Slave to the system – No more!
The event everybody had been waiting for is finally approaching. The Long March – which needs little introduction now.As I write, the COAS has just met the Prime Minister, US & UK ambassadors are currently having a meeting with him. Section 144 has been imposed in half the country resulting in arrests of politicians, lawyers and the civil society while the President Hazrat Asif Ali Zardari has fled the country since yesterday on a tour to Iran which will later take him to the UAE, his second home. OK, I know I am sounding comical, but whenever such a situation arises, I wonder why the President leaves the country.
Living in a country where every passing minute brings more frustration to the masses and fortune to the rulers has made the people stand up for something. Of all the ills the former dictator Musharaf had, we must credit him with something. He maybe what he was, but he was never anti-Pakistan. This was the very man that brought the slogan – Pakistan First. Plundering the wealth of Pakistan was least on his mind. That does not mean that we should not bring him to justice for his crimes, but the nation has more pressing issues at hand.
One such issue has been the restoration of the Judiciary which was sidelined by Musharaf for not toeing to his liking.
After repeated claims by the PPP to restore judiciary once they are elected by the people in the last year’s election – the PPP took a U turn after the assassination of Benazir and luck shining on Zardari meant that he was the dictator of not only the PPP but the country also. He intelligently brought the PML-N and other allies into believing that all would be fine soon – and after having his way to the presidency thought he had the last laugh.
Zardari made many vows to restore the judiciary with the PML-N and to the people of Pakistan while he had secretly vowed never to do it. Ironically, in a media appearance he stated that he had made a vow, verbally and written BUT that was not the Quran or Hadith which cannot be changed. The PPP general secretary Jahangir Badr reported that the PPP had asked for pardon from the people for going back on their word and it was “Islamic” to ask for pardon for not keeping one’s word. Have the people pardoned them is a different story – one none of the PPP would be willing to listen.
Now, as time passes by and the deadline for the long march is approaching – the nation is gripped to this uncertainty that looms the country. The government is hell bent to stop the long march at all costs otherwise they would be packing up from the Presidential palace while the nation is also motivated and committed to not let the opportunity pass by this time to change their destination and free themselves from the unseen masters since 1947.
Those who say that NRO is NOT the reason for Zardari’s refusal to reinstatement the judges are living in a fool’s world.
Those who say that cases against Hazrat Asif Ali Zardari were political, need to meet the people of Pakistan face to face.
Those who say that the present judiciary is making decisions on merit need to join the PPP.
Those who claim that the long march will lead Pakistan into further chaos need to bite their hands.
