Pakistan Shinning II - Propoganda or Reality

nasah #16: ``If on the basis of the inquiry of the Supreme Judicial Council it is determined by a majority vote that Justice Chaudhry is not guilty of misconduct, can anyone imagine the embarrassment it will bring to the government? Will the president be then prepared to resign admitting an error of judgement in referring Justice Chaudhry’s case to the Supreme Judicial Council?``

....If the above happens, it will be a huge event....Perhaps a benchmark in the history of Pakistan......Uptil now, whenever the executive has taken on the judiciary, be it a civilian executive or a military one, the juidiciary has caved in completely.......Nawaz Sharif physically attacked the Supreme Court and the judges voted their own CJ out....Had they not done so, I think democracy would have been established in Pakistan....For the first time in its history, a sitting executive would have been kicked out by the judiciary.......The coup would not have occured etc........

.........This is the first time in the history of Pakistan that someone from the judiciary is actually taking on the executive.....Prior to this, the judges who wanted to take on the executive, merely resigned......That was the limit of, ``taking on``.......Like the previous CJ, Siddiqui, resigned when Musharraf took over......

.......This CJ, who ironically supported Musharraf`s coup as a judge, seems to have developed a spine (finally)........He is taking on the executive by doing something more than resigning.....He is literally taking it on......He has said, he thinks the executive is incorrect and he wants his job back........This is what makes this event historical for Pakistan!.....In addition, due to massive media explosion, everyone in Pakistan is seeing it unfold through a free press.........Something unheard of also..........

........If the SJC votes in favor of the CJ, then Musharraf`s goose could be cooked......The reason he has put the CJ under house arrest is because the CJ was going to rule on Musharraf extending his role as President, through the current assembly and remaining COAS.......Both these acts are highly illegal and the CJ may have ruled against it.......

.....Now the CJ, if reinstated, will definitely rule against it.......At that point, Musharraf will have to take off his uniform and/or go to the newly elected Assembly to get elected President again.......The newly elected Assembly will never elect him.........At which point he will be out of a job.........In addition, the punishment for a coup in Pakistan, I believe (not sure) is the death penalty......Even if Musharraf resigns, he needs, at least, the Assemblies to justify his coup, lest he get tried.....

.......So the stakes here are very high.....In addiition, if Musharraf goes, USA`s GWOT will be affected.....There is no way an elected person in Pakistan will suppor the USA at the same level as Musharraf.......Infact, one of the acts of the CJ was to ask for the persons who had been arrested and were being tortured without a trial by Musharraf - many, if not most, of whom were arrested under the USA`s GWOT.......

.....So this event could have global repreucussions also.......My guess is that USA will be putting a lot of pressure on PPP to not support the CJ........Which maybe why PPP is somewhat in the background, and is not speaking up openly........In addition, the very liberal (not liberal but very) part of the media (Dailytimes etc.) will subtly support Musharraf, as they support the actions against the maulvi brigade, be it legal or illegal..........

........So this decision by the SJC is going to decide the fate of the country (and of Musharraf)........If they rule against Musharraf, he has no option left but to delay the elections and eventually institute another Martial Law......Based on this, I think the military has probably done its homework........They have probably already contacted the judges who constitute the SJC, prior to firing the SJC......And these judges have probably ensured Musharraf, they will fire the CJ.......

.I have a feeling, once again, the judges will screw their own organization........Which is why, Bhagwan Das is still sitting, vacationing, in India, and is not coming back to Pakistan to make the most important decision of his life!......

......What Musharraf did not expect was the spontaneous public support for the CJ......This is going to get him into trouble.......This is the first time, the public has come out against him in the street......They were unwilling to come out when the politicians called them out, because they did not trust the politicians.......However, apparently, they do trust the judiciary to some extent......

........The solution is all quite simple.......The SJC rules in favor of the CJ........Can you ever imagine a group of corps commanders not ruling in favor of their own COAS.........

An interesting QUESTION -- asked by Syed Sharifuddin -- a former special adviser for political affairs in the Commonwealth Secretariat, London -- in today`s DAWN.

``If on the basis of the inquiry of the Supreme Judicial Council it is determined by a majority vote that Justice Chaudhry is not guilty of misconduct, can anyone imagine the embarrassment it will bring to the government? Will the president be then prepared to resign admitting an error of judgement in referring Justice Chaudhry’s case to the Supreme Judicial Council?``(DAWN)

Musharraf does not have that kind of dignity and self-respect to RESIGN -- Musharraf would rather pistol-whip the women and children of all the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Council -- than resign?

It is for some one like Musharraf someone wrote this couplet:

``lakh jootay paRay uththay nu magar ainth gaye
huzrat-e daagh jahaN baith gaye baith gaye``

AUR GHUSSO KAFIRON KI DHOOI MAIN