This week, and the second ashra of Ramadan ul Mubarak, are to end with notes of thumping importance.
On the international front, India’s bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group has hit dead end, as Modi has failed to talk China out of its opposition to such a possibility. On the home front, things are happening in a manner that some months back no analyst would have given any serious thought.
The PPP and the PTI, two key opposition parties seem to be heading towards an alliance on the Panama Leaks issue that may spell disastrous setback for the dreams of the ruling Sharif family to put a stamp on its right to govern Pakistan forever.
The PPP has decided to pull out of the inconsequential ToR Committee, as, in the words of Chaudhary Aitzaz Ahsan there is simply no other alternative to the need for putting first the Prime Minister and his family in the box for examination and investigation. As was expected, the Nawaz League is in no mood to drop the word Nawaz from its name. Prime Minister Sharif knows that any investigation of independent nature, into his role in the Panama Leaks will lead to his downfall. He believes that the alternative of buying time may cause some miracle to come to his rescue.
The PTI is filing a reference with the Election Commission, seeking the Prime Minister’s disqualification on the grounds of lying to the people of Pakistan and indulging in an act of massive deception.
There is a statement on the part of General Asim Bajwa that the Army supports democracy. But he has not commented on the possible consequences of the incumbent democratic order shooting itself in its foot.
All is not well for the party that General Zia ul Hque had ‘hatched’ in the 1980s. The demise of this party may not be distant now. What the people of Pakistan are desperately wishing is that they will not have to wait very long.
