Movement for restoration of judiciary in Pakistan reached a climax when Nawaz Sharif brothers managed to escape from house arrest and played a role of a catalyst. President Asif Ali Zardari had to bow under pressure andPrime Minister Gilani made an announcement to reinstate ousted CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry. Pakistan Government was under tremendous pressure, both internal and external. Lawyers’ community managed to garner support from various political quarters and interestingly middle class of Pakistan broke the silence and participated in a massive people’s show on the street. It’s known that US exerted enormous pressure on President Zardari to resolve this issue quickly as this crisis was pushing the PPP’s Government deep into political chaos and anarchy. US could not afford to have an unstable Pakistan where he is having the maximum risk and stakes in the name of war on terror.
Massive people’s participation in Punjab leaves many analysis and political scientist to theorize this phenomenon of Pakistan. Let us examine the nature of this movement, its relevance, implication and fall out step by step. Military establishment, big landlords, feudal class, traders and industrialist are the main components of Pakistani government with prominent comprador traits. Owing to this class character, the ruling class of Pakistan has always been a part of the imperialist and reactionary forces internationally and internally. As a result, for more than half of its life-time, Pakistan has been under military rule. Every ruling general served the interest of these four major components of the state and consistently worked against the democratic forces or the forces for radical changes within the Pakistan’s society. Land reforms were never implemented consciously by any ruler. The CIA world fact book states:
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