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Red Alert
For PPP Leadership: Immediately Restore Judges Without Ifs and Buts
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now everyone knows PPP leadership does not have the guts to get
rid of general Musharraf. It may be because of NRO, American
pressure or for some other reason, but general Musharraf’s
constant presence on the national scene is a bad news for
Pakistan. Mr. Zardari has said time and again that PPP does not
have soft corner for general Musharraf, but the fact of the
matter is it is more than soft corner to find honorable way for
general Musharraf’s exit from power.
People of Pakistan hate general Musharraf,
Altaf Hussain and Maulana Fazal Ur Rehman, but it is unfortunate
these most hated men particularly general Musharraf and Altaf
Hussain get the maximum time on Pakistan’s private TV channels.
Mere their appearance on private TV channels or news issued with
their names is enough to incite people to commit violence.
18th February mandate gave hope to
people. They stopped violence because they thought they will not
have to see these despicable faces on TV channels or read their
statements in newspapers, but their constant appearance has
forced people to resort to violence. Suicide attack in Islamabad
and 7 explosions in Karachi is a reminder to the forces who are
trying to keep general Musharraf, Altaf Hussain and Maulana
Fazal Ur Rehman visible on national scene.
As we have pointed out there may be behind
the scene reasons which do not allow PPP leadership to get rid
of general Musharraf, but there is no justifiable reason to halt
restoration of judges.
The judges who took unconstitutional oaths on
November 3, 2007 also fall in the category of sub-clause 2 of
the article 6 of the constitution of Pakistan. Their
unconstitutional oath makes them liable to abet a crime of high
treason committed by general Musharraf first on October 12, 1999
and then again on November 3, 2007.
Like general Musharraf, these judges are
enjoying the perks and privileges of their offices whereas the
judges who tried to protect the constitution answering the call
of their conscience are seeking justice in the streets of
Pakistan. First they were kept under house arrest for months
under general Musharraf’s illegal verbal orders and now they are
free, but they still cannot go back to their offices and perform
their duty.
The people of Pakistan expect PPP government
to issue executive order to ask these judges to return to their
offices. Their return to their offices does not need a
constitutional package. People believe constitutional package is
either a tactic to further complicate the judges’ restoration
issue or a ploy to reward the judges who took unconstitutional
oath on November 3, 2007.
Revival of new suicide attack in Islamabad
and explosion in Karachi show the people are getting frustrated
with present regime.
Before
things go too far, PPP government should immediately restore
judiciary to the position of November 2, 2007 without ifs and
buts and avert the situation; otherwise PPP will have to bear
the blame for rest of its life for any mishap that can take
place in Pakistan in the forced presence of three most hated
persons on national scene
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