Pakistan: The post-election rays of hope are now dimmed and gone
The unalterable law of lifeBy Dr Rubina Saigol
Thursday, August 28, 2008"
'reconciliation' and realpolitik! The judges were not to be restored as the curtain fell on the obstinate dictator who was to be given 'safe passage', an 'honourable exit' and indemnity. The brief revelling came to an abrupt end as public aspirations were drowned in the cacophony of new sounds about the next president. The looming danger of another catastrophic decision by the motley crew, now drunk with power, became real with frantic moves to install a controversial figure in the presidency. There seems to be little respite for Pakistanis reeling under the blows of high inflation, terrorism and the hard to arrest economic downslide.The quick restoration of the deposed judiciary after Musharraf's much-celebrated exit would have injected some hope into a depressed polity. It would have continued the momentum gained by forcing Musharraf to call it a day. The sense of victory that it would have generated may have helped people experience some mirth in the midst of the daily burdens of existence in the face of terror attacks and bread and butter issues. But the much-awaited restoration was once again mired in controversy, disagreement and became a victim of backtracking, dithering and vacillation. The minus-one, minus-two formulas began to be floated reflecting the PPP's inveterate aversion to the restoration of Iftikhar Chaudhary. Independent judges are a threat not merely for dictators.
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