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Ex-PM Jailed

By Adnan Karim

Ex Prime Minister and immediate past leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina was jailed yesterday in an extortion case, after her prayer for bail was refused in the CMM Court. Her cousin Sheikh Selim is in jail in the same case.

Undoubtedly, this puts the caretaker government under tremendous pressure. Specially as the current anti corruption drive was aimed primarily against the other party BNP and not against Awami League which Hasina heads.

Most leaders of both the parties believed that with Khaleda and Hasina in the scene, it would be impossible to carry out party reforms since one of the main aims of the reform initiative is to remove their dictatorial influence over their party.

Full post as published by Law Chronicles Online on July 17, 2007 (boomark / email).