05-12-2007, 11:26 PM
I don't know exactly what has happened today in Karachi, time will make the things clearer, so it would be premature to comment on that right now.
Talking bout this present judicial crisis, some points have to be made clear. It is not a result of govt's lack of prudence or they hugely underestimated the aftermath of the situation. May be its true that govt was not expecting such consequences, if they had known, they must have planned things in a bit different way.
But, such chief justice who does not seem to be in much agreement with various govt policies and was courageous enough to object them, was never in favor of govt. I mean getting rid of him was necessary for the govt. Things started when he stopped privatization of steel mill. His stand on Basant issue is also very much known to us. Coming is the election year, so in such situation govt could never afforded such chief justice so getting rid of him became necessary for them.
I am trying to say that, it was not a totally stupid move from the govt. Rather the situation made it a necessary evil for them. However, one thing is for sure that now they are in pretty tough situation. Neither they can easily push him back nor his continuity is in any favor for them.
Talking bout this present judicial crisis, some points have to be made clear. It is not a result of govt's lack of prudence or they hugely underestimated the aftermath of the situation. May be its true that govt was not expecting such consequences, if they had known, they must have planned things in a bit different way.
But, such chief justice who does not seem to be in much agreement with various govt policies and was courageous enough to object them, was never in favor of govt. I mean getting rid of him was necessary for the govt. Things started when he stopped privatization of steel mill. His stand on Basant issue is also very much known to us. Coming is the election year, so in such situation govt could never afforded such chief justice so getting rid of him became necessary for them.
I am trying to say that, it was not a totally stupid move from the govt. Rather the situation made it a necessary evil for them. However, one thing is for sure that now they are in pretty tough situation. Neither they can easily push him back nor his continuity is in any favor for them.
