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Supreme Court Decision
No doubt that the SCP verdict of Friday 28th July 2017 is an historic
decision in the history of Pakistan, and how I wish that it ushers in a new era
of a corruption free Pakistan as being claimed by IK and his likes. But would
it? A million dollar question!! Like it or not, the cancer of
corruption has spread its tentacles so deep down in each and every segment of
our society that it would take a real Herculean effort to cleanse it of it
all. Would MNS take the verdict against him and his cohorts lying
down? No, I don’t think so. The very first thing he has to do is to
nominate his successor from his party that enjoys the majority in the assembly.
While the nominee rules in name only he would be the real power behind the
scenes like a God father - like a Gandhi, a Mao Zedong controlling
everything like here to fore. To break his such strong hold over the
party, I wish the SCP had ordered his arrest along with orderin! g repatriation
of his and of all others like him the looted money from abroad to
Pakistan. Also, in order to eliminate corruption of the rulers the
present so called democratic parliamentary system should have been changed by
ordering an Interim National Govt, tasked with amending the constitution to
have a Presidential form of govt. for Pakistan. The President to select his own
cabinet of technocrats and professionals and the MNAs/MPAs/Senators etc. to
have no administrative or financial powers but to do the legislative work
only.
Only then and then we could hope for a New Pakistan and somewhat free of
corruption.
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd
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