Adil Najam
Not unexpectedly, the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz Group has decided to quit from all cabinet positions in the coalition government it had so recently formed with Asif Zardari’s PPP.
According to The News:
Following the failure of London talks on the reinstatement of judges; Pakistan Muslim League (PML)-N has decided to resign from federal cabinet in central executive committee meeting underway here. Earlier, federal ministers reached to attend the meeting without official car and other privileges. The meeting has discussed that coalition with Peoples Party was made for the restoration of deposed judges but Peoples Party has failed to fulfill its commitment therefore PML-N has decided to quit the coalition.
The report here says that they have “quit the coalition” but other rumblings suggest that they have only left the cabinet and will continue to work with the PPP on the ouster of Gen. Musharraf. That, however, remains to be seen.
Our ongoing Poll on this subject (now closed) had suggested that most people did NOT believe that the coalition woud fall just yet over the judges issue. But at least for now the news is that it has.
However, this being Pakistan everything will be spun every which way and by the time the dust settles - if it ever settles - things will nearly certainly look very different from what they do now.
I feel Nawaz Sharif was left with no option owing to Mr 10% lust for retaining Musharraf at the expense of the nation. That said I can only see more turmoil for the whole nation.
The PPP should pull back from the brink, I post the complaint of the Pakistan’s flag against them to stir them into action as in link below:
http://tinyurl.com/5qhjv6
Feimnallah Pakistan
Wasim
what stand has nawaz sharif taken?everyone knows he is against musharaf because of his own personal reasons because musharaf ousted him in 1999 when economy was on the brink of collapse and pakistan was about to be declared bankrupt.The judiciary issue was the best chance for him to take revenge.I am not advocating for musharaf because he hasnt done for Pakistan what should have been but neither am I in favour of Nawaz or even Zardari coming to power.None of these is honest to Pakistan,rather I would say musharaf was at least a bit honest when he came to power in 1999.
we need a true leader who doesn’t care about his personel gains or benefits , nor about his losses when it comes to country.Now dont say Nawaz Sharif didnt care for government when he says my ministers would resign.If he cares for greater things and poor people then why not stay in Govt and implement policies that will make lives of ordinary middle class families like me better?I am worried about the grocery next month , about the shortage of electricity this summer ,about the rising fuel prices this year and the bad shape economy is in.Is there any leader in Pakistan who shares my worries , our worries?
A sad occasion but its good to see Nawaz Sharif kept his words, seldom in our history, people have courage to leave the ministries for their principles. This shows his commitment and transformation during the last 8 years..good luck!
I have a different take on PML-N’s decision to resign from Cabinet.It is a good move and it would be good for fledgling democracy in the long run. PPP and PML-N represent two large political parties with two different ideologiesif . PPP is a Left off centre whereas PML-N is Right off centre. In other words PPP has a liberal and secular orientation and PML-N has a moderately religious and conservative leaning .If political process is allowed to continue without military intervention, it will evolve and mature to a point where people of Pakistan will have a clear choice to use their right of enfranchisement on the basis of ideology not personalities or regionalism. I know it sounds too iffy and looks too rosy but I have faith on the collective wisdom of the “ Awaam”. As the saying goes” The collective wisdom of masses is better than elite’s”.
Infact the coalition was historic but the end is tragic and is hard to see the demise of inchoate alliance between the two major political parties of Pakistan.
Both PPP and PML-N are responsible for this breach as PML-N believes that resolving judiciary problem would automatically solve other crises too. PPP on the other hand is not giving that much importance to judiciary as it should have. It shows the immaturity both on PPP and PML-N end for not resolving the deadlock and stick to their guns.
Their failure have further strengthened Musharraf and his allied establishment forces due to precipitateness of Nawaz Sharif and procrastination of Asif Zardari.
The politicians fall apart at their first hurdle, and these buffoons were going to rule for five years!
However the biggest buffoons are the people of Pakistan, who keep voting for the same corrupt and useless politicians over and over. Oh well congratulations to Pakistanis on their democracy!
So sad to see the short term mob memory striking us again, not long ago, the judiciary was far more important than any other issue and democracy (looli langri) was more cherished than a dictator even when the dictator had ’some’ reasonable strategies.
In comes PPP, and all strategies remain unchanged, while the sole issue of judges taken down to these so-called other issues…
Not only that, they bring in controversies with Rehman Malik, Hussain Haqqani and even with local law enforcement personell like Suddle….Shame on you PPP ur just the same as your predecessor.
y not bring in a simple improvement in the judiciary and keep that improving over time rather than their once-and-for-all shananigans…
I am one of those anti-Zardari people who can now say “I told you so.” Zardari is not good for this country. People don’t change.