be rescinded and all previlieges given
to journalists like him be stalled.
It is also demanded that the PPP and Taseer Family, proceed with libel action against the
individuals and the journalist for unnecessarily dragging honorable people in such conspiracires.
It is time that we all stand up against these liars, who ply their trade with others’ lives.
Justice Sharif’s murder plot ‘a remarkable tale’: Report
By: Rauf Klasra
A three member Judicial Commission led by Chief Justice Balochistan High Court Justice Qazi
Faez Isa in its findings into the alleged plot to kill Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court
Khawaja Mohammad Sharif has concluded in its 150 page secret report that the Chief of the
Special Branch Punjab, Colonel Retired Ehsanur Rehman, and Director Special Branch Shahid
Mahmood, with the help of two police constables, had hatched a conspiracy to produce a false
and fabricated intelligence report in a bid to further their careers.
In a hard-hitting 150-page secret report, the Commission fixed the responsibility of the false
report on the chief of the Special Branch Punjab, Colonel Retired Ehsanur Rehman, and Director
Special Branch Shahid Mahmood. It also suggested disciplinary action against Dr Tauqir Shah,
Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, and recommended that he should not be
given any sensitive post in the future.
Terming the ‘plot’ to kill the CJ LHC a “remarkable tale”, the Commission said that it was
authored by the four men who were not only “incorrigible liars” but also “men of little
character and credibility.” The Commission has concluded that these four had enacted this
charade and should be punished.
The Commission has also recommended to the government to immediately terminate the contract
of Colonel Rehman who is now heading Civil Defence Punjab as he was found in serious breach
of his duty and for having acted against the public interest. It also recommended that Rehman not
be employed in any public position in the future.

3. The Commission was formed by the federal government on October 1, 2010, to verify the facts
of a news report on the alleged plot. The commission comprised Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman
(then of the Lahore High Court), Justice Imtiaz Ali (Peshawar High Court) and Chief Justice
Balochistan High Court Justice Qazi Faez Isa as its chairman. After two months of deliberations,
the commission submitted its report to the government.
Dr Shah in his statement also confessed before the three member commission that he had
actually provided the copy of the intelligence report to an Islamabad based reporter of The
News, who published it on September 11, 2010. [THIS CAN BE NONE OTHER THAN OUR
DEAREST ANSAR ABBASI, PAKISTAN’S APEX INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST]
According to a copy of the Judicial Commission report with The Express Tribune, Secretary to
Chief Minister Punjab, Dr Tauqir Shah had admitted that he had sent the “source report” to
the Islamabad based journalist. The commission also received a computer CD through the
post, which was stated to be a recording of the conversation that took place between the
journalist and Dr Shah.
“We have no doubt that the voices on the said disk were those of the journalist and Dr Shah and
confirm what was narrated by the two witnesses. Therefore, there remains no doubt in our minds
that Dr Shah was the person who provided the information to the journalist which formed the
basis of his report in his newspaper,” the report observed.
This is a second inquiry report into the alleged plot to kill the Chief Justice Khawaja Sharif. The
first inquiry was conducted by Director FIA Zafar Ahmad Qureshi. This was submitted to the
Chief Justice of Pakistan on November 5, 2010. The FIA inquiry’s 449 page report concluded
that no such plot existed and it had dismissed the claim made in the news story.
On the issue of identity of the compiler of the report and whether the report could be considered
true, the Judicial Commission said it was very strange for them to observe that according to DG
Special Branch Colonel Rehman, the report was sent to Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on August
2, 2010 and the covering envelope did not bear any date, number or signature. It was also not
sent with a covering letter. The report lay unattended in the CM Punjab office for 32 days
(August 2 to September 4) and was finally opened by an official in the presence of secretary Dr
Shah.
It said that the source report sent by Colonel Rehman was typed in English and was a translation
from an 5 page Urdu document titled “Ahem Report” (Important Report).
Pointing out contradictions in the statements of the concerned officials, the Judicial Commission
said that Rehman told the Commission that the report was brought to him by his Director Shahid
Mahmood. But Mahmood stated that the report was prepared by sub inspector Shakeel Hassan.
However, SI Hassan denied either taking the report to Mahmood or being the originator of same.
Their statements recorded by the FIA, which was conducting a separate inquiry, were also shown
to Rehman and Mahmood. Both officers had given in writing to the FIA in their initial
statements that they did not know about any such report and it was never prepared by the Special

4. Branch. But after five days, they gave fresh statements to the FIA in which they said they had
written the said report. The Judicial Commission report observed that SI Hassan was the only
man who throughout maintained that he never wrote any such report.
The Judicial Commission report said that upon this denial, both Colonel Rehman and Director
Mahmood sought to introduce constables Ahmad and Azam and here began a “remarkable tale”.
The JCR said, both Rehman and Mahmood admitted before the Judicial Commission that they
had lied to Director FIA Zafar Qureshi who was conducting an inquiry into the matter.
Quoting different statements of these four important characters of the Special Branch Punjab, the
Judicial Commission observed that the narration of the same event greatly varied and the
differences were neither minor nor could be explained away on account of fading memories.
“They probably did not expect to be questioned about the manner of submission of the said
report and as such did not match their respective stories,” the Commission observed.
According to Mahmood, he was not alone when the trio of Hassan, Constable Ejaz and
Constable Azam came to him. He went out into the garden where Hassan informed him of the
plot. But, according to constable Azam, Director Mahmood was informed about the plot in his
office. Constable Ejaz contradicted both Mahmood and Azam as he said he was learnt of the plot
for the first time when SI Hassan dictated the same to him.
They all also differed in their accounts of what happened when the same report was submitted.
According to Mahmood, the trio were inside his office when the report was submitted and they
stood in front of him when he read the entire report. But according to constable Ejaz, after
reading the first page, Mahmood told him and constable Azam to leave the room, whereas as per
constable Azam, neither he nor Ejaz entered the Director’s office.
The two admitted to being close friends and are referred to as a “pair” in the special branch.
They were not particularly fond of sub inspector Hassan and constable Azam even referred him
as a “kaam chor”. The Judicial Commission report comments “We do not subscribe to the view
that they were the originators of the said report for the reasons that they work in the lower
tiers of the Special Branch, had not done this kind of work before, had not served in the
Sindh police and therefore could have not access to the information regarding the persons
mentioned in the report who hailed from Sindh and in respect of matters pertaining to
Sindh and finally, the conclusions and analysis put forward in the report required greater
intellectual capacity.”
The Judicial Commission report said from the statements and testimonies of Rehman and
Mahmood, constables Ejaz and Azam, all of them initially professed to have no knowledge about
the said report and subsequently, both Colonel Rehman and Director Mahmood owned up to the
report but attributed it to sub inspector Hassan and did not make any mention of constable Ejaz
and Azam. However, after sub inspector Hassan denied knowledge of the report, constable Ejaz
and Azam were introduced.

5. Constable Ejaz professed to have acted as SI Hassan’s stenographer while constable Azam as the
one who copied the report. All of them admitted to lying and they repeatedly lied to persons in
authority. The Judicial Commission report said after receiving the source report, strangely
Director Mahmood did not pursue the matter further.
It said the source report among other things also stated that Chief Justice Khawaja, the then
Chief Justice Lahore High Court, “comes on the last Friday of every month and holds a Milaad
function from Asar to Magrib” at his ancestral house at Tape Road and that “ the criminals are
expected to target Justice Khawaja then”. The report questioned that if as stated by Rehman and
Mahmood that the report was prepared in early August 2010, the last Friday of the month would
fall on August 27, therefore, it was imperative to apprehend the criminals before then. But the
officers did absolutely nothing. When questioned, Mahmood in his statement said that “I did not
follow up on the report, nor I asked about any follow up upon it”.
“We were also amazed to learn that there is no official file in the Special Branch regarding the
subject. It also belies comprehension that neither the source report nor the report have been
signed, dated, numbered nor states the name of the person who had prepared it. The source report
thus only exists if Colonel Rehman or Director Mahmood wanted it to. A sensitive organization
like the Special Branch cannot possibly be made to operate in this manner,” the Commission
observed, adding it could not be understood why the same report was not shared with other
departments given the fact that the head of provincial judiciary was the intended target.
We look forward to the follow up story to the plot to kill
Justice Sharif- by Chaudry Ahmad Khan and Ahmad
Iqbalabadi
Even “yellow journalists” would be insulted to be in the same
category as the Jang Group. A media group that has always promoted the interests of dictators,

6. bigots and fascists has been at the forefront in maligning the current elected PPP-led
government. The news item, ” Plot to kill Justice Sharif Unearthed ” (The News, September
11, 2010) smacks of the innuendo, gossip and mendacity or as GEO likes to call it, news! Earlier
the same author, i.e. the apex investigative journalist of Pakistan, HE Ansar Abbasi had made
himself a laughing stock by filing a report titled “Get CJ Iftikhar operation on the cards“ in
June 2010.
The sheer failure and incompetence of the Punjab Provincial Government makes it imperative
that they have to rely on the crutches of establishment proxies like the Judiciary and the media.
This is a similar instance when GEO’s resident Talibanistas like Ansar Abbasi, indulge in their
favorite game of PPP-baiting.
The entire “news” report does not possess an element of substantiated fact that would allow for
its preposterous conclusion. The motives listed for ” killing” Justice Sharif are even more
laughable. As it is not the way to get rid of him, he is already at the end of his term. PML(N)
Govt can not be discredited or embarrassed with such act as everyone knows CJ Sharif’s cordial
relations and media sympathies with the Sharifs, and as usually after every act of terrorism, the
blame is shifted on the federal Govt, and federal Govt. will never dig their own grave.
PPP Govt will never commit the mistake of imposing Governor’s Raj as they have learnt from
their previous follies.
In fact Sharifs and their counterparts in Judiciary and Lawyers will be benefited as it will be a
blessing for them as they will get a ” POLITICAL SHAHEED ” for a new phase of
destabilization and dragging through the mud campaign against the federal Govt .
Justice Sharif has openly come out and expressed his anti-Hindu views which could be viewed as
a sign of bigotry. Similarly, he has explicitly expressed his anti- PPP political recommendation.
Such views would endear him to the violent sections of society. Far from making him the target
of violent criminal elements, such view would endear him to the very Pro Taliban militias and
elements.
Off course, in the alternate universe that is being propagated by the likes of the Jang Group and
their various subsidiaries like GEO and ARY, the likes of the LHC CJ, Justice Sharif are an
anathema to the “Liberal fascists” who control Pakistan!
Having filed his report to be published on Eid day, Ansar Abbasi and his pals like Ahmed
Noorani have been making rounds amongst PPP’s 3rd tier leadership such as district and
provincial level leaders by calling them up, sending SMS and asking questions whose answers
can only try to substantiate Ansar Abbasi’s story.
The questions that are being asked include: linking a certain Babar Sindhu to the President and
asking them if Babar Sindhu has been tasked to kill CJ Sharif and that this Babar Sindhu has
gotten criminal elements released from prisons to carry out the task. Some office bearers have
also been harrassed by asking them questions about calls being received on their phones and
money being transferred to their accounts and vehicles provided to carry such tasks.

7. First and foremost EVEN if there is such a plan, no one will ever admit it. Why do Ansar Abbasi
and his gang come up with stories that are only there to keep them in the news? If you can’t
substantiate such stories, why come up with them? I feel that stories will be published as a follow
up to the Eid day story on 14th September. Whatever the story it will be, it will for sure be full of
innuendo and 2+2=22 kind of version by the leading yellow journalists group called Jang Group.
Here are the news segment published in “The News” and “Daily Jang” respectively
Plot to kill Justice Sharif unearthed
ISLAMABAD: Special Branch Punjab, the leading provincial intelligence outfit, has generated a
horrific report about an alleged plot prepared by some top federal figures to assassinate the
Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, it is learnt. Credible
Punjab government sources confided to The News that the report has been immediately shared
with the ISI to cross-check its credibility whereas the Punjab Police and counter terrorism
department have been asked to immediately launch an operation against those identified in the
report as “hired assassins”.
The Inspector General Punjab, according to the source, personally visited the Honorable Chief
Justice and informed him of the alleged plot. Chief Minister Punjab, the source said, has directed
the police to take all possible measures for the safety and security of the top judge of the
province. Three key federal authorities have been named in the report as the plotters however;
this newspaper is not unveiling them because of the sensitivities involved and also for the reason
that at this stage the disclosure of their names would be premature. The report also contains the
names of the hired assassins but this information is being withheld by The News on the request
of the source, who insisted that the disclosure of their names would make it hard for the
provincial government to get hold of them.
The report titled “PLAN TO ELIMINATE A VALUE TARGET” was recently submitted to the
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif as “Most Immediate” and “For the CM’s eyes only”. The
source of this shocking information has been identified by the agency as “a dependable source”.
The three-page intelligence report gives all the necessary details about the plotters as well as the
hired assassins. It has also identified a “special cell” created by the plotters to execute the
assassination plan.
The plot envisages hiring of hardened criminals, who are likely to make a murderous attempt on
the CJ LHC during his visit to ancestral house at Tape Road, backside of Veterinary Hospital
Lahore, where he comes on the last Friday of every month and holds a Milad function from Asar
to Maghrib. “Since a large number of people attend the Milad and the security measures on the
occasion are not adequate, the criminals are expected to target the CJ LHC here,” the report
warned. The report revealed that a person, involved in judge’s murder case but acquitted recently
and considered closely associated with a key federal figure, got released some of diehard
criminals (all named in the report) and constituted a gang of criminals/hired murders. All the
gang members have a long criminal history and background. The report also reflected on their
hideouts. The report also revealed that in an important official residence, a special cell is

8. working on the formulation of another team of criminals (whose names are also included in the
report). The criminals, identified in the report, are said to be regular visitors of the important
official residence. These criminals are also said to be trying to get released some more criminals
from jail. A federal minister, who is amongst the alleged plotters, according to the report, views
that CJ LHC is close to Mian brothers and considers him as an obstacle in furtherance of PPP’s
objectives/designs in Punjab.
“By achieving the said high profile objective, PPP will gain the following:
(i) Getting rid of CJ LHC Khwaja Muhammad Sharif;
ii) Embarrassment to government of Punjab in judiciary;
iii) Discredit the PML-N government in the eyes of public, media, lawyers etc; and
iv) Pave way for enforcing Governor Rule in Punjab by propagating that the government has
failed to check terrorism in an effective manner.
The report sought from the government to beef up the security measures of the CJ LHC besides
putting a close watch on the activities of the aforementioned criminal elements.

9. Special Branch Report to kill Khwaja Sharif “false and
baseless”

10. Our dearest friend, Ansar Abbasi had given the
nation a eid gift on 11th September by coming up with a report “Plot to kill Justice Sharif
Unearthed”. The report has been debated on LUBP the following titles: “We look forward
to the follow up story to the plot to kill Justice Sharif”, The alleged Plot to kill Justice Sharif: A
wishful thinking of Ansar Abassi” and “The alleged Plot to kill Justice Sharif : A wishful
thinking of Ansar Abbasi —- Part 2”. Similarly, politicians and a number of people who are sick
and tired of conspiracy theories of Ansar Abbasi have condemned the report having sinister
motives.
In the Dawn of September 24, 2010, Zulqernain Tahir has reported on the the suspects in the plot
against Justice Khwaja Sharif. The news report begins with the ISI and Punjab police terming the
Special Branch report to be “false and baseless” claiming that PPP leaders had hatched a plot to
assassinate Justice Sharif.
In this report PML-N’s Pervaiz Rasheed has admitted that report was leaked. Earlier on the
PML-N had denied doing so. It also confirms our assertion of the nexus between the PML-N and
Ansar Abbasi and his gang. I was surprised to hear Ansar Abbasi say on September
rd
23 ‘s Off the Record. He said “Meri khwahish hay kay mayn Shahbaz Sharif sahab kee
government kee koi krupshion kee khabar nikaloon, par mujhay nahee miltee”. Off course, how
can you see PML-N government’s corruption as PML-N is feeding you with news to become a
hero!
Thinking objectively, what has been achieved with this story? Justice Sharif is well and alive and
we pray for his long life. The PPP stalwarts have been alleged to be killers and a lot of time and
energy was wasted to defend these allegations.
Our Media needs to grow up and elements like Ansar Abbasi need to be tamed down by their
editorial boards!
Suspects in ‘plot against judge’ freed: Intelligence report
Source: Dawn, September 24, 2010

11. LAHORE, Sept 23: The ISI and Punjab police have found “false and baseless” a report by the special branch
claiming that three PPP stalwarts had hatched a plot to assassinate Lahore High Court’s Chief Justice Khwaja
Mohammad Sharif.
“We have found no connection whatsoever of three PPP men with the alleged murder plot of the LHC CJ,” Lahore
police chief Aslam Tareen told Dawn on Thursday.
“The contents of the special branch’s report could not be verified after a thorough investigation. There is no truth in
it.
“All eight suspects arrested after their names were mentioned in the report have been set free for want of evidence
against them,” he said.
Mr Tareen said the report had been submitted to the quarters concerned and security of the chief justice had been
beefed up.
“The findings of the ISI also confirm those of ours,” he revealed. The report was sent to Inter-Services Intelligence
agency and police for verification after its authenticity was questioned by the Pakistan People’s Party.
However, an intelligence agency official said the question now arose if the Punjab government would initiate an
investigation to ascertain who was behind the preparation of the ‘fake’ document and its ‘deliberate’ leakage.
Expressing regrets over a trend of using names of security agencies for political gains, he said: “The authenticity of
any future reports by the special branch will now be suspicious.” The report, which did not have the signature of any
official concerned, had alleged that a federal government nominee in Punjab, a federal minister and a provincial PPP
office-bearer were involved in preparing a plot to assassinate the chief justice by hiring hardened criminals.
The report was prepared on Aug 2 and given to a section of the media in September.
Talking to Dawn, Col (retd) Ehsanul Haq, who was the special branch’s chief at the time, said that neither he nor his
subordinates had authored the report.
However, the Lahore police chief claimed he had admitted that he had a source report about the plot.
Governor Salmaan Taseer has alleged that the chief minister’s private secretary Tauqeer Shah had leaked the
‘unauthenticated’ report to the media.
He said Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif should explain whether the move to implicate PPP leaders in the conspiracy
was his or his team’s idea.
PML-N spokesman Senator Pervaiz Rashid said the chief minister had forwarded the report to the ISI for verifying
its authenticity.
He said Mr Shah had nothing to do with the report.
“It was leaked to the media because it was a very serious matter. Making such information public thwarts such
plans,” he said.
http://epaper.dawn.com/ArticleText.aspx?article=24_09_2010_012_010

12. The alleged Plot to kill Justice Sharif: A wishful thinking of
Ansar Abassi (part 1) – by Fawad Manzoor
Related articles: Part 2
Here it goes again. When I read the name of Ansar Abbasi in the papers immediately my mind
runs to the story books we used to read when we were kids. Famous character in those story
books was Inspector Jamshed. Those booklets always had strange story lines where out of
nowhere a crime will be committed and with the great intelligence of Inspector Jamshed that
crime will be solved no matter that crime is committed on the seventh sky. During our university
days we are really hooked on Pink Panther movies and infamous character Inspector Clouseau.
We enjoyed our free time by popping in the pink panther movie in the VCR. Inspector Clouseau
was also the character of a stupid police man who without any effort would solve a crime with
his nonsense knowledge and his superiors would believe him because they were sick of the
destruction that used to go around him.
Ansar Abbasi is acting like Inspector Jamshed and Inspector Clouseau and again building up
a nonsense theory. A news story appeared in the THE NEWS as eid gift to the gullible people of
Pakistan titled “Plot to kill Justice Sharif unearthed“. It is a beautifully written story based on
hypothesis and information available to the apex investigative journalist of Pakistan. Ansar gives
details of the story unearthed by “Special Branch ” an Intelligence outfit run by Punjab
Government. At the moment it is headed by a retired civil servant. He is working on contract.
You can well imagine who gets a contract in Punjab these days.
This outfit of intelligence is sadly devoid of basic intelligence. Ansar Abbasi has no shame all
his predictions in last three years have evaporated in thin air from minus one to minus two, to
giving time limits to current government. I would not be surprised if someone says that Ansar
Abbasi is on the take of Osama Bin Laden or Mullah Omar to write columns to promote Jihadis
and believe me it will be no shock to me if someone says that Mullah Omar had plastic surgery
and now he is Ansar Abbasi. You don’t have to write your columns promoting Talibans but there
is another way to do it and that is to discredit the people who are fighting against such evil force.
It is pertinent to hold the Special Branch for their accomplishments in recent times. Few of the
greatest achievements of the Special Branch headed by ex serviceman and ex IG working on
contract are as follows:

13. • Special Branch was given the duty to check Atta (wheat flour) smuggling, and they failed
miserably
• Special Branch couldn’t predict attack on Ahmedi’s worship place
• Special Branch couldn’t predict attack on Data Sahib
• Special Branch couldn’t predict attack on Karbala Gamay Shah
• Special Branch couldn’t predict two attacks by terrorist on its own Police Head
quarters at Manawa in Punjab
• Special Branch couldn’t predict suicide bombers running freely in Punjab
Biggest of all the credit that goes to Special Branch is when it couldn’t tell its boss in 1999 that
military is going throw you out in less than five minutes.
There are many more incidents where Special Branch sat on its rear end. But yes you should give
it credit revealing plan of possible murder attempt on Lahore High Court CJ. Everybody stand
and clap for excellent work done by a Special Branch. But guess what, it is only a publicity
campaign by Special Branch with a view to defame federal government under the directions of
Punjab Government. If it is true what do the killers gain out of it? In my opinion if anybody and
especially if federal government tries to kill such a munafiq who is already going to retire soon,
gains nothing except more headaches. Killing of CJ will give more fodder to the jihadi minded
media and judiciary. Ansar Abbasi seems to be on the payroll of Special Branch headed by
Talibanistas.
Now here is the break up of the story.
Special Branch Punjab, the leading provincial intelligence outfit, who was given task by Shahbaz
to check Atta smuggling and nothing else during the golden days of Atta smuggling completely
failed to do so but all of a sudden has generated a horrific report about an alleged plot prepared
by some top federal figures to assassinate the Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court
Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, it is learnt.
Three key federal authorities have been named in the report as the plotters however; this
newspaper is not unveiling them because of the sensitivities involved and also for the reason that
at this stage the disclosure of their names would be premature.
At the moment it would be premature to name the three federal figures involved in the murder
plot but it is mature enough to report this incident to the public without any evidence.
The report titled “PLAN TO ELIMINATE A VALUE TARGET” was recently submitted to the
Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif as “Most Immediate” and “For the CM’s eyes only”. The
source of this shocking information has been identified by the agency as “a dependable source”.
As Ansar writes Most Immediate and “For the CM eyes only” wonder how it got to the eyes of
Ansar Abbasi. This detective journalist should feature in James Bond 007. In fact he is a notch
higher up than the original bond he is 008. It is plain idiotic writing by a Jamat e Islami cleric.
These criminals are also said to be trying to get released some more criminals from jail.

14. He writes that these criminals working under a federal cell have planned to kill Khwaja Sharif in
his village where he holds Khatam e Quran on last Friday of the month and has little or no
security. While closing the report he thought of adding spice to the already made up hypothetical
story that these criminals will get other criminal released from jail too.
“By achieving the said high profile objective, PPP will gain the following: (i) Getting rid of CJ
LHC Kh Muhammad Sharif; ii) Embarrassment to government of Punjab in judiciary; iii)
Discredit the PML-N government in the eyes of public, media, lawyers etc; and iv) Pave way for
enforcing Governor Rule in Punjab by propagating that the government has failed to check
terrorism in an effective manner.
Ansar mian is living in cukoo land. Now by killing Khawja Sharif it will be assumed that the law
order in Punjab will not be so good the bigwigs will say let’s just impose Governor’s Rule. Mr.
Ansar is it the game of chess that you have in mind? It is not one Khawja Sharif, there are more
and when Governor’s Rule (if ever imposed) will be challenged in the Supreme Court, what will
happen?
Is Ansar so out of his mind? He also says that it will be a way of discrediting PML-N in the eyes
of public, Media, and lawyers. Here discrediting in the eyes of public does makes little sense but
how my dear and discrediting in the eyes of Lawyers and Media that rings alarm bells. It means
that PML-N honey moon with Jihadi media and lawyers is still intact.
Though the editor has failed to post my column submitted couple of days ago but I am resending
it with additional twist that took place couple of days ago. Around 4:00pm there was a breaking
news on all the corporate news retail outlets that the man in the middle of the storm head of
Special Branch who is working on contract was held by FIA and has provided a written
statement that the report in question does not bear his signature. Media retailers have failed to
print or elaborate this story for last two days.
Ansar another scam story in your face.
All I can say is Ansar Abbasi should be given Pulitzer prize for biggest BS of the first 10 years
of this century.
CJ murder plot: Top cops tortured on Shahbaz Sharif’s
instructions – by Rauf Klasra

15. Related articles:
We look forward to the follow up story to the plot to kill Justice Sharif- by Chaudry Ahmad
Khan and Ahmad Iqbalabadi
Special Branch Report to kill Khwaja Sharif “false and baseless”
The alleged Plot to kill Justice Sharif: A wishful thinking of Ansar Abassi (part 1) – by Fawad
Manzoor
In what can best be seen as a return to strong-arm tactics of the Punjab government, two
senior officials of the Punjab Police were forcibly picked up in midnight raids on their
homes after it transpired that both of them had distanced themselves from an alleged
intelligence reportthat warned of an attack on the Lahore High Court Chief Justice,
Khwaja Muhammad Sharif.
Additional IG Special Branch, Colonel (retd) Ehsanur Rehman and his deputy, Shahid
Mahmood, were picked up from their residences and detained in an unspecified location where
they were allegedly manhandled, say sources.
Highly-placed officials say that it was this treatment that forced the two to retract their earlier
statements to the FIA in which they had stated that they had no knowledge of any report into the
plot to kill the Lahore High Court chief justice. Instead, they went ahead and said they had
authored the report.
Sources said that during the two-day detention in a safe house of the Punjab police, both the
Special Branch officers were put under pressure to make them fall in line. One source even
claimed that Colonel Ehsan and Shahid Mahmood were manhandled during their custody to
make them own the information report before the FIA inquiry commission.

16. After initial resistance, both of them gave new statements in which they confirmed they had
dispatched such a report to CM Punjab Mian Shabaz Sharif and to PML-N chief, Mian Nawaz
Sharif. Sources have now confirmed that Colonel Ehsan, a former operative of the ISI, was
posted at the Attock Fort during the detention of the Sharif brothers where he allowed them a
number of concessions and favours. After the PML-N came to power, Ehsan cashed in on these
favours and was appointed to the lucrative position of AIG Punjab Special Branch.
Director FIA Zafar Ahmed Qureshi, a respected officer, who was appointed to inquire into the
alleged plot to kill the CJ of the Lahore High Court, in his 499-page report submitted to the Chief
Justice of Pakistan on November 2, concluded that there was no evidence available to establish
the authenticity of the information report issued by the Punjab government into the alleged
murder plot.
Zafar Qureshi had reached this conclusion after interviewing and investigating 41 officials
concerned. None of them owned the report, which was deliberately leaked to the media to create
a sensation and embarrass the federal government.
Giving details as to how even two top guns of the Special Branch Punjab were subjected to
serious physical pressure to make them own the report, sources claimed that even the Chief
Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhary was informed about the “abduction” of these
two senior officers — Col Ehsan and Shahid Mahmood–in his chamber on September 19.
The CJ had called a high level meeting of government officials to discuss the report. FIA director
Zafar Ahmed Qureshi who had accompanied Secretary Interior in this meeting, had brought to
the notice of the CJ that two of the key witnesses, who had already recorded their statement
before him and had denied sending any report to government, were forcibly picked up from their
houses after police raids.
The sources said that the CJ had got angry with IG Punjab Tariq Saleem Dogar as to why had his
officers not arrested Babar Sindhu, who in the news item was tipped as the ringleader of the
murder plot.
Colonel Ehsan had personally approached FIA Director Zafar Ahmad Qureshi to record his
statement and told him that he was facing threats, as some top guns of the Punjab government
were trying to frame him, sources said. Ehsan was so frightened that he went to the official
residence of Zafar Qureshi at 2 am to record his statement and disowned sending any such report
to government.
As he was recording his statement, his wife made a telephone call on his mobile and in a
distraught state, she told her husband that the Punjab police had raided their house and they were
asking about his whereabouts. Her wife told him that policemen had even misbehaved with her
and wanted to get him “at all costs.”
Col Ehsan rushed to his house from where he was taken into custody by the Punjab police. He
remained in custody till he agreed give a fresh statement owning the report.

17. DIG Mushtaq Sukhera and a CIA SP were said to have put Colonel Ehsan and Shahid Mahmood
under pressure during these two days of custody and all sorts of torture methods were used, it is
alleged.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 29th, 2010.