The closure of the open-and-shut case pertaining to Hudaibya Paper Mills is an example of how deep their tentacles run in influencing the judiciary.Ĭleansing the system was the top priority of Imran Khan when he assumed charge of the government. Since they could not secure a similar NRO from Khan, they shall try to exploit the caveats within the system to have the cases against them written off. In the past, they were granted NRO by General Musharraf. They have already spoken about their intent to get rid of the NAB. Their first task after assuming office will be to get rid of the Damocles’ sword hanging over their heads in shape of multiple criminal cases pending with the investigation agencies and courts of law. Appropriately, he has been christened as the Crime Minister of the country. Ironically, the fate of the country rests with the discretion of this person along with a coterie of others whose inclinations and conduct are hardly any different from his own. The one who has taken over as the prime minister was caught delivering order on telephone to a sitting judge, Justice Malik Qayyum, in which he had not only identified the nature of judgement he desired to be handed out, but also quantified the punishment. They have also been guilty of sending briefcases of cash to buy judges to get an injunction against a sitting chief justice. The judicial system of the country has been a major benefactor in spite of the fact that the Sharif family are the ones who attacked the apex court of Justice Sajjad Ali Shah. They have been facilitated to escape accountability by multiple state institutions, including the one they owe their existence to. They think crime, they practise it and they get away with it, the last being the most gruesome tragedy that could afflict any state. There is no separating the Sharif family from crime. Nawaz’s daughter and heir apparent, Maryam Safdar, is a convict, currently out on bail while his two sons, Hasan and Hussain, are also absconders. He has also been declared an absconder and is currently based in London. The finance regulator of their kingdom, Ishaq Dar, was helped out of the country by the then incumbent Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. The grand master of the crime syndicate and the political mentor, Nawaz Sharif, who ran away to London feigning sickness, is a convict and an absconder. His other son, Salman Shahbaz, and a son-in-law, Ali Imran Yousaf, are alleged criminals and declared absconders. One of his sons, Hamza Shahbaz, who is aspiring to take over as the chief minister of Punjab, is an alleged criminal out on bail. He was to be indicted in some cases of money laundering on April 11, a day after he took oath as the country’s Prime Minister. The prime minister is an alleged criminal who is out on bail. We are virtually in the grip of a crime syndicate. They are all guilty of committing this felony which the country will have to live with and suffer from. Few seem to be aware of this while the battalions of provocateurs, planners, executers, aiders and abettors pretend aloofness.

The plot, the meetings held, the threatening letter, jumping the fence by parliamentarians and allies and a lot more constitute the grave tragedy which has befallen the country. But, no, they have the pelf to convince the courts to open shop even at midnight to do their bidding with other state institutions either fully complicit in enacting the criminal enterprise, or languishing by the side relishing the sordid drama. There is a deep sense of shame knowing that the country is going to be under the control of people who should be in jails instead as punishment for their myriad crimes. Mammoth crowds gathered to listen to Imran Khan as he stepped out to engage with people after being removed as the democratically-elected Prime Minister of the country under illegal, unconstitutional, immoral and dubious circumstances. A miniscule sample of this was visible at the public rallies held in Peshawar on April 13 and Karachi on April 16. It is not easy remaining unconcerned when one sees the country slipping into the grip of a coterie of convicts, absconders and alleged criminals facing criminal cases of multiple dimensions.īut there is one thing different this time which these people and their rabid sponsors have not been confronted with in the past: anger which is spilling over through every nook and corner of the country. The more I think about what has happened in the last few days, the more I am smitten with a sense of extreme agitation.

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