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Nawaz Sharif has come into power. This is bad news for Pervez Musharraf.
Nawaz Sharif at the helm of power and Inftikhar Mohammad Chaudary as Chief Justice what else combination could be well aligned for Nawaz Sharif and Nawaz Sharif to take his revenge.
Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudary is going to retire probably by the end of this year so the chances are the cases against Pervez Musharraf will be expedited.
Nawaz Sharif has come into power. All the credit goes to Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudary, Chief Justice of Pakistan Supreme Court. If he has not cleared him from all the charges for which he was sentenced for life then he will not be here where he is today. Nawaz Sharif should also be thankful to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia for saving him from the punishment. Though, the King is still not happy with him because he broke his confidence and lied to him.
There is no doubt Nawaz Sahrif lied when he said he did not have any agreement with government of Pakistan to go into exile and he will not participate in Pakistani politics for ten years. But our Supreme Court is quite flexible and Election Commission of Pakistan cleared him. This called authority of the courts.
Can anybody get the decision of his choice?
You make your own judgment. You also have the authority to make your own mind.
Rumors say money has changed hands during elections in Punjab province to achieve the desired results. The people who support these rumors say they know for fact they and the people known to them have voted for PTI but the results went in favor of Nawaz Sharif. They claim this the magic of money.
This is the responsibility of investigative journalists to find out the truth. The opposition parties should take the ball from there and go to courts and see if the courts can deliver the justice. Even if the courts do not care about that they should present the facts to the people. They will know the truth. If we want the democracy to continue then we have to do more investigative work and be more vigilant.
Will the media do their job? We have to wait and see.
Today Nawaz Sharif started his election campaign from Qasur. In his first speech he said the person who expelled him from Pakistan today he is in jail. Obviously, he was talking about Pervez Musharraf.
Then he said the person who accused and charged him with terrorism today he is accused and charged with terrorism.
Let us analyze these two statements.
Nawaz Sharif was expelled or he made an agreement with Government of Pakistan (represented by the President of Pakistan) through King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to go in exile.
Why Nawaz Sharif lies?
Because he knows he can get by with it in the court of law and or election tribunal court.
How he got by these lies? That is question you should ask yourself. What magic he has?
When Nawaz Sharif submitted his nomination papers, one of his opponents raised an objection that Nawaz Sharif lied when he said he has no agreement with Government of Pakistan when he left Pakistan for Saudi Arabia so he does not qualify under Article 62 and 63 for elections. But the Returning Officer did not accept that objection and cleared Nawaz Sharif as an honest person.
Everybody knows about that agreement. Once Interior Minister of Saudi Arabia came and showed the copy of that agreement in a press conference in Pakistan In other words Nawaz Sharif did not lie.
What is the definition of lies in the eyes of a Court of Law, Returning Officer and Election Tribunal? You make your own judgment.
This reflect the administrative inability of Chief Election Commissioner Fakharudddin G. Ibrahim who is normally considered an honest person. But there is a hell lot of difference between honesty and capability. Our political parties agreed on Fakharuddin G. Ibrahim’s name as Chief Election Commissioner because they knew he is weak (which give them benefit) but since he is considered honest so people will accept his name.
Election Commission of Pakistan has announced that there will be a blank box without any candidate’s name or election sign. The voter will have the option if he thinks none of the candidate is suitable for the job he can stamp on the blank box.
That is a good move. Election Commission also said if fifty percent of the people who voted in that constituency stamped on blank box then the election will be considered void. That is also a good move.
There is a need to extrapolate this practice at the national or political party level.
This election is not going to change much but Dr. Tahirul Qadri has created some awareness among the voters about the corrupt politicians and political system in Pakistan. Our political leaders particularly Nawaz Sharif ridiculed him.