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Prospects After Pakistan’s New PM! |
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by Dr. Rajinder Puri |
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The Press Council of India’s Chairman and former Supreme Court Judge Justice Mr. Markanday Katju invoked basic principles of jurisprudence to fault Pakistan Chief Justice Mr. Iftikhar Chaudhry’s dismissal of Prime Minister Mr. Yousaf Raza Gilani. The decisions of Pakistan’s judiciary have little to do with jurisprudence and everything to do with the naked play of power politics. This should be clear from the brazen manner of issuing court warrants of arrest against the Pakistan government’s first choice of Prime Minister, a supporter of President Zardari, for criminal cases lodged against him years ago. The BBC commented:
From this it appears that the army has adopted a cautious approach of retaining the fig leaf of democracy by using the Supreme Court to implement its decisions. What needs to be assessed therefore is where the current decisions of the Supreme Court will lead Pakistan. The new Prime Minister facing corruption cases would be therefore only a convenient political instrument to oversee a general election sooner rather than later. After the election, remotely influenced by the army and security forces, Pakistan is expected to enter a phase of democracy in which the army would wield its influence discreetly and keep alive the form of democracy. That is when India will have to decide how best to deal with Islamabad. |
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Krish 06/25/2012 03:13 AM |
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