Or worse, being pulled in two different directions. What else could be so effective as to neutralise the all-powerful establishment as the recent by-election results suggested?Īt a time when the PML-N would have ideally been looking at the by-election result on a constituency-by-constituency basis and analysing if a different strategy could have delivered a better result, it seems to be directionless. What is of substance and counts is that such tactics produce a rich dividend. It is equally immaterial whether divisive, populist slogans should be used in a country as delicately balanced as ours, especially at a time of a grave economic crisis. Whether this latest crisis was also triggered by former prime minister Imran Khan’s falling out with the military over the appointment of DG ISI last year or by subsequent events is immaterial. Read: Key takeaways from SC’s order on Elahi’s plea on Punjab CM electionĪll this political and, dare I say, judicial wrangling is happening against the backdrop of a bleak economic landscape with huge spikes in global energy and food prices, with massive economic mismanagement at home driving inflation to unbearable levels. The judiciary may have displayed a marked propensity for deciding political questions whether with rulings on specific petitions or, as was the case, on a recent presidential reference, but prudence warrants a much more cautious approach in a charged environment, which has polarised the country and split it into two camps. Whatever happens next will be another sad, sordid chapter in Pakistan’s history.
Whatever happens next will be another sad, sordid chapter in Pakistan’s history, where political parties and leaders have found it impossible to talk to, and negotiate with, one another - and a political issue will yet again be settled by the judiciary. Some have said that it was the apex court’s own ruling earlier, in response to a presidential reference, that opened the door to what happened on Friday in the assembly. However, the matter has been adjourned until Monday. Many legal experts say the reprieve Hamza Shehbaz earned in the Punjab Assembly is temporary and that the superior court would overturn that in a matter of hours. Yet another political question headed back to the superior judiciary. IF Friday’s election of the chief minister of the Punjab was meant to lift the haze of uncertainty over the province, and by extension national politics, it accomplished exactly the opposite.
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