Seems that Asif Ali Zardari will have to scarper sharpish as soon as his presidential term comes to an end. Apparently there is a threat to his life and, more importantly, the Supreme Court is itching to reopen cases of corruption against him. These charges date back to when his wife, Benazir Bhutto was the Prime Minister of Pakistan and Mr Zardari was paid a commission on every government contract so that he became famous as Mr Ten Percent. Of course, Pervez Musharraf, the president before him, also hid in London for years before returning to Pakistan hoping to get a hero's welcome and get elected to parliament. Instead he is now under house arrest while he is being investigated for various charges, including murder. The man behind presidential pangs is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Chaudhry who is taking revenge for some old grudges, as is customary in tribal areas. Perhaps he should be aware that he is coming up for retirement and then could be vulnerable to similar witch hunts. Meanwhile George Zimmerman who shot 17 year old Trayvon Martin in the heart on 26 February, 2012 was cleared of second-degree murder by a six woman jury, 5 of whom were white. Zimmerman was on neighborhood watch when he saw the teenager. He phoned the police that a black man was acting suspicious and was told to stay in his car and not to approach him. What happened after that no one knows but there was a scuffle and Martin, who was unarmed, ended up dead. The jury accepted the plea of self defense and found Zimmerman not guilty. How it can be self defense when Zimmerman was armed while Martin was not, followed the boy and engaged in a scuffle with him when specifically told by the police not to approach him is impossible to understand. Clearly the US justice system stinks and the police are a bunch of Neanderthals. Krittika Biswas, daughter of an Indian consul, was arrested on 8 February 2011 on a completely wrong charge of cyber bullying. She was brutally treated, her parents were not informed even though she was a minor at the time and was not even allowed the privacy of a toilet. It was later found that a Chinese villain was responsible but no action was taken against him, so scared are the Americans of the Chinese. While Biswas was not allowed the courtesy of being a diplomat's daughter the US used diplomatic privilege to force Pakistan to release Raymond Davies who murdered 2 Pakistanis in Lahore on 27 January, 2011. But at least the trial was held within one year and a decision was reached. Here Ramalinga Raju has still not been tried despite confessing to stealing money from Satyam in January 2009. We have no justice system.
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