Pro-democratic leader desires for military courts in Karachi

Pro-democratic leader desires for military courts in Karachi

The recent statement of PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif about establishing military courts drew an angry reaction in the political circles, intensifying the already puzzled and messed-up situation in the country.

He observed that setting up army-courts in Karachi will be an option if the PML-N came into power through the general polls. This idea goes completely against the struggle of democracy to which he has been working over the last one decade.

 Nawaz Sharif, the two-time former prime minister, has been talking straightforwardly against an oversized role for the security establishment in terms of democratic affairs.

The PML-N leader’s support of a system of justice administered by the establishment, which itself operates outside the limits of law, is deliberately conflicting with his struggle.

It is vital to mention here that the Supreme Court ruled against the military courts Nawaz Sharif had set up in the province during his second tenure as premier of the country. The recent statement will raise questions about his pro-democracy credentials.

A few of critics also are questioning the heels of his petition in the apex court about the inglorious memogate scam. The combination of these two examples is not easily digestible for pro-democratic forces.

Political, ethical and commercial grounds are basic issues behind the deteriorated law and order situation in Sindh, particularly its metropolis city, Karachi.

Keeping in view the failed experiences of military courts in the past as well as the army operations that have been carried out in Karachi, repeating the past mistakes will be a cosmetic measure that will address the symptom rather than the root-cause.

The last phase of 2011 verified that these acute steps may have created a breather from violence in the short term but did not lay long-lived foundations for peace in Karachi. The sensible way to go about the problem is to enhance the quality of existing
probing bodies and judicial procedures.

Regardless of low corruption rate, we should go to reform the anti-terrorism courts rather by-passing the system.

It also depicts that that Nawaz Sharif has not had any new solutions to the issues Pakistan faces at a time when new advances are precisely what the country requires.

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Posted by Faisal Farooq on Jan 4 2012. Filed under Opinion, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry