Legal Opinion
Hifzur Rehman v. Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 2006No. 05-2846PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
In 1977 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was deposed as Prime Minister of Pakistan. General Zia ul-Haq took over in a coup. Hifzur Rehman was among Zia’s subordinate officers. Rehman and his family had been, and remained, friends of the Bhutto family. In 1980 Rehman made remarks at a military meeting that the presiding officer construed as criticism of the Zia government; he was admonished to desist from politics while in military service. When Rehman made these unwelcome statements he was a second lieutenant; he retired in 2002 as a major. Having arrived in the United States on…
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