A friend of mine forwarded me today , a copy of an email apparently mass distributed by - The REPORT PRESS - Special Reports Media - USA- Chief Editor: Journalist SYED ADEEB.
The body of the text reads as follows:
Pakistani-American Journalist Nayyar Zaidi Still Locked Up in an Ohio Jail Since 20 March 2008.
(ReportPress.com) - Mr. Syed Haider K. Zaidi (pen name: Nayyar Zaidi)- Washington Correspondent or Washington Bureau Chief of Pakistan's Geo News TV (Geo Television Network), The News International (English newspaper) and Daily Jang (Urdu newspaper) - was arrested by the U.S.Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Police on Thursday, 20 March 2008 in Ohio, USA, on sex crimes charges. He is still locked up in an Ohio jail since March 2008.
Read the following five American media-press news reports about Pakistani-American journalist NayyarZaidi who lives in Woodbridge, Virginia, USA:
Publisher: THE INDEPENDENT - Massillon, Ohio, USA
Man Arrested for Trying to Meet Teen
By Staff Reports
JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio, USA, 20 March 2008 (indeonline.com) -Authorities arrested a Virginia man Thursday accused of traveling toJackson Township to have sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Syed Haider Kar Zaidi, 64, of 12776 Captains Cove, Woodbridge, Va.,was taken into custody at 3 p.m. in a parking lot at 4220 BeldenVillage St. N.W., according to jail records. The arrest culminated atwo month investigation by local police and the FBI's Internet CrimesAgainst Children Task Force.
Jail records show Zaidi developed an online relationship with the girland arranged to meet her for sex in the Belden Village area. The girlZaidi was communicating with actually was an undercover officer.
Zaidi faces felony charges of attempted unlawful sex with a minor,attempted child endangering, attempted illegal use of a minor innudity-oriented material or performance and importuning. Zaidi was thetask force's 98th arrest.
Links:
http://www.indeonline.com/crime/x1012430497?view=print
http://www.indeonline.com/crime/x1059917866?view=print
More links to Zaidi story are embedded in the said email. Some of them are:
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=404372
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=405064
http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=404447
All these links contain story related to Mr Zaidi and his arrest in Ohio in March 2008.
It is therefore clear that Mr Zaidi was not detained for any "national security" or "terrorism related" charges as some may have thought, perceived or believed to be, but was actually detained and arrested by local (Ohio) police and the FBI's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on charges of attempted unlawful sex with a minor,attempted child endangering, attempted illegal use of a minor innudity-oriented material or performance and importuning.
I am still waiting for a synopsis from Mr Zaidi who promised me to send when he called me up last week. The documents that he had sent me through his wife did not cover the above episode nor did Mr Zaidi mention it to me at all. These documents were apparently on "non related" matters.
That is why I was careful not to jump to any conclusions. And, when Mr Khalid Hasan of Daily Times requested for details, I sent him the following email:
Based on documents in my possession, he has been apparently detained under "National Security" matter(s) and has been charged with one or more than one offense/crime. His docuents do not clarify this matter. (Bold emphasis by me.)
The Federal case number is 08-CR-0197. Mr. Zaidi is a defendant in the said case. Mr Zaidi promised to send me a synopsis. I still await. Will let you know more details if and when I get them. The matter is subjudice before a Federal Judge. (Bold emphasis by me).
Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Nayyar Zaidi behind bars in USA!
A few days back, wife of renowned Washington-based Pakistani journalist, Mr. Nayyar Zaidi, called me up and informed me that her spouse was in detention in Ohio since March 2008 and that she would like to send me some documents for review and publication on DesPardes.com. I therefore gave her my address and my Ferderal Express account number. The next day, I received a package which contained copies of correspondents Mr Zaidi had to the Depertment of Justice, FBI, etc., along with copies of his handwritten notes, observations and latest rejoinder to the Federal court judge.
Mr Zaidi has been living in Virginia, USA, for the last twenty odd years. He is a well renowned columnist of JANG Urdu and a political analyst/commentator for GEO TV, CNN, BBC Urdu and several other world media.
Mr. Zaidi called me up today from the Northeast Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio. Since our conversation was basically relevant to his detention and the papers he had arranged to send me through his wife Shaheen, I did not bother that our phone talk was being "recorded and monitored". It was a no-holds-barred-conversation but he took pain not to break rules.
Our conversation was obviously intense. This was the third time in my life that I had received a phone call from a person I knew who was behind bars and who wanted to reach out to someone outside for help. And, of all the people, when a respected Pakistani journalist-cum-columnist with a vast readership in Pakistan and elsewhere happened to be on the other end of the phone, things became different. Naturally, I offered my moral support and promised to break the news to the public on his behalf.
Without discussing with him the merits of the case and his detention, I showed my concern and promised to review the papers he had sent me.
Mr Zaidi said he had gone to Ohio to pursue his journalistic "obstruction of justice" research against those individuals who are being detained there from "all over the world". Unfortunately, he ended up being detained himself in the same facility, he said. He is awaiting trial now in which he is the defendent.
Mr Zaidi has claimed that he has been "targeted" by the FBI/DOJ and the "story" goes back to 1995 when he worked for the Pakistan Television. He was approcahed to work for the U.S. government, he said.
According to Mr Zaidi, he was visited by the Feds (FBI) sometime in 2003, and was asked, he claims, to "become an informant". But he refused.
He says he has a case against FBI/DOJ for "obstruction of justice" and wants only "due process of law" to happen.
I have asked him to writeup a synopsis of the events leading to his arrest. He promised he will send.
I then called the Press Attache of the Pakistan embassy in Washington. Mr Kiani, who happens to be the press attache, told me that he found out about Mr Zaidi's detention today only from the ambasaddor Mr. Hussain Haqaani who found out from Pakistan, he claimed.
According to Kiani, Mr. Haqqani is "concerned" about Mr. Zaidi's welfare.
Both, according to Kiani, were unaware that Mr Zaidi was in detention since the last three months.
Mr Kiani said he had been calling Mr Zaidi's residence but his wife would say that he was either overseas on an assignment or would give him "some kind of answer". Interesting!
Meanwhile, Mr Zaidi remains in detention on "national security matters", he said.
Mr Zaidi has been living in Virginia, USA, for the last twenty odd years. He is a well renowned columnist of JANG Urdu and a political analyst/commentator for GEO TV, CNN, BBC Urdu and several other world media.
Mr. Zaidi called me up today from the Northeast Correctional Center in Youngstown, Ohio. Since our conversation was basically relevant to his detention and the papers he had arranged to send me through his wife Shaheen, I did not bother that our phone talk was being "recorded and monitored". It was a no-holds-barred-conversation but he took pain not to break rules.
Our conversation was obviously intense. This was the third time in my life that I had received a phone call from a person I knew who was behind bars and who wanted to reach out to someone outside for help. And, of all the people, when a respected Pakistani journalist-cum-columnist with a vast readership in Pakistan and elsewhere happened to be on the other end of the phone, things became different. Naturally, I offered my moral support and promised to break the news to the public on his behalf.
Without discussing with him the merits of the case and his detention, I showed my concern and promised to review the papers he had sent me.
Mr Zaidi said he had gone to Ohio to pursue his journalistic "obstruction of justice" research against those individuals who are being detained there from "all over the world". Unfortunately, he ended up being detained himself in the same facility, he said. He is awaiting trial now in which he is the defendent.
Mr Zaidi has claimed that he has been "targeted" by the FBI/DOJ and the "story" goes back to 1995 when he worked for the Pakistan Television. He was approcahed to work for the U.S. government, he said.
According to Mr Zaidi, he was visited by the Feds (FBI) sometime in 2003, and was asked, he claims, to "become an informant". But he refused.
He says he has a case against FBI/DOJ for "obstruction of justice" and wants only "due process of law" to happen.
I have asked him to writeup a synopsis of the events leading to his arrest. He promised he will send.
I then called the Press Attache of the Pakistan embassy in Washington. Mr Kiani, who happens to be the press attache, told me that he found out about Mr Zaidi's detention today only from the ambasaddor Mr. Hussain Haqaani who found out from Pakistan, he claimed.
According to Kiani, Mr. Haqqani is "concerned" about Mr. Zaidi's welfare.
Both, according to Kiani, were unaware that Mr Zaidi was in detention since the last three months.
Mr Kiani said he had been calling Mr Zaidi's residence but his wife would say that he was either overseas on an assignment or would give him "some kind of answer". Interesting!
Meanwhile, Mr Zaidi remains in detention on "national security matters", he said.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Another Spanner in BB Murder Probe
Shahanshah Khalid aka Khalid Shahanshah was gunned down today in front of his house in Defense Society, Karachi, by some one or some people who wanted to see him dead.
He was one of Benazir's personal body guards. In fact, he was her chief security officer. After her death, Zardari made him his own personal body guard - also chief of Bilawal House Security. The deceased was also one of Zardari's close friends.
Supposedly, he was going to be a key witness in the UN probe. Some quarters suspect he was involved or knew too much. But this cannot be independently verified.
An Asia Times online story connected him with the Dawood Company (D-company).
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EJ22Df07.html
Either Shahanshah's foes, albeit competitiors, took him out in order to settle old scores or he knew something - probably too much to become a threat to some one or to an organization. Therefpre, the need to be dumped!
Some say it was a turf battle. Others, that his killing is related to underground real estate affairs.
Shahanshah's buddy Munawwar Suharwardy was also taken out in a similar fashion. Munawwar was also Benazir's personal body guard. Both were Karachiites, Muhajirs. Both had intermittent clashes with the MQM hit squads. That does not mean MQM took these PPP Karachi Jiyalas out. Investigations into Munawwar's killing remain incomplete or complete but unpublicized.
Shahanshah's targeted killing has all the ingredients of a sinister plan. The government owned Suzuki used in the incident was conveniently recovered within hours of the incident, suggesting it may have been an immature attempt by the perpetrators to send the hounds in the wrong chase.
Too much is at stake for many in Karachi, both for the present and the future players. The elementary Sherlock Holmes formula of pointing finger towards the most beneficiary with the motive for killing Shahanshah may not hold true in this case. It is complex - a new "great game" may be in the offing to destabilize Karachi - thus Pakistan, some say.
Shahanshah's name also appears in Raja Anwar's book "The Terrorist Prince"on Murtaza Bhutto. It is a good reading.
By the way, I received an email yesterday that says the following about Murtaza Bhutto's murder case:
"Last night at a wedding a very senior government officer narrated to me a strange story.
He said that he has seen a Supreme Court document, which is a decision on the application of ASP Shahid Hayat who was one of the accused in the Murtaza Bhutto case. His application to the Court filed on July 6th stated that he was an accused in the murder of Murtaza Bhutto and was suspended for two years. Therefore besides claiming benefits for the missing years (he was paid his emoluments) he requested that his service may be extended beyond the age of retirement for two years also.
The Dogar Court under the unofficial direction of Mr Zardari has given the decision in favor of ASP Shahid Hayat on July 13th that is within 7 days of his application. My source says that the decision was given (not announced) with instructions that it should not be released to the media. He says he has read the decision which was brought to him by another officer who is going to plead his case along the same lines (basically loss of income…..not salary but all those under the counter benefits).
I have no way of confirming this yet but am circulating this with the request that people stretch their antennas and look for some confirmation from other sources."
He was one of Benazir's personal body guards. In fact, he was her chief security officer. After her death, Zardari made him his own personal body guard - also chief of Bilawal House Security. The deceased was also one of Zardari's close friends.
Supposedly, he was going to be a key witness in the UN probe. Some quarters suspect he was involved or knew too much. But this cannot be independently verified.
An Asia Times online story connected him with the Dawood Company (D-company).
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/EJ22Df07.html
Either Shahanshah's foes, albeit competitiors, took him out in order to settle old scores or he knew something - probably too much to become a threat to some one or to an organization. Therefpre, the need to be dumped!
Some say it was a turf battle. Others, that his killing is related to underground real estate affairs.
Shahanshah's buddy Munawwar Suharwardy was also taken out in a similar fashion. Munawwar was also Benazir's personal body guard. Both were Karachiites, Muhajirs. Both had intermittent clashes with the MQM hit squads. That does not mean MQM took these PPP Karachi Jiyalas out. Investigations into Munawwar's killing remain incomplete or complete but unpublicized.
Shahanshah's targeted killing has all the ingredients of a sinister plan. The government owned Suzuki used in the incident was conveniently recovered within hours of the incident, suggesting it may have been an immature attempt by the perpetrators to send the hounds in the wrong chase.
Too much is at stake for many in Karachi, both for the present and the future players. The elementary Sherlock Holmes formula of pointing finger towards the most beneficiary with the motive for killing Shahanshah may not hold true in this case. It is complex - a new "great game" may be in the offing to destabilize Karachi - thus Pakistan, some say.
Shahanshah's name also appears in Raja Anwar's book "The Terrorist Prince"on Murtaza Bhutto. It is a good reading.
By the way, I received an email yesterday that says the following about Murtaza Bhutto's murder case:
"Last night at a wedding a very senior government officer narrated to me a strange story.
He said that he has seen a Supreme Court document, which is a decision on the application of ASP Shahid Hayat who was one of the accused in the Murtaza Bhutto case. His application to the Court filed on July 6th stated that he was an accused in the murder of Murtaza Bhutto and was suspended for two years. Therefore besides claiming benefits for the missing years (he was paid his emoluments) he requested that his service may be extended beyond the age of retirement for two years also.
The Dogar Court under the unofficial direction of Mr Zardari has given the decision in favor of ASP Shahid Hayat on July 13th that is within 7 days of his application. My source says that the decision was given (not announced) with instructions that it should not be released to the media. He says he has read the decision which was brought to him by another officer who is going to plead his case along the same lines (basically loss of income…..not salary but all those under the counter benefits).
I have no way of confirming this yet but am circulating this with the request that people stretch their antennas and look for some confirmation from other sources."
Friday, July 18, 2008
Why Zardari was in Dubai
NJ, USA; July 18, 2008 - Heard Benazir's youngest daughter Asifa attempted to slit her wrist in Dubai and of disciplinary problems within the Bhutto family.
Zardari who was in Dubai is said to have tried to handle the matter. Asifa was very close to Benazir and wanted to be active in politics. It's an open secret though. Benazir had talked to Asifa on phone on that fateful day she was assissinated. Benazir had asked Nahid Khan, her Political Secretary and long time aide to take Asifa along with ehr to political meetings and rallies. Nahid used to do so.
Benazir's only surviving sister Sanam Bhutto's kids have reportedly reached out to Murtaza's kids Fatima and Zulfikar Jr. and to Shahnawaz's daughter Saussi. Benazir's kids have also said to have connected with the rest of the third generation in more of a "family bonding" basis rather than on "political basis".
Zardari's hands are full it is said.
Zardari who was in Dubai is said to have tried to handle the matter. Asifa was very close to Benazir and wanted to be active in politics. It's an open secret though. Benazir had talked to Asifa on phone on that fateful day she was assissinated. Benazir had asked Nahid Khan, her Political Secretary and long time aide to take Asifa along with ehr to political meetings and rallies. Nahid used to do so.
Benazir's only surviving sister Sanam Bhutto's kids have reportedly reached out to Murtaza's kids Fatima and Zulfikar Jr. and to Shahnawaz's daughter Saussi. Benazir's kids have also said to have connected with the rest of the third generation in more of a "family bonding" basis rather than on "political basis".
Zardari's hands are full it is said.
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