Imran Khan Defends Baluch Suspects

by Ahmar Mustikhan | January 9, 2009 at 12:43 pm

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Cricket legend Imran Khan defended two Baluch activists right to fight military oppression in a London Court. The two, Hairbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch, were framed by the British authorities after the military regime of former coup leader-turned-president General Pervez Musharraf blackmailed London it would stop cooperation with it in the war on terror if the Baluch activists were not booked.

Interestingly, the civilian government under President Asif Ali Zardari has conceded the cases against the two were politically motivated, but a London judge still ordered a jury trial on the grounds the two pose a public security threat.

The former Pakistani cricket captain Imran Khan has told a court he supported the right for people to take up arms against their government if there was no longer any other democratic alternative for them to pursue.

Mr Khan, now a politician, made the remarks at the trial at Woolwich Crown Court of Faiz Baluch and Hyrbair Marri, who deny inciting terrorist murder in Pakistan. Mr Baluch, 27, from Wembley, north London, and Mr Marri, 40, from Ealing, west London, are accused of gathering information for the Baluchistan Liberation Army, a proscribed group in the UK, and of inciting murder via websites they ran.