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Zardari’s bail prayer

Sind HC to defy president’s ordn
KARACHI. Dec 15: A Pakistani court defied a prvsl dential curtailment of Its pow ers today to keep alive a bail plea by the husband of Opposition Leader Benazir Bhutto, reports Reuter
The Sind Province High Court agreed to hear argu ments by the lawyer for AsifAll Zardari, despite an ordinance by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan this week that bars high Courts from hearing bail appli cations from those facing trial In special courts for suppression of terrorist activities.
Zardari has been in prison for more than two years facing a string of criminal charges In eluding at least one in the terrorist courts.
The President s ordinance on Monday curtailed the powers of the courts for the first time since the lifting of martial law six years ago.
Legal experts said It was the first such erosion of the pow ers of the Judiciary in Pakistan's 47-year history.
This is a mala fide piece of legislation.' Zardari's lawyer Raja Qureshi said after a brief appearance before the court in Karachi, capital of Bhutto's troubled home province of Sind.
This is done for the first time in the history of Pakistan.' he told Reuters. "The whole fabric of criminal Jurisprudence has been af-
fected adversely by this ordinance.'
Lahore High Court Bar Association President Hamid Khan condemned the ordinance as a serious transgression of fundamental rights and civil liberties and a ‘fascist' measure to deprive citizens of their basic rights.
The ordinance would adversely affect the indepen dence of the Supreme Court, newspapers quoted Hamid Khan as saying.
Qureshi quoted the Sind court as saying its hands were tied by the presidential decree. but ft nevertheless set Sunday to hear arguments on whether it could still grant bail to Zardari.
The court agreed to hear Qureshi and government lawyers, court officials said
Qureshi said he wanted to argue that the constitutional jurisdiction of the courts to grant ball was still intact.
Lawyers and human rights activists said Zardari was the target of the decree, which Bhutto on Monday called 'an insult to the whole judiciary and a blatant use of executive force".
Zardari, a member of the Lower House of Parliament, was arrested in October. 1990 and has beemheld in Jail on seven charges ranging from corruption to murder.