Army chief's extension
Colonel Inamur Rahim (retd), the well known Pakistani lawyer who has been fighting against disappearance cases of conscience objectors, revealed for the first time on recently abducted journalist Matiullah Jan's televsiion channel, why he was abducted by unknown agencies in December 2019 and kept under detention for 37 days without any charges. During detention, he was asked to file reference cases against independent-minded judges of the higher judiciary, like Gulzar Ahmed (currently Pakistan's chief justice) and Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, as a condition for his release. Colonel Rahim was resentful why such treatment was handed out to him by the senior coterie of Pakistan army generals, many of whom had even been his students during his ten years as an instructor at the Pakistan military academy in Kakul, disregarding also the fact that his son is currently a serving officer in the army, in the rank of major. While in detention, he was blindfolded and ta...