Aitzaz exposed

Aitzaz Ahsan of whom the New York Times wrote “A lawyer who restored Pakistan Chief Justice” is missing from the scene when the president and his handpicked legal advisers have fomented a constitutional imbroglio in the country.

Similar is the case of Ali Ahmad Kurd. Both lawyers were in the vanguard of movement for restoration of judiciary. Did the restoration movement catapult Aitzaz into shoes larger than his size in which he found himself too uncomfortable and had to bail himself out? Whatever the reasons, he has compromised his standing by not raising a voice against the presidential move to place judges of choice in various positions. Aitzaz has undoubtedly fumbled. Perhaps the glory he gained by successful restoration movement was too big for him to live with and real Aitzaz had to come out by shedding the superficial veneer. If he thinks he cannot go against the party line, he must bear in mind the party has seen its last hurrah. From here onward the party will disintegrate. The saner elements and less corrupt in the party are likely to retaliate against the most corrupt on the top that call the shots. It reminds of late Mao’s wife who after her husband’s death had gathered three of her closest cronies about her and the group gained notoriety of being called “the evil group of four.” The President too has his inner circle of three who have their own motives but his own stakes, such as the Swiss cases of money laundering, are indeed much higher. One feels sorry for Aitzaz but he himself is to blame for shooting himself in the foot.

DR. A. P. SANGDIL

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