Will Court play as par tradition again or not?

Will Court play as par tradition again or not?

In his regular infamous statements after the failure of Dharna Plus, IK repeatedly said that Panamagate case is a test case for the SC i-e If Court decides as par the captain then he will pass. After those infamous pressure tactics Court told all parties in the case to submit their statements that they will accept the decision in any case. Meanwhile PBC, an apex body of lawyers told court that before holding politicians to account for corruption in the form of investments in offshore companies, the judiciary should first consider taking action against one of its own members, whose name had also surfaced in the Panama Papers and Bahamas leaks. 

If we check last six month politics we can well understand how power politics works. Since April 2016 we are observing interesting times. A German newspaper reported at April 06 that The Panamanian law firm, Mossack Fonseca, who has been targeted by the so-called Panama Papers, is the victim of a hacker attack. It was beginning of interesting times. In the same month we read another leak but it was local rather then international leak.  It was much before the Cyril Leak and unlike Cyril leak no one ever question who leaked that story to Dawn. It was related to corruption in Army; Gen Raheel dismisses 6 army officers from service over 'corruption' .  Although two generals were found guilty yet there were news of killing of two Army officers.  That news was published at April 22, 2016 yet before that news i wrote a piece regarding Civil Military conflict and its impact on future politics in Pakistan. It was in context of announcement of another Dharna at 24th April. I wrote

پاکستانی سیاست تادیر سے سول ملٹری تعلقات میں بگاڑ سے مستعار ہے کہ 13سال تک تسلسل سے دو مارشلاؤں کے نتیجہ میں ملک دو حصّوں میں منقسم ہوگیا مگر ہم سول ملٹری تعلقات میں بگاڑکو تاحال ختم کرنے میں کامیاب نہیں ہیں۔یہی وجہ ہے کہ اس ملک میں 16 ۔دسمبر 1971کی بازگشت اکثر سننے کو ملتی ہے جسے کسی بھی حوالہ سے خوش آئیند نہیں کہا جا سکتا۔کوئی ایک بیان کیسے ’’ایک صفحہ‘‘ پر ہونے کے تاثر کو ہوا کردیتا ہے اس کا زندہ ثبوت جنرل راحیل شریف کا وہ بیان ہے جس میں ’’بدعنوانی‘‘ کاذکر نمایاں تھا۔ بیان میں جو کچھ کہا گیا اس کی اہمیت تو روایتی تھی تاہم اس کی ٹائمنگ نے ’’مردوں‘‘ میں جان ڈال دی

سول ملٹری بگاڑ کی صورت میں یہ کھیل یونہی چلتا رہے گا کہ بات کا بتنگڑ بنانے والے میڈیا اور ہوس اقتدار میں رجھے گروہوں کے لیے یہ بگاڑ تواتر سے مواقع پیدا کرتا رہے گا۔ اس صورتحال کا سب سے زیادہ فائدہ دہشت گردی، انتہا پسندی و فرقہ واریت میں ملوث قوتوں و گروہوں کو ہوگا کہ ان کی طرف سے توجہ ہٹی رہے گی۔ کیا کچھ گروہ ملک پاکستان میں اسی ایجنڈے پر گامزن ہیں؟ یہ ہے وہ صورتحال جو فوری توجہ کی متقاضی ہے

From April to November we observed emergence of different actors , leaks, Dharnas and now the court case. It is not very different from what we observed before 27 October 1958, 05 July 1977 and 12 October 1999.  Now the last hope of people like Imran Khan, Sheikh Rashid is the court case. The message of Sheikh Rashid at the eve of Dharna Plus شیخ رشید کی نئی پیش گوئی is enough to understand the mindset. 

What judiciary did in past is on the record and many actors in bar and bench too showed reservations regarding misleading role of judiciary against elected governments since Justice Munier till Anwar ul Haq and Iftiqar Ch times. 13 out of 36 points in CoD haunted judiciary and in the lawyers movement it was claimed that in future judiciary would not  justify any unconstitutional rule. They proved it at emergency plus well. Although CJ Ch Iftiqar and leaders of lawyer movement could not play their role wisely after 2010 but after Ch Iftiqar judiciary is playing more wisely then its predecessors.  

The case got more attention as the month of November is set for retirement of COAS. Future of CPEC and fight against extremism and terrorism needs smooth circumstances. It is important to rethink about Panamagate in the light of EU debates. Using that issue for regime change will benefit elite only. If Judiciary is not ready to inquire from a serving Judge whoes name is included in Panama list then how can it inquire others? An ex-CJ Saeed u Zaman Sadiquee statement made the case more COMPLEX. Court may advice parliament to amend the constitution yet parliament is already discussing a new across the board legislation against corruption. But some players are as usual in haste. Dharna Plus was outcome of that haste and it will prove a watershed for IK similarly as Emergency Plus proved for Mushraff. 

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