Comments on: Double standard or no standard?

By: PPP

PPP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:42:01 +0000

A day later, Jahangir Badr, the Secretary General of the PPP blatantly accused the leaders of the lawyers movement of trying to shift the focus from real issues of the people to their personal ones. He added that the real issues are price hike and insecurity and not the restoration of Judiciary. Prior to this, Shery Rehman and others from PPP were observed shifting their stance on the restoration of Judiciary from ‘Judiciary will be restored as per Murree declaration‘ to ‘Judiciary will be restored as per Murree declaration and the Charter of Democracy‘. The clause 2 of the Murree Declaration signed by PPP and PMLN states ‘This has been decided in today’s summit between the PPP and the PML (N) that the deposed judges would be restored, on the position as they were on November 2, 2007, within 30 days of the formation of the federal government through a parliamentary resolution.‘ Why does the PPP now need to introduce “Charter of Democracy” to this clear stance agreed upon earlier? This latest addition paves the way for the ‘Minus-One’ formula proposed Senator Latif Khosa of the PPP a month back. The Minus-One formula suggests restoring the deposed judges but not the Chief Justice.

By: PPP

PPP — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:41:27 +0000

Judiciary is not the only issue where PPP deceives the nation, it does the same in the Musharraf issue. None from the PPP ever declared its clear approach towards Musharraf. They have tactfully hidden their approach towards ‘working with Musharraf’ whenever they were asked. Ahmed Mukhtar, a PPP minister and senior leader praising Musharraf said ‘he is an asset to the nation‘. Since the day they got into power, they have not clearly shown their dissent for Musharraf. When the elected representatives of the PML(N) clearly showed their dissent with the illegal President on the oath taking ceremony by wearing black arm-bands, not standing in his respect and boycotting the tea after the ceremony, the PPP was all out of this symbolic protest. It definitely is getting clearer that the PPP is going to be on-board with the much hated dictator Musharraf which is like insulting the millions of Pakistanis who voted in its favor. PPP should not forget that the mandate they enjoy today is simply an anti-Musharraf vote. The people of Pakistan took the 18 February elections as a referendum on the legitimacy of Musharraf. The people defeated the Musharraf-supporting-parties to show their strong dissent with him. Will PPP afford to work with a man who has lost his credibility and has gained severe hatred from the people of Pakistan

By: Imran

Imran — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:31:14 +0000

It is really frightening and strange. Bhutto alright but we should not forget that who is Zardari. I pray that may God give him the courage to become a true leader but that does not seems to happen. God help us.