The Man Behind May 12 Incident - ooper Khuda aur neechay Huda

The man who has ruled Sindh as a de facto chief minister for many years finally lost his powers on Saturday.

Brigadier Huda, who was an ISI commander in Sindh, was in fact the caretaker of the MQM-PML-Q provincial coalition government. He was responsible for running the coalition in a smooth manner. All major decisions were taken after his consultation.

He resolved the differences between former CM Arbab Ghulam Rahim and the MQM many a time. Many provincial ministers even used to say "ooper Khuda aur neechay Huda". The brigadier’s name figured in the power circles of Islamabad in the evening of May 12, 2007. Brigadier Huda was given credit for the show of massive government power in Karachi on that day.

Initially, the MQM was reluctant to hold a rally in Karachi on May 12. The then ISI DG Gen Ashfaq Kayani also had the same opinion that the MQM should not come out on the streets when Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry would visit Karachi. It was Huda who played an important role in convincing the MQM not to cancel its rally. He assured the MQM leadership that there will be no riots on that day though he was proved wrong. He was supposed to be very close to the then Army chief General Pervez Musharraf. However, no action was taken against him.

The blasts in the rally of Benazir Bhutto on October 18, 2007 in Karachi were another failure of Brigadier Huda. He was responsible for the security of Benazir Bhutto on that day more than anybody else. However, he was not transferred despite his repeated failures. His downfall started on April 9, 2008, when many people including lawyers were killed in the Karachi violence. It was another failure on the part of Huda. The new PPP government in Sindh felt that Brigadier Huda was still having immense political influence. It believed that he was in contact with the anti-PPP forces. Many important bureaucrats reported to the provincial government that Huda was interfering in different departments. He was more interested in "political makings and breakings" than doing his security job.

After the episode of April 9, PPP leaders asked ISI Director General Lt Gen Nadeem Taj through the prime minister that Huda must be transferred. It took just a few days and Huda was transferred. He was replaced by another brigadier. The PPP gave a message that it means business and it will not tolerate any ambitious spymasters.

There are rumors in the capital that the ISI DG will also be transferred soon but highly-placed sources in the new government dispelled all these rumours. "The prime minister has the authority to change the ISI DG anytime but right now we don't need to change him," claimed a top PPP leader.

SOURCE : THE NEWS
on April 21st,2008
by HAMID MIR

May 12 bloodshed forgotten

PPP General Secretary Jehangir Badr said the PPP wanted to bring prosperity to the common man in the light of Bhuttoism. He asked the United Nations to constitute a commission to probe into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto as she did write to the UN for the investigation of the October 18 incident. He said the PPP government would not spare Benazirís assassins and would expose the persons and motives behind her killing.

But who is going to catch the culprits of MAY , THE 12th. They only care about BHUTTO & BHUTTO. Aren't we murdered? Aren't we butchered? Do we need yet another IMRAN KHAN government to ask on UN to constitute a panel for free and fair judicial inquiry of this mayhem. Do these PPP men really care about US;THE Commons.

They are joining hands with murderers, looters. we voted for them to give us something other than that.

MAY THEIR SOULS burn in HELL if they don't give a damn to commons this time.