CJ and the Supreme Court did not want to get involved on the day of the deportation, and they seem to be in no hurry now as well to hear the Nawaz people’s pleas.
http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/sep-2007/11/index6.php
Hoping against the hope
All hopes of the civil society and major opposition political parties to see former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif back into country’s political future dashed to ground outside the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday, which also happened to be the first day of the judicial year. When the Quaid of Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) was gaining maximum time at Islamabad International Airport after arriving here from London after seven years of exile in wake of a Supreme Court ruling that allowed him to stage comeback, efforts to stop the authorities from again sending him back to exile failed to impress Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Despite hue and cry of PML-N leaders and legal experts on electronic and print media regarding the coercive measures aiming at blocking the return of Nawaz Sharif in defiance of a seven-judge ruling on August 23, MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif ran from pillar to post in the apex court, seeking implementation of the court order but his efforts failed in futility. The larger bench of apex court had also ruled that return and entry of Sharif brothers into country “shall not be restrained, hampered or obstructed by the federal or provincial government agencies, in any manner”.
Asif, a senior PML-N lawmaker who was also one of the petitioner before the Supreme Court when it decided in favor of Sharifs return last month, filed a petition in the apex court but the same was returned as not properly filed. According to the spokesperson of the apex court, Khawaja Asif tried to meet the Chief Justice but was told to adopt proper way to file a petition. In his petition filed through M S Khattak advocate, which was later returned, the petitioner had apprehended that Nawaz Sharif was being detained at the airport for departure to another country. “Mian Nawaz Sharif is willing to face any case, trial and not willing to leave this country forcibly in violation of the orders of this honorable court”, the MNA grumbled in his plea. He also prayed that the apex court may graciously direct and restrain the federal and provincial governments, their functionaries, law enforcement and other agencies operated in Pakistan from deporting Nawaz Sharif. The application further requested that Nawaz Sharif be produced in the Supreme Court so that he may be treated in accordance with law. However, neither the merits of Asif’s plea could impress the court during the presence of Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan nor was his prayer string so enough to break through the silence during the crucial hours.
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