We have studied law because we want to help those who are helpless and being targeted by men in power, says Prof Singh
Senior Supreme Court advocate Prof Bhim Singh, who is the patron of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP), said he is willing to join the defence committee of lawyers at his own cost to defend former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, who were arrested at Lahore Airport after returning from London two days ago in a graft case.
Singh, 77, has requested the foreign ministry of Pakistan to grant him and his team of advocates an entry visa so that they can join the defence team of Sharif and appear before the courts in the neighbouring country.
"We have studied law because we want to help those who are helpless and being targeted by men in power. I am a barrister and I can appear in all Commonwealth countries," Prof Singh told DNA.
An internationally reputed lawyer, Prof Singh was engaged by former Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic in a UN Criminal Court in The Hague. He was, however, not allowed to appear for Milosevic. "Milosevic was a friend. I stood up in The Hague to plead his case but was disallowed," he said.
Prof Singh personally knew slain Iraqi president Saddam Hussain and was not allowed to represent him during his trial. Prof Bhim Singh also offered to defend former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto but Islamabad did not grant him an entry visa. "I was not allowed to visit Pakistan to plead Bhutto's case. But I condemned it in the J&K assembly. I was an MLA at that time," he said.
Singh said that the arrest and detention of the former PM of Pakistan and his daughter is illegal and against fundamental human rights and international law. "This violates the Human Rights guaranteed in the Constitution of Pakistan as well," said Prof Singh.
NPP said there is no democracy in Pakistan and that the military is still controlling the country. "For a visa, they (Pakistan foreign ministry) shall have to ask their bosses. I am in touch with the concerned people," he said.
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