Pakistan Long March : Welcome Welcome Welcome Pakistanis have risen up to the occasion. For them its the selection from the two choices. Either they have to surrender to the dictatorship or they sacrifice to get the democracy. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary said 'No' to dictatorship on March 9, 2007 and now Pakistanis from Karachi to Khyber are saying 'No' to the civilian dictator Asif Ali Zardari, who in his vested interest, blind ego and mindless stubbornness is refusing to accept the new sun. It's a changed Pakistan. The long march of lawyers, civil society, trade unions, and political workers with the support of people from all the walks of life is not about the person of Iftikhar Chaudhry or Nawaz Sharif or Imran Khan or Qazi Hussain Ahmad. It is a march against the status quo and must succeed in order to usher in the much-needed change in the constitutional structure, political culture and social ethos of this country, which has seen many dreams unfulfilled, which has seen many dictators and which has seen many a crisis. Without justice, Pakistan will be unable to sustain a moderate society or prosper as a democratic polity. Even the army dictator was unable to leash the anger and fury of the people and he was unable to block the way of justice. How could a criminal and looter who in the garb of president could be able to counter the movement for justice? Even his party members are leaving him and jumping from his sinking ship. The lawyers' movement has challenged the feudal mindset expressing itself anywhere in the power structures of Islamabad, Lahore adn Karachi. Pervez Musharraf with the help of MQM managed to kill people in Karachi on 12th May, and he intended to kill more during the long march in his era. Now Zardari has once again tried to kill long march by kidnapping many lawyers in Karachi with the help of MQM goons, and now he wants to dilute the long march in Punjab with the help of state terrorism, but he forgets that he may be a big thug in Nawab Shah, but this is a different ballgame altogether. Pakistani politics has a history whereby those in power have handpicked their own chief justices to their liking. Asif Ali Zardari wants to do the same, but not anymore. Dogar has to go. This time Pakistani people will choose their chief justice. http://www.pakspectator.com/pakistan-long-march-welcome-welcome-welcome/ |
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