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=== Journalists ===

1. Ibrar Haider, Editor daily Mashriq, Muzaffarabad and
Coordinator South Asia Free Media Association, ‘Azad’
Kashmir

2. Raja Iftikhar Ahmad, Bureau Chief, daily Jang,
Muzaffarabad.

3. Shujaat Raja, correspondent for Al-Jazeera TV.

4. Asif Raza Mir, Aaj TV.
Political leaders

1. Sardar Ateequr Rehman, President Muslim
Conference, former Prime Minister of ‘‘AJK’’.

2. Chaudry Majeed, President of Pakistan People.s
Party. ‘‘AJK’’. (On telephone)

3. Zahid Ameen, former Vice-President of (National)
Muslim Conference.

4. Anwarul Haq, Chairman Public Accounts Committee,
Peoples Muslim League. (On telephone)

5. Hafeez Awan, Member Legislative Assembly,
Pakistan People.s Party. (On telephone)

6. Sardar Khalid Ibrahim Khan, President, Jammu
Kashmir People.s Party.
Justice Reaz Akhtar Chaudhry and
Justice Manzoor Hussain Gillani .
who were, until early May 2010, Chief
Justice and senior-most judge of the
‘Azad’ Jammu and Kashmir Supreme
Court, respectively . are no longer
part of the ‘‘AJK’’ superior judiciary.
Both have resigned after prolonged
wrangling in the ‘‘AJK’’ superior courts
and the State establishment.

But interference in the appointment of
judges in ‘‘AJK’’ has not ended. Lawyers
in ‘‘AJK’’ have ended their protests but
surely the issue was not about the
appointment of one individual but
graver issues are at stake in ‘‘AJK’’. The
Human Rights Commission of
Pakistan can only hope that
institutional changes rather than the
change of a few faces will be adopted
as a policy in ‘‘AJK’’ and by the
Government of Pakistan.

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan
Aiwan-i-Jamhoor, 107-Tipu Block, New Garden Town, Lahore-54600
Tel: (92-42) 5838341, 35865969, 35864994
Fax: (92-42) 35883582
E-mail: hrcp@hrcp-web.org
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