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| Gilani hits hard at Nawaz Sharief | | Mess in Pakistan | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Apr 30: The level of conflict between the executive and the judiciary in Pakistan is on the rise alongwith the growing tussle between the ruling PPP and the Nawaz Sharief led PML(N).
Though Gilani, who has been convicted by the Supreme Court on charge of contempt of the court, has not defied the court verdict to the extent of announcing that he would not care for it, he has decided to file review petitions.
He has simply made it clear that he would not be quitting as Prime Minister. This announcement is quite significant because Gilani is also vice-chairman of the ruling PPP indicating that the PPP was not going to surrender easily.
Gilani has made no secret of his ire against Nawaz Sharief, chief of PML(N), who was the first to demand resignation of Gilani soon after the apex court announced its judgement.
Gilani has said he won't resign, as he has right of appeal adding that the Supreme Court's conviction had no relation with the process of disqualification.
Gilani has stated there was no law under which the court could disqualify an elected representative of the people. He further said that he had the right of appeal against the apex court's ruling indicating that he was buying time to ensure that he remained in the chair of the Prime Minister till the schedule for the next elections was finalised.
Criticising the Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), Prime Minister Gilani said the Sharifs had upped the ante due to their insecurity with Imran Khan and his Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI). Nawaz Sharif cannot manage to pull off a short march, let alone a long march," the premier said.
He, moreover, asked under what law did Nawaz Sharief was allowed to travel to Jeddah from Adiyala (jail). Referring to the possibility of disqualification, he said: "Even if I am disqualified, it would not damage the Pakistan People's Party."
Whether Gilani is forced to quit or not or the court verdict had the potential of harming the ruling PPP, which is reeling under the impact of terrorist violence and economic crisis, the recent events have raised the level of political instability in Pakistan.
Observers believe that the fluid political scenario may not help the establishment in Islamabad to intensify its operations against terrorists because as long as the current spell of instability lasted the ruling PPP leadership may not be in a position to bridle the Army and the ISI which may have direct bearing on the level of infiltration and incidents of subversive violence in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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