Impeccable people in Pakistan
By Guest Blogger • Feb 18th, 2010 • Category: Politics • 5 CommentsThere are not many takers of Nawaz Sharif sympathy. Nawaz Sharif’s current standing somehow fueling conspiracy theory. On one side, Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan, the opposition leader held many clandestine meetings with Chief of Army staff Gen Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani. So called champion of democracy and judiciary, Khadim-e-Ala of Punjab had a two hours long meeting with CJ Iftikhar Chaudhary on 9 January. Shahbaz Sharif did not announce the agenda of meeting. It seems as if Sharif brothers are anticipating something big. PML(N) seems to have all power eggs in Military’s basket as against the rival. PML(N) clearly violating the promises on Charter of Democracy.
On the other hand PML(N) Chief Mian Nawaz Sharif termed presidential notification an attack on the judiciary, and President Zardari himself as the biggest threat to democracy. The statement of Mian Nawaz Sharif was completely unpersuasive and confusing. Question; keeping Khwaja Sharif in LHC will ensure independence of judiciary? Secret meetings with Army Gen will ensure democracy? As the old saying goes, “if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen”. Pushing people into snake-pit of rumors would not be helpful.
This is what Judiciary crisis is all about…….
- Justice (r) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim is a respected jurist, former Justice of the Pakistan Supreme Court, former Law Minister, former Attorney General and former Governor Sindh has released a public note in response to the current judicial crisis in the country. He says that the appointment of Chief Justice Lahore High Court to the Supreme Court and elevation of the next senior-most judge as Lahore High Court Chief Justice was justified.
- Advocate Athar Minallah, who acted as the spokesperson of the chief justice during the two years long lawyers struggle also expressed his frustration and said that the development was in fact a gift to the non democratic forces and to those who were sitting on the fence and would like to see confrontation between state institutions that could only cause irreparable loss to the country.
- Former SCBA president Ali Ahmed Kurd, the engine behind the two years long lawyers’ movement. Kurd expressed disappointment over the events and deplored that it appeared as Justice Khawaja had become the most important individual in the country. “We the people of the Pakistan want to see constitution, democracy, parliament as well as the judiciary flourished in the country,” he said adding the seniority principle settled in the 1996 Al-Jihad Trust should be honoured at all cost.
Judiciary is pitched more forcefully against Federal Government and President Zardari. When we be rid of these impeccable people?
By Tauqeer Abbass
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@Mr. Abbass
Try to be just when you write such articles, you did not posted the complete statement of Justice (r) Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim, following is the remaining portion of his statement which is missing from your article,
“I had assumed that in accordance with the Article 177 of the constitution, these appointments were made by the president after consultation with the Chief Justice of Pakistan, and that the president was bound by such consultations”
Zardari being scared,corrupt,incompetent,insincere and American puppet is the reason behind all this.Why doesn’t he mend himself?Why doesn’t he leave presidency because he makes on of the worst presidents in history of pakistan?
Where ISI has opted out of internal politics media and judiciary has taken over, but can they make a big difference? I think not. Nawaz Sharif’s popularity is put on ventilator of media and judiciary because outside north Punjab he never worked hard to make inroads in smaller provinces. His previous governments didn’t pay the power royalty to Pakhtunkhwah to the tune of Rs. 7 billion. He is shy to agree to change NWFP name as Pakhtunkhwah. Baluchistan and Sind had been gifted with barren lands due illegal canals in Punjab on River Indus (it is this loss of trust that Kalabagh Dam is greatly opposed by the other three provinces). To cut the long story short, Nawaz Sharif, without the all out support of ISI, is a shrunk leader of North Punjab. But, he is trying to play the games. The visits of Choudhry Nisar Ahmed and Shahbaz Sharif in the dark hours with CinC clearly shows what old game they want to play. Looks like C-in-C has politely refused in the best interest of country.
Media has turned eyes from masses problems and have focused only on Zardari as if Zardari has stolen their chicken. Judiciary is only interested in evils of Zardari and Peoples Party with enforced pronouncements of speedy trials while Mehran Bank case is awaiting judgment (never to be pronounced). But, there are still some sane academia as cited by learned author that look the state of affairs with apprehension. With our fingers crossed, let us see what lies ahead.
I totally agree with Tauqeer Abbas about PML(N) stance over prevailing issues. Nawaz Sharif is outwardly campaigning for elections. He is making frequent visits counntrywide in order to strengthen its political position. He passed plenty of harsh statements these days against government and has gone personal. He term President Zardari a major threat to democracy. His party is violating Charter of Democracy.
A timid cat makes a proud mouse. Secret meeting between Army Chief and Shahbaz Sharif along with Ch. Nisar Khan is a matter of huge concern that made military leadership stand against civilian government. If we remember both PPP and PML(N), mainstream parties had promised the people of Pakistan to avoid military involvement in the political affairs of the country and military should work under civilian government. PML(N) should support government in resolving issues rather ridiculing at.
The reality is that the man called Nawaz Sharif cannot tolerate an independent judiciary, as to do so would be quite contrary to his respective political natures. Such has been the case with all those in the top notch for over five decades. Nawaz Sharif’s 1997 physical assault upon the Supreme Court cannot be forgotten or forgiven, as cannot his earlier wish to imprison a sitting chief justice of Pakistan for one night so as to impress upon him who was the boss-man calling the shots. His principled and moral stand, as he terms it, has to be highly suspect. I wonder what Mr. Sharif has to say about the setting up of a commission to probe into the ‘karz utaro mulk sawaro’ funds, the plans of buying hundreds of acres of land up north with Indian companies to extract profits from mineral resources, the attack on Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah etc.?