[Reader-list] NFC-Yes!; NRO-No! Bravo Pakistan

[yasir ~يا سر]

these are generally speaking supporters of the Zardari faction of the PPP,
who are corrupt by any standards.

but it also includes those people, including other left party activists and
others, who fear the army stepping in. there is correct apprehension that it
weakens the politically elected government and may give space to the army.

In fact the correct course would be that the Rule of Law process, known by
its absence, should extend itself across the board to all parties and
entities. including to the conduct of the Army and its officials. The army
has over the years become a large commercial-corporate-consumer, in addition
to having military operations and purchases it normally should deals with.
Besides its intervention in government has implicated military officers and
governement bureaucrats and associated people in what are illegal decisions.

but this should not mean that the accountability process should stop. the
NRO amnesty, now struck down by the SC after being sent to parliament to
ratify which it did not, affects 8000 criminals, whose cases are being sent
to courts all over the country. It already includes president zardari, his
clique, misters, bureaucrats, supporters of PPP, many from MQM, and a some
stray others from Musharraf's clique (sherpao) and one from Nawaz sharifs
camp.

So it is a tall order for the courts, the judiciary having made a come back
during 2007-9 when Gen Musharraf had thrown out 60 judges from the Supreme
and High Courts, and brought in political criminals under the NRO - National
Reconciliation Ordinance- intending to bring in Benazir and her ilk, only to
support this operations, until things went out of hand...

best

yasir



On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 10:06 AM, Rahul Asthana <rahul_capri at yahoo.com>wrote:

> In the opinion of some analysts the scrapping of NRO could be the beginning
> of a coup in Pakistan.
> http://pakteahouse.wordpress.com/2009/12/15/a-military-coup-in-pakistan/
>
>
>
> --- On Thu, 12/17/09, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] NFC-Yes!; NRO-No! Bravo Pakistan
> > To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 4:43 PM
> > In two weeks of December 2009 there
> > have been two major developments in Pakistan, which will
> > have far reaching consequences in bettering the situation in
> > a Pakistan that is otherwise currently in a lot of turmoil.
> >
> > The first was the consensus reached between the four
> > Provinces of Pakistan on the National Finance Commission
> > (NFC) formula for division of resources beteen the Provinces
> > and the Federal Govt.
> >
> > It is extremely unfortunate that this significant
> > achievement in Pakistan received scant coverage in the
> > Indian Media.
> >
> > With this, the only major contentious issue between the
> > Provinces of Pakistan is the distribution of the
> > River-Waters and the building (or not) and location of
> > Dams.
> >
> >
> http://www.dawn.com/wps/wcm/connect/dawn-content-library/dawn/news/pakistan/19-nfc-award-hh-01
> >
> >
> > The second major development is a 17 member bench of
> > Pakistan's Supreme Court declaring Un-Constitutional the
> > National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO).
> >
> > The NRO was an ordinance issued by Dictator
> > Musharraf which allowed some people to seek amnesty
> > in cases registered against them for various criminal acts.
> > Increasingly the NRO was being derided and described as
> > "Kala Kanoon" (Black Law).
> >
> > The Court has directed that all such cases be reinstituted.
> > Most of those who had benefitted in 8041 such reported cases
> > are Politicians, Bureaucrats and Businessmen.
> >
> > President Zardari (who received amnestys under the NRO) is
> > protected by the Constitution of Pakistan from any criminal
> > prosecution action against him till the time he is
> > President.
> >
> > Kshmendra
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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