Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui observed that the army, which is required to act in aid of the civilian government, when asked to do so, had clearly overstepped its constitutional authority and role
Source/Credit: The Economic Times
By G Parthasarathy | December 5, 2017
As the time for general elections in Pakistan, scheduled for 2018 approaches, it’s the army, more than the political parties, which is positioning itself to see that a government of its choice assumes office, after the elections. Nawaz Sharif, the only Pakistani politician, who has a strong enough political base in the country and particularly in Punjab, has been debarred from elections, by the higher judiciary, which held Sharif guilty on charges of unaccounted earnings.
The team appointed by the judiciary to investigate the charges against Sharif strangely included military intelligence officials, with no investigative experience. With Asif Zardari also facing corruption allegations, the only other national party, the PPP, is feeling the heat in its only remaining stronghold in Sind. It has lost its influence almost irreparably in Punjab, from where over 60% of Parliamentarians are elected. Two major political developments occurred in Pakistan this month, which have a bearing on the coming general elections. The first was in Karachi, where a serving Army Major General, Mohammed Saeed, stitched together a controversial political deal between the mass-based, but divided MQM and a breakaway faction, the “Pakistan Sarzameen Party.” This deal seeks to undermine the London based MQM Supremo Altaf Hussain, who was once himself an army protégé.
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