Prick the balloon —Ejaz Haider
So, what options does the PPP have at this stage to put Humpty together again? One is upfront and available. Writing in this newspaper, Abbas Rashid was spot-on when he argued: “Perhaps, [on the judiciary issue] it is time to reconsider and think the unthinkable: restore the chief justice and the few remaining judges.
The CJ would obviously be expected to absent himself from cases where his own impartiality may be an issue. Even if all this is a risk, at this stage it may be one worth taking.” (Daily Times; “Pakistan: dangerous descent”; March 7)
Take the wind out of Mr Sharif’s sails. He is not expecting that the PPP government would do this.
The essence of strategy is to do the unexpected. Restore Iftikhar Chaudhry (no need to argue that he is deeply politicised; that’s a reality but public perception is different); appeal the cases against the Sharif brothers; and reconstitute the bench.
Deprive the Sharifs of their cause(s).That is the lesson of the little incident I mentioned above. Prick the balloon.This is important because the real threat lies elsewhere.Prick the balloon —Ejaz Haider
The CJ would obviously be expected to absent himself from cases where his own impartiality may be an issue. Even if all this is a risk, at this stage it may be one worth taking.” (Daily Times; “Pakistan: dangerous descent”; March 7)
Take the wind out of Mr Sharif’s sails. He is not expecting that the PPP government would do this.
The essence of strategy is to do the unexpected. Restore Iftikhar Chaudhry (no need to argue that he is deeply politicised; that’s a reality but public perception is different); appeal the cases against the Sharif brothers; and reconstitute the bench.
Deprive the Sharifs of their cause(s).That is the lesson of the little incident I mentioned above. Prick the balloon.This is important because the real threat lies elsewhere.Prick the balloon —Ejaz Haider
posted by temporal at 3/12/2009
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