Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB) is the government department that has been working closely with the Industry Associations, (PASHA, ISPAK, ACCO) to seek the release of Faisal Chohan, CEO of Cogilent Solutions. With their tremendous support the ordeal ended this last Saturday. The following link documents the proceedings and also provides links to scanned court documents for everyone to review.
http://www.pseb.org.pk/page.php?nid=7
This link is provided to see for themselves how difficult it is to bring justice where it is due.....
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Finally, It is over!
This Saturday morning, Faisal’s bail application was rejected again by the Additional District and Session Judge, Ch. Abdul Qayum. This was the third time that the Session Judge has rejected the bail in less than a week. What was remarkable is that the case was withdrawn almost a week ago, but the Judge continues to see a reason not to let Faisal go.
Meanwhile, the process for cancellation of his case (FIR and discharge request) was moved to the court of Sr. Civil Judge, Mr. Abid Rizwan Abid today. The considerate judge heard the case, marked to Session Judge who sent it back to Additional Session Judge and finally then to Sr. Civil Judge at around 2:30 p.m. The Sr. Civil Judge then heard the arguments of FIA for cancellation of the FIR/Case and passed the orders for cancellation of the case and immediate discharge of Faisal from jail. The orders [robkar] is now taken to the jail. Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), Managing Director, Yusuf Husain, personally and others were at the gates of Adiala Jail to take Faisal out.
Behind the scenes, there were a lot of efforts made by some committed persons who made this thing happen.
Firstly it was Yusuf Husain, MD PSEB who has been at forefronts running around in the courts and putting maximum efforts. I have previously said that he’s unlike any government servant. Today, he made hectic efforts in the court rooms for cancellation of Faisal’s case. I’ve never seen a person holding a public office so committed, so concerned and working so pro actively for the common cause of the industry. Our hats off to you, Yusuf.
Then comes the Secretary Ministry of IT, Mr. Farrakh Qayyum. Yusuf says that he was on phone all day with the Secretary and whenever he called the Secretary to call someone in Ministry of Law & Justice or Ministry of Interior, he immediately acted and short cut the process of clearance of case from three courts within few hours which would normally have taken weeks. Mr. Qayyum continued pursuing the case despite being out of the country and persuading the decision makers’ so that justice could be served quickly. When Mr. Qayyum was thanked for his support, he said that he felt the pain of Faisal and his family very close to his heart. I must say that today’s release of Faisal wouldn’t have been possible without Mr. Qayyum’s wholehearted and sincere efforts. The industry is greatly indebted to you, Mr. Farrakh Qayum.
Mr. Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Minister of State for IT, was also very concerned and didn’t hesitate at all to pick up his phone and call people whenever he was requested.
Oan Rana of PSEB used his personal family contacts to move the case through as Talib Baloch fully extended his helping hands.
And finally, Mr. Wahaj us Siraj, CEO, Micronet, lead the struggle from the front. He marshaled all the resources and support to bring justice. Even against the extreme threat and pig pigheadedness of PTA and FIA, he did not lose hope till justice was served today.
All others who spent time, money and efforts for this cause deserve sincere thanks and applause.
And above all, all praises and thanks to Almighty Allah as this wouldn’t have been at all possible without HIS special blessings and help.
Meanwhile, the process for cancellation of his case (FIR and discharge request) was moved to the court of Sr. Civil Judge, Mr. Abid Rizwan Abid today. The considerate judge heard the case, marked to Session Judge who sent it back to Additional Session Judge and finally then to Sr. Civil Judge at around 2:30 p.m. The Sr. Civil Judge then heard the arguments of FIA for cancellation of the FIR/Case and passed the orders for cancellation of the case and immediate discharge of Faisal from jail. The orders [robkar] is now taken to the jail. Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), Managing Director, Yusuf Husain, personally and others were at the gates of Adiala Jail to take Faisal out.
Behind the scenes, there were a lot of efforts made by some committed persons who made this thing happen.
Firstly it was Yusuf Husain, MD PSEB who has been at forefronts running around in the courts and putting maximum efforts. I have previously said that he’s unlike any government servant. Today, he made hectic efforts in the court rooms for cancellation of Faisal’s case. I’ve never seen a person holding a public office so committed, so concerned and working so pro actively for the common cause of the industry. Our hats off to you, Yusuf.
Then comes the Secretary Ministry of IT, Mr. Farrakh Qayyum. Yusuf says that he was on phone all day with the Secretary and whenever he called the Secretary to call someone in Ministry of Law & Justice or Ministry of Interior, he immediately acted and short cut the process of clearance of case from three courts within few hours which would normally have taken weeks. Mr. Qayyum continued pursuing the case despite being out of the country and persuading the decision makers’ so that justice could be served quickly. When Mr. Qayyum was thanked for his support, he said that he felt the pain of Faisal and his family very close to his heart. I must say that today’s release of Faisal wouldn’t have been possible without Mr. Qayyum’s wholehearted and sincere efforts. The industry is greatly indebted to you, Mr. Farrakh Qayum.
Mr. Ishaq Khan Khakwani, Minister of State for IT, was also very concerned and didn’t hesitate at all to pick up his phone and call people whenever he was requested.
Oan Rana of PSEB used his personal family contacts to move the case through as Talib Baloch fully extended his helping hands.
And finally, Mr. Wahaj us Siraj, CEO, Micronet, lead the struggle from the front. He marshaled all the resources and support to bring justice. Even against the extreme threat and pig pigheadedness of PTA and FIA, he did not lose hope till justice was served today.
All others who spent time, money and efforts for this cause deserve sincere thanks and applause.
And above all, all praises and thanks to Almighty Allah as this wouldn’t have been at all possible without HIS special blessings and help.
Another Court Hearing
This Saturday (Dec 23) is the date of hearing for Faisal in the court of Additional District & Session Judge. There’re no points in the case any more. The Complainant (PTA) and Prosecution (FIA) both have withdrawn the case. The lawyer is one of the top criminal lawyers in the country. But it all depends on the perception of Judge, that’s what happened on the last hearing when bail application of Faisal was turned down.
Let’s hope and pray that this ordeal is closed by tomorrow inshallah.
Minister for IT has assured the industry that they would take action on the demands of industry within 7 days. Today’s 6th day and nothing moved this far. We’ve sent him a reminder yesterday.
Let’s hope and pray that this ordeal is closed by tomorrow inshallah.
Minister for IT has assured the industry that they would take action on the demands of industry within 7 days. Today’s 6th day and nothing moved this far. We’ve sent him a reminder yesterday.
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Summary of Crisis
The story about the saga has now been picked up by many websites, blogs, forums and newspapers. The following website actually does a good job of summarizing the events as they have unfolded so far.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5047404
If you or anyone has anything new to share, please do provide us with the information and we will be happy to post it up here.
http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=5047404
If you or anyone has anything new to share, please do provide us with the information and we will be happy to post it up here.
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
PSEB Official Press Release
Update on Cogilent Solution Crisis
Issue No: 5/12 December 2006
Dear Colleagues,
Pakistan Software Export Board (PSEB), is working hard for the release of Mr. Faisal Chohan, CEO Cogilent Solutions, an Islamabad based company located at ETP Complex. He was wrongly arrested on the suspicion that his company was involved in illegal use of VoIP on commercial basis. Cogilent Solutions has been popular in industry for its leading HR portal of Pakistan with the name of BrightSpyre.
PSEB officials attended the Session Court hearing on Monday, 18th December 2006, along with a few industry representatives. Although, documents supporting the bail of Mr. Faisal Khan were provided to the court by FIA and PTA, bail of the CEO has not been accepted on technical grounds as per the Cogilent lawyer.
Now a bail application will be filed on Saturday 23rd December 2006 in Session Court and we hope and expect that Mr. Faisal will be released soon after.
PSEB officials also visited Mr. Chohan at Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi and his family in Islamabad. They assured their continued support on behalf of Ministry of Information Technology. PSEB seeks a high level inquiry into the circumstances leading to the arrest, in order to ensure that the rights of IT industry are protected and such an incident is not repeated again.
Best Regards,
Aon Rana
Director International Marketing
Pakistan Software Export Board
2nd Floor, Evacuee Trust Complex,
F-5, Agha Khan Road, Islamabad, Pakistan
Tele: +92-51-9211124
Fax: +92-51-9204075
URL: www.pseb.org.pk
Monday, December 18, 2006
No Bail, No Justice
Faisal’s case for his discharge from jail was presented to court today. The judge after listening to the case, ordered the following:
“Present Investigation Officer with record. The accused has been sent to judicial lock. At this stage, application for discharge of the accused can not be allowed. So the prosecution may adopt the given procedure under the law. The application is therefore turned down with the above referred observation”.
So FIA would move proceeding for case cancellation with the court which many take minimum 10-15 days.
Now the bail application of Faisal would be moved to High Court for his early release so that he can at least come out of jail before Eid ul Azha.
Unfortunately, it is very easy to get in, but very difficult to get out from the prison no matter whether you’re innocent and even the case is withdrawn. Judges are not concerned whether someone is spending worst days of his life in a cell for no crime and what’s happening to his family and relatives. They’re more interested in technicalities of the case.
Can there be more ironic a story out there. Poor Faisal, he has been cleared of all charges, but the Judge does not believe that is enough for him to acquit.
“Present Investigation Officer with record. The accused has been sent to judicial lock. At this stage, application for discharge of the accused can not be allowed. So the prosecution may adopt the given procedure under the law. The application is therefore turned down with the above referred observation”.
So FIA would move proceeding for case cancellation with the court which many take minimum 10-15 days.
Now the bail application of Faisal would be moved to High Court for his early release so that he can at least come out of jail before Eid ul Azha.
Unfortunately, it is very easy to get in, but very difficult to get out from the prison no matter whether you’re innocent and even the case is withdrawn. Judges are not concerned whether someone is spending worst days of his life in a cell for no crime and what’s happening to his family and relatives. They’re more interested in technicalities of the case.
Can there be more ironic a story out there. Poor Faisal, he has been cleared of all charges, but the Judge does not believe that is enough for him to acquit.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
I Owe Faisal Chohan An Apology
By Jawwad Farid
I have never met Faisal Chohan but I owe him an apology.
As I write these lines, Faisal is a typical techno geek entrepreneur with a difference. Yes he runs a technology company, based out of a software park in Islamabad; yes he is a frail thin, thing; I don’t know if he wears spectacles, but I assume so since 18 hours a day in front of a bright LCD screen for the last decade of your life is not supposed to lead to 20-20 vision. His co-founder is a digital fellow at Stanford; his company does big things with interesting technologies with little names.
At the surface, you may be describing me, the next Google or hundreds of my technology peers in Pakistan but there is one difference. I am sitting peacefully in my home office, a room away from my family, a floor above my parents, a short drive away from my office, right next to a clean, accessible, functional white tiled bathroom with running water. While Faisal sits in a jail cell in Adiala, Rawalpindi, possibly freezing, possibly hungry, certainly wondering the life his dead child could have lived, if we had given him half a chance.
I owe Faisal an apology. Perhaps more.
I heard about Faisal last Thursday in Lahore. His partner Atif, the visiting fellow at Stanford, sent a short note on the PASHA forum, asking for our help. PTA and PTCL had raided their office in Islamabad and like plundering Mongols pillaged servers, drives, phones and equipment. They had set Basra on fire, looted Baghdad, razed Kabul and a week later would kill Faisal’s child in search of their equivalent of Weapons of Mass Destructions – a technology that goes by the name of Voice over IP. Unlike General Colin Powel and the nation we all love to hate, the General at PTA and the team at PTCL didn’t need to make a case in front of anyone. They thought a great crime had been committed against our great country and could only be punished by barging into this idly pidly little technology company and turning off its life support.
I owe Faisal an apology. I did nothing.
I run a small technology company too. I was in Lahore on business, out of office, I was busy; If you needed something urgently please contact Mujtaba Iqbal, my partner in crime – the auto responder said. I thought some one else would pick up the ball. We have 40 full members, 130 Associate members at PASHA. Atif had asked every one for help. Surely, there would be others who would come forward, this wasn’t my problem. While FIA and PTA were busy raping Cogilent, I sat down in a friend’s office in Lahore, turned on the heater, checked my email, browsed the internet and thanked God that I wasn’t in Faisal’s place.
I owe Faisal an apology. I believed in our great nation. I waited for the four witnesses to come forward.
But there is hope.
I may be a shameless, selfish, indifferent prick but there are others who are as different from me as Faisal and I are different from each other. Wahaj Siraj came forward and became the little voice in my head that kept on saying – shame on you Jawwad, you are a selfish, indifferent, cynical prick. Wahaj’s daily updates from the front, show casing PTA’s arrogance, Faisal misery and our helplessness shamed me into picking up the phone and asking if we were going to do something.
We did but it wasn’t enough. Four days ago we found that IP address on which PTCL had detected VoiP activity and PTA and FIA had taken action didn’t belong to Cogilent. There was no case. No WMD’s. The General had invaded Beirut, rather than Baghdad. A difference of a few miles, but now that the General was here, and the troops were raging to go, and Faisal was in his Jail cell, what really mattered was to boldly go where every one had gone before. We made a mistake, so what; screw Faisal and Faisal’s family. Yes we know he is innocent, but he is in the system, he is a techno geek without connections, the system will take two months or eight years, we don’t care and he can afford a few days in jail; what difference does a fucking weekend make. So what if a few children die, it’s all collateral. You care, you do something about it.
I owe Faisal an apology. I didn’t care. And the child that died was Faisal’s.
I have blood on my hands. The General at PTA is a general. He will behave like a general, he doesn’t care. Faisal is not his son, it is not his grand child that is dead. But what about the rest of us? What difference does a weekend make? I get depressed at Holiday Inn Islamabad because the bathroom is not clean enough and the room is not bright enough. Try a jail cell in Adiala for 10 days, with your wife in the hospital and your child in the mortuary and then ask me what difference does a fucking weekend make?
I owe Faisal an apology. I don’t know how to wash his blood off my hands.
_____________________
To learn more about the Faisal Chohan saga, see:
http://wheelofjustice.blogspot.com
If you are a pissed as I am, write to these guys:
Federal Minister for IT: aleghari@moitt.gov.pk
Minister of State for IT: stateminister@moitt.gov.pk
Secretary IT: secretary@moitt.gov.pk
PTA Chairman: chairman@pta.gov.pk
_______________________
The Blue Screen of Death
A Book on failure by Jawwad Farid
The book website: http://bluescreen.alchemya.com
Reviews so far: http://bluescreen.alchemya.com/reviews.html
Buy the book: http://bluescreen.alchemya.com/buy.html
Jawwad’s alternate manifestation: http://www.alchemya.com
Google Jawwad Farid
I have never met Faisal Chohan but I owe him an apology.
As I write these lines, Faisal is a typical techno geek entrepreneur with a difference. Yes he runs a technology company, based out of a software park in Islamabad; yes he is a frail thin, thing; I don’t know if he wears spectacles, but I assume so since 18 hours a day in front of a bright LCD screen for the last decade of your life is not supposed to lead to 20-20 vision. His co-founder is a digital fellow at Stanford; his company does big things with interesting technologies with little names.
At the surface, you may be describing me, the next Google or hundreds of my technology peers in Pakistan but there is one difference. I am sitting peacefully in my home office, a room away from my family, a floor above my parents, a short drive away from my office, right next to a clean, accessible, functional white tiled bathroom with running water. While Faisal sits in a jail cell in Adiala, Rawalpindi, possibly freezing, possibly hungry, certainly wondering the life his dead child could have lived, if we had given him half a chance.
I owe Faisal an apology. Perhaps more.
I heard about Faisal last Thursday in Lahore. His partner Atif, the visiting fellow at Stanford, sent a short note on the PASHA forum, asking for our help. PTA and PTCL had raided their office in Islamabad and like plundering Mongols pillaged servers, drives, phones and equipment. They had set Basra on fire, looted Baghdad, razed Kabul and a week later would kill Faisal’s child in search of their equivalent of Weapons of Mass Destructions – a technology that goes by the name of Voice over IP. Unlike General Colin Powel and the nation we all love to hate, the General at PTA and the team at PTCL didn’t need to make a case in front of anyone. They thought a great crime had been committed against our great country and could only be punished by barging into this idly pidly little technology company and turning off its life support.
I owe Faisal an apology. I did nothing.
I run a small technology company too. I was in Lahore on business, out of office, I was busy; If you needed something urgently please contact Mujtaba Iqbal, my partner in crime – the auto responder said. I thought some one else would pick up the ball. We have 40 full members, 130 Associate members at PASHA. Atif had asked every one for help. Surely, there would be others who would come forward, this wasn’t my problem. While FIA and PTA were busy raping Cogilent, I sat down in a friend’s office in Lahore, turned on the heater, checked my email, browsed the internet and thanked God that I wasn’t in Faisal’s place.
I owe Faisal an apology. I believed in our great nation. I waited for the four witnesses to come forward.
But there is hope.
I may be a shameless, selfish, indifferent prick but there are others who are as different from me as Faisal and I are different from each other. Wahaj Siraj came forward and became the little voice in my head that kept on saying – shame on you Jawwad, you are a selfish, indifferent, cynical prick. Wahaj’s daily updates from the front, show casing PTA’s arrogance, Faisal misery and our helplessness shamed me into picking up the phone and asking if we were going to do something.
We did but it wasn’t enough. Four days ago we found that IP address on which PTCL had detected VoiP activity and PTA and FIA had taken action didn’t belong to Cogilent. There was no case. No WMD’s. The General had invaded Beirut, rather than Baghdad. A difference of a few miles, but now that the General was here, and the troops were raging to go, and Faisal was in his Jail cell, what really mattered was to boldly go where every one had gone before. We made a mistake, so what; screw Faisal and Faisal’s family. Yes we know he is innocent, but he is in the system, he is a techno geek without connections, the system will take two months or eight years, we don’t care and he can afford a few days in jail; what difference does a fucking weekend make. So what if a few children die, it’s all collateral. You care, you do something about it.
I owe Faisal an apology. I didn’t care. And the child that died was Faisal’s.
I have blood on my hands. The General at PTA is a general. He will behave like a general, he doesn’t care. Faisal is not his son, it is not his grand child that is dead. But what about the rest of us? What difference does a weekend make? I get depressed at Holiday Inn Islamabad because the bathroom is not clean enough and the room is not bright enough. Try a jail cell in Adiala for 10 days, with your wife in the hospital and your child in the mortuary and then ask me what difference does a fucking weekend make?
I owe Faisal an apology. I don’t know how to wash his blood off my hands.
_____________________
To learn more about the Faisal Chohan saga, see:
http://wheelofjustice.blogspot.com
If you are a pissed as I am, write to these guys:
Federal Minister for IT: aleghari@moitt.gov.pk
Minister of State for IT: stateminister@moitt.gov.pk
Secretary IT: secretary@moitt.gov.pk
PTA Chairman: chairman@pta.gov.pk
_______________________
The Blue Screen of Death
A Book on failure by Jawwad Farid
The book website: http://bluescreen.alchemya.com
Reviews so far: http://bluescreen.alchemya.com/reviews.html
Buy the book: http://bluescreen.alchemya.com/buy.html
Jawwad’s alternate manifestation: http://www.alchemya.com
Google Jawwad Farid
Saturday, December 16, 2006
The momentum must go on
Yesterday, (December 16) after PTA delivered the letter of with drawl to FIA, we rushed to FIA to process the case of dismissal of case and discharge report of Faisal for the court. To our utter surprise, we met there a gentleman in FIA, Akbar Hoti. He’s from Police Service of Pakistan, a DIG ranked officer serving as Director Crimes, FIA, Islamabad. A rugged looking officer but having heart of a humble person, Mr. Hoti had us sit in his office, served coffee and biscuits while he repeatedly asked his Inspectors, Assistant Director, Deputy Director and Additional Director to fill the file stomach, put down the affidavits, type the case, print the papers and finally signed off the case discharge approval. He told his staff that he’d be sitting in office till they clear all formalities and bring the file to him for final approval. It was 4:30 pm on Saturday when he signed the papers, hand over the file to Investigation Officer and asked him to accompany us to the court for order of the judge. His weekend evening was spoiled but committed with the cause and moved by innocence of Faisal, Mr. Hoti turned out to be a blessing for us and cut down the process of many days of running around (and payment of ‘fees’ to FIA officials) into just couple of hours. Minister for IT had already called up him from his office to apprise him of the case, but this police officer was more than sympathetic and committed, perhaps the most humane police officer we’ve ever met. We salute you Mr. Hoti from core of our hearts….
We rushed to the court to see the judge but it was already dark when we reached there and the judge left his office five minutes earlier, sad as Faisal had to spent another day in Adiala..
Case would be presented to the Judge on Monday morning and inshallah Faisal would be out same day after receipt of court orders.
PSEB’s role has been remarkable, unlike Government’s offices who just act as post offices and nothing else. Yusuf has been struggling from the day one, 5th Dec when Faisal was arrested. He called many high-ups, but initially no one was prepared to listen to him either. He has also cut short his trip abroad and arrived last eve, not many bureaucrats would like to call of their official ‘leisure’ overseas trips. We’re indebted to you, Yusuf and your team including Talib Baloch and others.
Minister for IT, Awais Leghari took the last minute credit, putting down his full weight and having PTA to submit the with drawl request to FIA [der ayed drust ayed]. Gen. Shahzada, Chairman PTA also realized that his ‘trigger happy’ team had terribly let him down and this was the time to act positively for which we’re thankful to him, too. Mr. Noor ud Din Baqai, Member Telecom also deserves applause for his hectic efforts in getting this moved while other officers of MoIT just watched silently over the fence.
We’d wait for seven days promise of the Minister of IT for acting on the charter of demands of industry that we’ve submitted to him on Saturday.
We rushed to the court to see the judge but it was already dark when we reached there and the judge left his office five minutes earlier, sad as Faisal had to spent another day in Adiala..
Case would be presented to the Judge on Monday morning and inshallah Faisal would be out same day after receipt of court orders.
PSEB’s role has been remarkable, unlike Government’s offices who just act as post offices and nothing else. Yusuf has been struggling from the day one, 5th Dec when Faisal was arrested. He called many high-ups, but initially no one was prepared to listen to him either. He has also cut short his trip abroad and arrived last eve, not many bureaucrats would like to call of their official ‘leisure’ overseas trips. We’re indebted to you, Yusuf and your team including Talib Baloch and others.
Minister for IT, Awais Leghari took the last minute credit, putting down his full weight and having PTA to submit the with drawl request to FIA [der ayed drust ayed]. Gen. Shahzada, Chairman PTA also realized that his ‘trigger happy’ team had terribly let him down and this was the time to act positively for which we’re thankful to him, too. Mr. Noor ud Din Baqai, Member Telecom also deserves applause for his hectic efforts in getting this moved while other officers of MoIT just watched silently over the fence.
We’d wait for seven days promise of the Minister of IT for acting on the charter of demands of industry that we’ve submitted to him on Saturday.
This Just In
Dear all,
We had a meeting with the Minister for IT today (Dec 16) and presented the following charter of damands:
Illegal Raid and Arrest of CEO Cogilent Solutions on Alleged VOIP Termination
Industry Charter of Demands for Ministry of IT
by
Association of Call Center Operators (ACCO)
Pakistan Software Houses Association (PASHA)
Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan (ISPAK)
1. Faisal Chohan, CEO, Cogilent be released immediately.
2. Disciplinary action against officials of PTCL and PTA who lodged the fake complaint and made an innocent professional to remain in jail for many days.
3. Compensation to Cogilent Systems for the loss of reputation and business.
4. Compensation to Faisal Chohan and his family for the suffering, agony, and mental torture to his wife that has led to death of his to-be-born child.
5. Policy Directive from MoIT to PTA be immediately issued on following:
a. to issue an order to allow inter-office VOIP and PC to Phone use for non-commercial use. This would be in continuation of PTA�s Determination of 16 November 2002 on IP Telephony-Net2Phone Unblocking of Web Site.
b. Re-defining raiding mechanism by PTA/FIA. PTCL, as a complainant should not be part of any raid. Joint Industry Nomination by sough by the MoIT and Industry�s representative should accompany such future raids.
c. Re-define VOIP office to office policy in consultation with industry.
On the directions of MOIT, PTA issued a letter to FIA for withdrawal of the case. FIA is completing the legal formalities and would submit the case to the court. Hopefully, on Monday, inshallah, case would be withdrawn in the court and Faisal would be out of prison.
The Minister has taken a stern action, and apologized for this act, and has promised to compensate the company, penalize the mis informer that is PTCL. The press conference, right after the meeting, was widely covered by all major media (TV, newspapers etc) and they asked direct questions from the minister about this whole drama.
It is not all over yet, Faisal is still in jail and will be coming out on Monday or Tuesday. Depending upon the swiftness of our justice system.
And the momentum and struggle will go on in Pakistan till the laws are changed and such acts are not repeated again.
We had a meeting with the Minister for IT today (Dec 16) and presented the following charter of damands:
Illegal Raid and Arrest of CEO Cogilent Solutions on Alleged VOIP Termination
Industry Charter of Demands for Ministry of IT
by
Association of Call Center Operators (ACCO)
Pakistan Software Houses Association (PASHA)
Internet Service Providers Association of Pakistan (ISPAK)
1. Faisal Chohan, CEO, Cogilent be released immediately.
2. Disciplinary action against officials of PTCL and PTA who lodged the fake complaint and made an innocent professional to remain in jail for many days.
3. Compensation to Cogilent Systems for the loss of reputation and business.
4. Compensation to Faisal Chohan and his family for the suffering, agony, and mental torture to his wife that has led to death of his to-be-born child.
5. Policy Directive from MoIT to PTA be immediately issued on following:
a. to issue an order to allow inter-office VOIP and PC to Phone use for non-commercial use. This would be in continuation of PTA�s Determination of 16 November 2002 on IP Telephony-Net2Phone Unblocking of Web Site.
b. Re-defining raiding mechanism by PTA/FIA. PTCL, as a complainant should not be part of any raid. Joint Industry Nomination by sough by the MoIT and Industry�s representative should accompany such future raids.
c. Re-define VOIP office to office policy in consultation with industry.
On the directions of MOIT, PTA issued a letter to FIA for withdrawal of the case. FIA is completing the legal formalities and would submit the case to the court. Hopefully, on Monday, inshallah, case would be withdrawn in the court and Faisal would be out of prison.
The Minister has taken a stern action, and apologized for this act, and has promised to compensate the company, penalize the mis informer that is PTCL. The press conference, right after the meeting, was widely covered by all major media (TV, newspapers etc) and they asked direct questions from the minister about this whole drama.
It is not all over yet, Faisal is still in jail and will be coming out on Monday or Tuesday. Depending upon the swiftness of our justice system.
And the momentum and struggle will go on in Pakistan till the laws are changed and such acts are not repeated again.
Friday, December 15, 2006
What is going on here!
So read the news item closely that has been attached here as an image. FIA agrees that the raid was conducted on the wrong company. PTA and PTCL are sure that the IPs that they mentioned were correct and therefore, not Cogilent's. So by now, Cogilent should have been absolved of all wrong doing and the actual culprits should have been nabbed. Hmm, the news item is from Thursday's paper and today is Saturday afternoon in Islamabad. What has happened since then.
PTA/FIA have still not withdrawn the case. Cogilent's staff is still in jail and bail has also been denied by the judge. While the real culprits, no one from FIA/PTA has even lodged an official FIR against them.
Yes, this is the justice here. If the real culprits are identified, why has no one raided their premises like they did with Cogilent? Why has the case not been taken back? Why has the staff not been released as yet? And why is the IT industry suffering from this pigheadedness of General Shahzada Alam, Chairman PTA who has preferred to fly to India rather than solve this issue?
I only ask one question.... What the freakin' hell is going on here!
The ordeal goes on
The Additional District & Session Judge, Malik Abudl Qayum, while hearing the bail application of Faisal, has rejected the application and instead advised to take the bail application to High Court.
So Faisal would remain in Adiala Jail for more days till High Court decides his bail application.
The case is fast becoming a human rights violation as will now become an international embarrassment for President Musharraf. With such sloppy work conducted by FIA/PTA was not enough, now the judge fails to see a reason to grant the bail to an innocent person.
So Faisal would remain in Adiala Jail for more days till High Court decides his bail application.
The case is fast becoming a human rights violation as will now become an international embarrassment for President Musharraf. With such sloppy work conducted by FIA/PTA was not enough, now the judge fails to see a reason to grant the bail to an innocent person.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Shocking New Development
Another very shocking development. It’s lately discovered that PTA/FIA has raided the wrong office and premises. In the FIR filed by FIA against Cogilent, IP address 203.99.57.224/29 is mentioned as the culprit from where the alleged illegal activity was taking place. However, upon close inspection, it was discovered that the IPs were not in use by Cogilent Solutions at all and were never assigned to them. The IP address . 203.99.57.224/29 mentioned in FIR is in use by some other individual within the country.
This has proven without doubt that PTA/FIA team has in fact raided the wrong place, wrong company without investigations and due diligence. They’ve nabbed wrong and innocent person and severely damaged reputation of the young software house. Poor Faisal is still in jail for last 10 days and now he’s proven innocent without any shred of doubt. Let’s hope that he gets out on bail tomorrow.
This has proven without doubt that PTA/FIA team has in fact raided the wrong place, wrong company without investigations and due diligence. They’ve nabbed wrong and innocent person and severely damaged reputation of the young software house. Poor Faisal is still in jail for last 10 days and now he’s proven innocent without any shred of doubt. Let’s hope that he gets out on bail tomorrow.
Peaceful Protest Rally
In order to get the innocent incarceration of the CEO ended from FIA custoday, the friends of Faisal and Cogilent organized a protest rally in Islamabad in front of the Ministry of Information Technology.
The protest was to bring to light the injustice which continues to this day (10 days and counting) with no relief in sight. We tried to approach everyone and presented our case to the best of our abilities, but no one seems to be listening and helping out. It is now clearly established that there was no illegal activity and that the raid itself was illegal. And the longer an innocent person remains behind bars, the bigger the human rights violation case it becomes in Pakistan.
The protest rally was supported by PASHA (Pak Software Houses Assoc), ISPAK (Internet Service Provider Assoc. of Pakistan), ACCO (Association of Call Centers), and many other networks including Pakistan ICT Policy Monitor Network. As a result over 150 people showed up to protest peacefully at the Ministry's office in Islamabad. The event was well covered by the media. GEO, ARY, AAJ, ATV and other channels. The News, The Jang and other newspapers were also present to highlight the issue. However, PTV, the government mouthpeace, was reluctant to cover the event.
We do hope that this ordeal will end soon and PTA would realize their error and would take appropriate steps within their own organization.
In response to the protest, PTA decided to go on a smear campaign and published various press releases attacking the company and its activities. What alarmed and surprised everyone was that all the allegations made by PTA in the press release were baseless and devoid of facts. If they really had something, then some solid evidence should have been brought forward, but to this day, PTA/FIA have not produced anything. And such smear attacks are not good for the Industry. It shows the vendetta mentality within the government and will only create further paranoia within the nascent industry of government's pigheadedness.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
PTA/FIA and IT Industry - Part 4
So what can I say.. the wheels of justice keep getting derailed .... here is the latest....that we received from Pakistan...
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As informed, yesterday (dec 11 2006) we had a detailed meeting with Gen. Shahzada (chairman) and his team at PTA. After confessing by the Director who conducted the raid himself, Mr. Sajjad Awan, that the raid and arrest of Faisal was a mistake, General agreed for withdrawal of the case immediately. We were told in the meeting that we’d get the letter from PTA to FIA for with drawl of the case same evening, yesterday. We discussed various legal modalities with PTA back and forth yesterday and discussions were held after consulting our lawyers to find out a legal solution that how Faisal could be got out of prison by today, Tuesday. An appropriate mode was agreed and PTA was working to issue the letter to FIA. We on behalf of ISPAK also sent the letter (copied below) to PTA as required by them to cover the legal formalities.
PTA didn’t issue the letter till last night. We were then told by Mr. Sajjad Awan (after many attempts to get him on phone) that letter would be delivered to FIA first thing in the morning and we could then pursue the case with FIA to present jointly to court for immediate acquittal of Faisal.
This morning, we contact PTA and Faisal’s brother, Tahir, who used to work in PTA went to PTA personally to get the letter issued. But PTA changed its stance and we were told that their DG Law has refused to issue with drawl letter for ‘legal’ reasons and that case can not be withdrawn at this investigation stage. We told them that we’ve already consulted our lawyers and they, after consulting FIA, told us the proper course to follow. But PTA didn’t move and no letter is issued as I write this. PTA told us that they would not oppose the bail application of Faisal to be heard by court on Friday. We told them that even if PTA opposes the bail application, Faisal would be out on bail inshallah as PTA/FIA don’t have a single evidence to present this to the court.
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As informed, yesterday (dec 11 2006) we had a detailed meeting with Gen. Shahzada (chairman) and his team at PTA. After confessing by the Director who conducted the raid himself, Mr. Sajjad Awan, that the raid and arrest of Faisal was a mistake, General agreed for withdrawal of the case immediately. We were told in the meeting that we’d get the letter from PTA to FIA for with drawl of the case same evening, yesterday. We discussed various legal modalities with PTA back and forth yesterday and discussions were held after consulting our lawyers to find out a legal solution that how Faisal could be got out of prison by today, Tuesday. An appropriate mode was agreed and PTA was working to issue the letter to FIA. We on behalf of ISPAK also sent the letter (copied below) to PTA as required by them to cover the legal formalities.
PTA didn’t issue the letter till last night. We were then told by Mr. Sajjad Awan (after many attempts to get him on phone) that letter would be delivered to FIA first thing in the morning and we could then pursue the case with FIA to present jointly to court for immediate acquittal of Faisal.
This morning, we contact PTA and Faisal’s brother, Tahir, who used to work in PTA went to PTA personally to get the letter issued. But PTA changed its stance and we were told that their DG Law has refused to issue with drawl letter for ‘legal’ reasons and that case can not be withdrawn at this investigation stage. We told them that we’ve already consulted our lawyers and they, after consulting FIA, told us the proper course to follow. But PTA didn’t move and no letter is issued as I write this. PTA told us that they would not oppose the bail application of Faisal to be heard by court on Friday. We told them that even if PTA opposes the bail application, Faisal would be out on bail inshallah as PTA/FIA don’t have a single evidence to present this to the court.
PTA/FIA and IT Industry Crisis - Part 3
A ray of hope ....
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This is in the series of articles on the events as they unfold in Pakistan. Please do read the previous articles to make a better sense of the fiasco created by ineptitude by Pak Telecom Authorities. This is what I received from Pakistan....
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Today, December 11, 2006, we had a detailed meeting with Chairman PTA. We also called Tahir to attend on the company's behalf. Me and Saad were along with Tahir were there and General has called his team. After an hour long discussion, presentation of evidence by us and illogical remarks by his team, General agreed that the raid wasn’t correct and it was a mistake.
He agreed for withdrawal of case immediately. We told him that Faisal would be bailed out anyway by Thursday inshallah. So PTA must act and get him released by tomorrow, Tuesday. PTA team is working on this right now as I write this. They’ve to submit a written acquittal report to FIA and FIA would then present this report to Court tomorrow, if things go well and FIA is able to move quickly.
General was hoping that we’d make a mercy appeal to him whereas we contested our case on merits and innocence of the IT company. Finally, he had to agree to what we’ve been saying.
We’d again meet PTA/Ministry after this is done and would ask them to make policy changes in conducting such raids so that they don’t do this again.
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This is in the series of articles on the events as they unfold in Pakistan. Please do read the previous articles to make a better sense of the fiasco created by ineptitude by Pak Telecom Authorities. This is what I received from Pakistan....
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Today, December 11, 2006, we had a detailed meeting with Chairman PTA. We also called Tahir to attend on the company's behalf. Me and Saad were along with Tahir were there and General has called his team. After an hour long discussion, presentation of evidence by us and illogical remarks by his team, General agreed that the raid wasn’t correct and it was a mistake.
He agreed for withdrawal of case immediately. We told him that Faisal would be bailed out anyway by Thursday inshallah. So PTA must act and get him released by tomorrow, Tuesday. PTA team is working on this right now as I write this. They’ve to submit a written acquittal report to FIA and FIA would then present this report to Court tomorrow, if things go well and FIA is able to move quickly.
General was hoping that we’d make a mercy appeal to him whereas we contested our case on merits and innocence of the IT company. Finally, he had to agree to what we’ve been saying.
We’d again meet PTA/Ministry after this is done and would ask them to make policy changes in conducting such raids so that they don’t do this again.
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FIA/PTA and IT Industry - Part 2
Here is the second in the part of events that we are publishing
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This is Part 2 in the series of events that have unfolded in Pakistan and have brought to point the serious crisis facing the IT industry. Today, PASHA (Pak Software Houses Association), ISPAK (Internet Service Provider Association of Pakistan) and PSEB (Pak Software Export Board) stand together against the strong pigheadedness of FIA and PTA atrocities. May Allah help us all... Ameen
The most ironic part of this debate is that Minister of IT, Owais Leghari, has been too busy for the whole week to meet any representatives from the industry. The crisis lingers on with the government not cooperating.
Here is the latest ....
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Today, December 10, the CEO of the IT company was sent on judicial remand to Adiala Jail in RWP (from physical remand/custody of FIA). Given the legality of our judicial system, this was maximum success that we could have achieved today.
It was really shocking and sad to see him in handcuffs, a young an innocent looking CS professional with tears in his eyes, chained up for a ‘so-called crime’ that he and his team never committed. Even the Judge couldn’t bear this and ordered removal of his handcuffs in the court room telling the accompanying FIA Inspector that ‘He would not run away’.
On Monday, his bail application would be moved to Session Court and hopefully, he would be bailed out of jail by sometimes next week inshallah.
FIA failed to present any findings and evidence to the Court today. PTCL and PTA opted not to make a presence in the court. FIA asked for additional remand of 5 days of Faisal to gather more evidence. FIA said that they’re waiting for technical analysis from PTA in the light of which they would do more investigations with him. Judge snubbed this demand by saying that if PTA hasn’t yet provide you any evidence, how you expect more evidence to be forthcoming in next few days. So there wasn’t an iota of evidence with FIA on the case (no gateways, no SIMs, nothing..).
On the question of making outbound test calls using VOIP, the defendent lawyer presented to the Court a Determination of PTA of December 2002 in which PTA has determined that Net2Phone service was to become legal effective 01 Jan 03, the date PTCL’s monopoly over basic telephony expired. So PTA itself has determined that VOIP (PC to phone) calls were legal and there was no question about ‘illegality’ of the same.
The following equipment was confiscated from the IT company in raid on 05 Dec 06:
- One Notebook PC
- Two 8 Port LAN Switches
- One AZTECH ADSL Router
- One P-II 400 Mhz PC running Linux and Asterisk
- One P-III PC running Asterisk
- One PC running squid (web proxy server) server (this machine was called gateway by the young guys at the company and when PTA officials during raid were frantically asking for gateway or SIMs, the poor guys pointed to this machine as ‘gateway’ and FIA team happily confiscated that.
- One Desktop PC with monitor, web cam, key board, etc.
They had one 512 kbps/12 Gb DSL connection and their monthly consumption never exceeded this limit. They had only four PTCL phone lines with normal monthly billing.
Even an idiot can tell that this setup doesn’t work for a voice termination/origination gateway setup.
This shows that iron hand of law is only for small and helpless people in this part of the world. No one dares to take action against big names. They found an escape goat in the name of a small IT Company. This is the reason that bright and creative minded young professionals opt to leave this country and settle abroad, depriving the country of talent which is very hard to acquire these days.
Developed and bigger nations protect their citizen. Mirza Tahir, a Pakistani born British citizen waiting for his death sentence in same jail where our young IT guy would be spending first night of his jailed life at a horrible place, was bailed out and flown to London by personal efforts of Tony Blair and Prince Charles, even though he was not ‘White British’. On a contrast, our Government puts its own innocent computer professionals behind bars, what an ‘enlightenment’!
There has to be vocal joint action at all forums and legal suit of damages and criminal proceedings against the responsible and defaulting officials who violently and blatantly stepped out of their jurisdiction and abused the public powers.
Minister for IT has not yet found time out of his busy schedule for this burning issue of the Ministry of ‘IT’ that he’s supposedly heading.
Justice... where is justice in Pakistan?
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This is Part 2 in the series of events that have unfolded in Pakistan and have brought to point the serious crisis facing the IT industry. Today, PASHA (Pak Software Houses Association), ISPAK (Internet Service Provider Association of Pakistan) and PSEB (Pak Software Export Board) stand together against the strong pigheadedness of FIA and PTA atrocities. May Allah help us all... Ameen
The most ironic part of this debate is that Minister of IT, Owais Leghari, has been too busy for the whole week to meet any representatives from the industry. The crisis lingers on with the government not cooperating.
Here is the latest ....
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++
Today, December 10, the CEO of the IT company was sent on judicial remand to Adiala Jail in RWP (from physical remand/custody of FIA). Given the legality of our judicial system, this was maximum success that we could have achieved today.
It was really shocking and sad to see him in handcuffs, a young an innocent looking CS professional with tears in his eyes, chained up for a ‘so-called crime’ that he and his team never committed. Even the Judge couldn’t bear this and ordered removal of his handcuffs in the court room telling the accompanying FIA Inspector that ‘He would not run away’.
On Monday, his bail application would be moved to Session Court and hopefully, he would be bailed out of jail by sometimes next week inshallah.
FIA failed to present any findings and evidence to the Court today. PTCL and PTA opted not to make a presence in the court. FIA asked for additional remand of 5 days of Faisal to gather more evidence. FIA said that they’re waiting for technical analysis from PTA in the light of which they would do more investigations with him. Judge snubbed this demand by saying that if PTA hasn’t yet provide you any evidence, how you expect more evidence to be forthcoming in next few days. So there wasn’t an iota of evidence with FIA on the case (no gateways, no SIMs, nothing..).
On the question of making outbound test calls using VOIP, the defendent lawyer presented to the Court a Determination of PTA of December 2002 in which PTA has determined that Net2Phone service was to become legal effective 01 Jan 03, the date PTCL’s monopoly over basic telephony expired. So PTA itself has determined that VOIP (PC to phone) calls were legal and there was no question about ‘illegality’ of the same.
The following equipment was confiscated from the IT company in raid on 05 Dec 06:
- One Notebook PC
- Two 8 Port LAN Switches
- One AZTECH ADSL Router
- One P-II 400 Mhz PC running Linux and Asterisk
- One P-III PC running Asterisk
- One PC running squid (web proxy server) server (this machine was called gateway by the young guys at the company and when PTA officials during raid were frantically asking for gateway or SIMs, the poor guys pointed to this machine as ‘gateway’ and FIA team happily confiscated that.
- One Desktop PC with monitor, web cam, key board, etc.
They had one 512 kbps/12 Gb DSL connection and their monthly consumption never exceeded this limit. They had only four PTCL phone lines with normal monthly billing.
Even an idiot can tell that this setup doesn’t work for a voice termination/origination gateway setup.
This shows that iron hand of law is only for small and helpless people in this part of the world. No one dares to take action against big names. They found an escape goat in the name of a small IT Company. This is the reason that bright and creative minded young professionals opt to leave this country and settle abroad, depriving the country of talent which is very hard to acquire these days.
Developed and bigger nations protect their citizen. Mirza Tahir, a Pakistani born British citizen waiting for his death sentence in same jail where our young IT guy would be spending first night of his jailed life at a horrible place, was bailed out and flown to London by personal efforts of Tony Blair and Prince Charles, even though he was not ‘White British’. On a contrast, our Government puts its own innocent computer professionals behind bars, what an ‘enlightenment’!
There has to be vocal joint action at all forums and legal suit of damages and criminal proceedings against the responsible and defaulting officials who violently and blatantly stepped out of their jurisdiction and abused the public powers.
Minister for IT has not yet found time out of his busy schedule for this burning issue of the Ministry of ‘IT’ that he’s supposedly heading.
Justice... where is justice in Pakistan?
Injustice at the hands of PTA/FIA - Part 1
The following was received recently by Wheels of Justice. We are publishing it verbatim.
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I wanted to share a recent harrowing experience that my company is going through in Pakistan. First a bit of a background.
I Co-founded an internet Startup company, in Islamabad, Pakistan, which runs a very successful job portal in the country. Among our innovations, we were one of the first companies in the world to launch an integrated Voice Resume system based on VoIP technologies. And our solution is being used by companies like TRG and others to hire quality talent for their call centers in Pakistan.
On Tuesday Dec 4, around noon, Pakistan Time, FIA (Federal Investigation Authority) and PTA (Pak Telecom Authority.. http://www.pta.gov.pk) walked into our offices in the software technology park and seized all our servers, mobiles and everything on the pretext that we are using it for illegal VoIP termination. They also locked up our current CEO, behind bars. Even when we explained to them that we are not doing call terminations, and only develop creative solutions for call centers to use, they would not listen.
Now, we are a small internet startup company based out of Islamabad. Nor do we have any connections with any major government or military establishments. We have no interest in call termination or anything of that sort. We are focused on BrightSpyre and bringing software revenue into the country through US based projects. Taking away all our servers and routers means, we cannot deliver on those projects and locking up our CEO without any notices, warnings is also not legally a good step.
So far, we have called up PASHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association), PSEB (Pakistan Software Export Board), ISPAK (Internet Service Providers Assocation of Pakistan) to assist and help us in this regard. But PTA/FIA have not budged from their unlawful acts....
On one side, the government is promising so many incentives to help the nascent software Industry in the country. On the other, it is using these horrendous acts of saboteur that it makes it impossible for us to work efficiently.
If there is an issue then they should send us a notice or talk to us first and discuss the matter. To barge into our offices, locking up our staff and siezing our hardware/software will not help in any way get them more investment in the country. The most ironic part of the incident was that our office is located in the Software technolgy park, less than 100 feet from Pakistan Software Export Board and two floors below Ministry of IT and Telecom. What a stupid thing for PTA/FIA to do.
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I wanted to share a recent harrowing experience that my company is going through in Pakistan. First a bit of a background.
I Co-founded an internet Startup company, in Islamabad, Pakistan, which runs a very successful job portal in the country. Among our innovations, we were one of the first companies in the world to launch an integrated Voice Resume system based on VoIP technologies. And our solution is being used by companies like TRG and others to hire quality talent for their call centers in Pakistan.
On Tuesday Dec 4, around noon, Pakistan Time, FIA (Federal Investigation Authority) and PTA (Pak Telecom Authority.. http://www.pta.gov.pk) walked into our offices in the software technology park and seized all our servers, mobiles and everything on the pretext that we are using it for illegal VoIP termination. They also locked up our current CEO, behind bars. Even when we explained to them that we are not doing call terminations, and only develop creative solutions for call centers to use, they would not listen.
Now, we are a small internet startup company based out of Islamabad. Nor do we have any connections with any major government or military establishments. We have no interest in call termination or anything of that sort. We are focused on BrightSpyre and bringing software revenue into the country through US based projects. Taking away all our servers and routers means, we cannot deliver on those projects and locking up our CEO without any notices, warnings is also not legally a good step.
So far, we have called up PASHA (Pakistan Software Houses Association), PSEB (Pakistan Software Export Board), ISPAK (Internet Service Providers Assocation of Pakistan) to assist and help us in this regard. But PTA/FIA have not budged from their unlawful acts....
On one side, the government is promising so many incentives to help the nascent software Industry in the country. On the other, it is using these horrendous acts of saboteur that it makes it impossible for us to work efficiently.
If there is an issue then they should send us a notice or talk to us first and discuss the matter. To barge into our offices, locking up our staff and siezing our hardware/software will not help in any way get them more investment in the country. The most ironic part of the incident was that our office is located in the Software technolgy park, less than 100 feet from Pakistan Software Export Board and two floors below Ministry of IT and Telecom. What a stupid thing for PTA/FIA to do.
The Wheels of Justice
Sometimes, the wheels of justice are not meant for the weak. They have no say, and no protection. Sometimes, their cause is trampled to protect a few in the higher positions. Sometimes, the government, prefers to make them the scapegoat of their own errors.
This is a blog, where we will present such incidents and present them to the world. This is a place where we can read and share injustices caused around the world....so that the stories of the weak can be shared and are not forgotten.
So please share your stories with us. We will listen, even if your government is not!
This is a blog, where we will present such incidents and present them to the world. This is a place where we can read and share injustices caused around the world....so that the stories of the weak can be shared and are not forgotten.
So please share your stories with us. We will listen, even if your government is not!
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