Re: Justice Bhagwadas takes a stand..
Instead of analyzing the situation and trying to identify right from wrong, we, in our petty differences, try to find justification in history and unfortunately most of the time we come up with “wrong” to justify another ‘wrong”. I wonder if one reprehensible act can be used as a pretext to another deplorable act. Has our discussion become so frantically polluted with ego of our self bias that we dare not to open our eyes and see what is a blazing reality, can we not fathom the fact that the nations that loosen their grip on the system of justice vanish like a non existent entity, even from the pages of history. Have we not learnt the lesson that might is not always right. The first “doctrine of necessity” paved way to for the separation of East Pakistan, now the executive branch has become accustomed to the presumed submissive role of judiciary. Executive branch of Govt. can not afford to even think about the judicial activism, they call it interference in the matters of Govt. It is true that in a bid to assert the freedom, and to celebrate the establishment’s defeat against unconstitutional overthrowing of CJ, judiciary made a few mistakes. We could have attributed this act of judiciary to a child who starts walking and falls here and there, once matured this freedom could have been a diamond in ring of “judicial freedom”. But it is clear that the goldsmith had different intentions, nothing taste better than the blood of judiciary in the mouth of executive branch.
It is not a question of individual, it is not even the question of democracy or dictatorship, it is a question of justice, and judicial system. We should realize that an illegitimate act of Nawaz Sherif against the then chief justice set a precedence, and the recent actions of his Excellency are just an expansion to that precedence, and I am sure some one behind the curtain is registering this act to use as pretext to sack all the judges in one go, another individual may get rid of the judicial system altogether. What’s the harm?
Response of International community is of two kinds and is very understandable, NGO’s and other community voices speak the language of fairness and justice, they have raised their voice against the actions of our ruling class as a deplorable act. The silence of official spokesmen on this matter is a political stance of the “west” and provides yet another ostensible proof of double standards, politics and vested interests make a yardstick that speaks the language of truth for them. Present power structure in Pakistan has been hailed as a great ally and agent of peace against the so called war on terror, can we really think that west would accept a judicial system that stands as barbed wire in the way of illegitimate actions against a great ally.
We are a nation of 150 million people, yet the division among us even on the core issues like justice, media and democracy has left us weaker than ever before, we start abusing each other, without realization of the fact that we castigate only when we are done with logic, we should remember that differences among brothers are not settled in battle filed.
Peace
maybe international community was not too impressed with the type of democracy Pakistan experienced in the 90's and would rather not reinstate that mess. He seems to have forgotten what Nawaz did with Sajjad Ali shah.
or is bagwan das talking about the pre-emergency era, is he calling that a democracy?