Re: Judiciary should not be acting like a “parallel government” - Zardari
Zardari is not keen on restoring one set of PCO judges with another. Especially as the so-called deposed judges failed to provide justice to him.
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**PPP seeking guarantees from PML-N on judges
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ISLAMABAD: Top PPP leadership is quietly seeking firm guarantees from the PML-N that the restored judges would not turn their guns on them once they form a government.
The PPP is especially worried about the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as many top leaders think that the judges, in their bid to establish their independence, may reverse clean chits given by accountability courts under the NRO.
Sources said Zardari was still resisting efforts of the PML-N, as he was still seeking guarantees particularly when the Rawalpindi accountability court had quashed all cases of corruption against him on Wednesday. Sources said although Zardari was giving statement in the public to restore the judges, in private meetings he was still undecided.
Some Zardari aides, sources revealed, had opened their hearts in a secret meeting with a top aid of Nawaz Sharif recently in which they explained why the PPP leadership was reluctant to restore the judges.
Even Zardari did not hide his emotions against the judges, when he met dozens of journalists at the Zardari House last week where he first spoke his mind on the issue. He explained to journalists that he was against the restoration of those judges as these very people were sitting in courts when he, along with his spouse, was being hounded and wronged in jail and put on trial.
He complained that none of those judges who were now showing defiance to Musharraf had the guts to provide him justice as he suffered in different jails of the country. Zardari had serious doubts when some journalists tried to explain him that these judges had changed with the passage of time, as circumstances had greatly helped all of them take the right path of justice.
Zardari was told that it was not an ordinary show of bravery, defiance and commitment shown by these 60 honourable judges, who had preferred to get themselves jobless and go to jails instead of falling in line as Musharraf wanted them.
But Zardari was not convinced with the logic as he had only one thing on his mind: why was he not given justice by these judges? Sources said similar concerns of the PPP were conveyed to the PML-N, but the Nawaz camp told the Zardari camp that if ministers and civil bureaucracy were delivering accordingly without indulging in corrupt practices, then why these judges would turn against them.
The Nawaz camp is said to have developed a strong belief that if ministers and civil servants were not doing their duty, then courts should have the legal right to intervene and provide justice to the downtrodden people, as it would also help the government of the day to improve its performance and win the goodwill of the people who have voted them to power. But, sources said, this logic and reasoning had little impact on the mind of Zardari.
… They both run from independent and strong judiciary 
