Irritants Come Alive

By Rohail Butt • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: Politics • No Responses •

The foot-dragging and the delaying tactics adopted by the Pakistan People’s Party has not only dented it’s credibility among the supporters of the party, and also has given another chance to the forces of status quo to come alive and to start kicking again.

After the results of elections of 18th February, there were two expectations of the nation from the new yet old leaders. First the restoration of the deposed judges, and secondly the impeachment of Musharraf. The coalition government of Pakistan Democratic Alliance has miserably failed in achieving both, and still there is no chance of both courtesy to the expedient attitude of the bigger coalition partner Pakistan People’s Party. The shackles of National Reconciliation Ordinance are too strong for Asif Ali Zardari, the co-chairman of PPP to break.

The problem is that after getting himself cleaned off all the cases, Zardari now also want nation to accept him as the hero. This is a very unlucky place and history would be laughing at us over this ongoing fiasco. Nation is ready to ignore the NRO and even would accept Zardari as hero, but he needs to rise to the occasion.

A new beginning is required right now. Like Mohammad Ali Jinnah enabled a disparate nation to get united in one stream, a leader of that caliber is required. Nation is ready to forgive the follies of yesterday, but if Zardari and other doesn’t change themselves, then neither nation nor history would forgive them.