Tariq Mahmood

Tariq Mahmood may refer to:

Tariq Mahmood (detainee)

Tariq Mahmood is a British Pakistani who was captured in Islamabad by Pakistani security forces in October 2003. His family reports that Tariq was tortured, while in Pakistani custody, with the knowledge or cooperation of UK and American security officials.

Background

Tariq Mahmood is a married father of two from Sparkhill, Birmingham. The former taxi driver flew to Pakistan in 2001 to settle a land dispute over a family home there.

Arrest

In October 2003, Mahmood was held on suspicion of being associated with a "banned organization" under the Security of Pakistan Act, Section 10, and was not given immediate access to courts despite his British citizenship.

Mahmood was initially assigned a 10 November 2003 court date in Islamabad, and made court appearances over the following four weeks. However, despite the ongoing legal process, his whereabouts became unclear by early 2004. Pakistani security reportedly turned him over to American forces, prompting fears he would be sent to Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. In February 2004, Pakistani intelligence sources indicated Tariq Mahmood had been transported to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, a "stepping stone" to Guantanamo Bay.

Tariq Mahmood (judge)

Tariq Mahmood was a Pakistani lawyer and judge. Born in Pakistan, he is most famous as a leader of the Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan.

As a judge of the Balochistan High Court, he refused to take an oath under General Pervez Musharraf. He lived in Quetta for a while.

Mahmood was also the former president of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.

He was also in the panel of lawyers of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's suspension case of presidential reference in the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan. He was arrested and detained with his family during the 2007 state of emergency.

Justice Tariq frequently appears on a number of popular TV talk news shows and is known for his candid and honest views.

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