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and we were told that their DG Law has refused to issue with drawl letter for ‘legal’ reasons and that case can not be withdrawn at this investigation stage.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.