Zardari is following the policies of Musharaf?
Same old drone attacks, suicide bombings,inflation,load shedding. Can we see any positive change in Pakistan?
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By: Rehan Zahoor
Political unrest in Pakistan has resulted in the reinstatement of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of that country's Supreme Court. Chaudhry was awarded Harvard Law School's highest honor, the Medal of Freedom, last year for his role in the Pakistani lawyers' movement, which has been active in demanding the reinstatement of an independent judiciary. Overall, sixty judges were removed from the Pakistani bench by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2007. Musharraf was forced to step down from his post late last year, and was succeeded by Asif Ali Zardari, who reinstated some but not all the judges - Chaudhry was one of the exceptions. The lawyers' movement remained livid about the government's failure to reinstate all judges.
Recently the Politics of Pakistan has taken place in the framework of a federal republic, where the system of government has at times been parliamentary, presidential, or semi-presidential. In the current semi-presidential system, the President of Pakistan is the head of state, the Prime Minister is head of government, and there is a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is largely vested in the Parliament.
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Political unrest in Pakistan has resulted in the reinstatement of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry as the Chief Justice of that country's Supreme Court. Chaudhry was awarded Harvard Law School's highest honor, the Medal of Freedom, last year for his role in the Pakistani lawyers' movement, which has been active in demanding the reinstatement of an independent judiciary. Overall, sixty judges were removed from the Pakistani bench by former President Pervez Musharraf in 2007. Musharraf was forced to step down from his post late last year, and was succeeded by Asif Ali Zardari, who reinstated some but not all the judges - Chaudhry was one of the exceptions. The lawyers' movement remained livid about the government's failure to reinstate all judges.
BY: Tashfeen Warraich
Pakistan has been under the influence of its military almost since it was founded. The Intelligence agencies have a huge role in the politics since the beginning in making and breaking the political parties. The president, in keeping with the constitutional provision that the state religion is Islam, must be a Muslim. Elected for a five-year term by an Electoral College consisting of members of the Senate and National Assembly and members of the provincial assemblies, the president is eligible for reelection. But no individual may hold the office for more than two consecutive terms. The president may resign or be impeached and may be removed from office for incapacity or gross misconduct by a two-thirds vote of the members of the parliament. The president generally acts on the advice of the prime minister but has important residual powers. One of the most important--a legacy of Zia--is contained in the Eighth Amendment which gives the president the power to dissolve the National Assembly "in his discretion where, in his opinion . . . a situation has arisen in which the Government of the Federation cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and an appeal to the electorate is necessary." The Thirteenth Amendment which was passed in 1997, revoked this power. In December 2003, the President's power was partially restored by the Seventeenth Amendment. In April 2004, the Presidency's influence was augmented by an Act of Parliament that established the National Security Council, a body chaired by the President.The prime minister is appointed by the members of the National Assembly through a vote. The prime minister is assisted by the Federal Cabinet, a council of ministers whose members are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. The Federal Cabinet comprises the ministers, ministers of state, and advisers. As of early 1994, there were thirty-three ministerial portfolios: commerce; communications; culture; defence; defence production; education; environment; finance and economic affairs; food and agriculture; foreign affairs; health; housing; information and broadcasting; interior; Kashmiri affairs and Northern Areas; law and justice; local government; minority affairs; narcotics control; parliamentary affairs; petroleum and natural resources production; planning and development; railways; religious affairs; science and technology; social welfare; special education; sports; state and frontier regions; tourism; water and power; women's development; and youth affairs.
Pakistan has been under the influence of its military almost since it was founded. The Intelligence agencies have a huge role in the politics since the beginning in making and breaking the political parties. The president, in keeping with the constitutional provision that the state religion is Islam, must be a Muslim. Elected for a five-year term by an Electoral College consisting of members of the Senate and National Assembly and members of the provincial assemblies, the president is eligible for reelection. But no individual may hold the office for more than two consecutive terms. The president may resign or be impeached and may be removed from office for incapacity or gross misconduct by a two-thirds vote of the members of the parliament. The president generally acts on the advice of the prime minister but has important residual powers. One of the most important--a legacy of Zia--is contained in the Eighth Amendment which gives the president the power to dissolve the National Assembly "in his discretion where, in his opinion . . . a situation has arisen in which the Government of the Federation cannot be carried on in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and an appeal to the electorate is necessary." The Thirteenth Amendment which was passed in 1997, revoked this power. In December 2003, the President's power was partially restored by the Seventeenth Amendment. In April 2004, the Presidency's influence was augmented by an Act of Parliament that established the National Security Council, a body chaired by the President.The prime minister is appointed by the members of the National Assembly through a vote. The prime minister is assisted by the Federal Cabinet, a council of ministers whose members are appointed by the president on the advice of the prime minister. The Federal Cabinet comprises the ministers, ministers of state, and advisers. As of early 1994, there were thirty-three ministerial portfolios: commerce; communications; culture; defence; defence production; education; environment; finance and economic affairs; food and agriculture; foreign affairs; health; housing; information and broadcasting; interior; Kashmiri affairs and Northern Areas; law and justice; local government; minority affairs; narcotics control; parliamentary affairs; petroleum and natural resources production; planning and development; railways; religious affairs; science and technology; social welfare; special education; sports; state and frontier regions; tourism; water and power; women's development; and youth affairs.
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good work!
ReplyDeleteZardari is he best
Jiyay bhutto!! ;)
no man..dont b a soo called 'JEEALA'..be a gentleman..b factual..
ReplyDeletelol
ReplyDeleteatleast PPP is better than pml-q haha
definaltely YES @ a difference b/w zardari n musharraf..
ReplyDeletemush,in my opinion is better educated,more eloquent,and positively agressive(e.g on kashmir stance)than zardari.
as far as the policies are..MAN niether of them make paki policies..ITS UNCLE SAM!
we CANT see a postive change in pk unless we get rid of these american puppetts and replace em with genuinly sincere ppl.
ReplyDeletelong live pakistan!
I do agree with you that Zardari has effectively not done enough to distinguish himself from Musharraf. The foreign policy, the stance on drone attacks, unconditional slavery to America, feeding corrupt ministers etc. It all reminds us of Musharraf years and with persecution of lawyers and restrictions on media the similarities magnify. I do hope we see some change in Pakistan but I believe it would be brought by someone else. Nice effort on your part to highlight this fact
ReplyDeleteRegards
absolutely yes. he's in fact employing even more cunning into politics. while musharaf's stance was outright and obvious, his motives are murky unclear and deceptive; we simply do not know what his moves are going to be. he's worse than any dictator, and it's indeed highly unfortunate that a thieving kniving robber has cashed in on his wife's death to sit on top of us all as our president. down with zardari.
ReplyDeleteAnd well they do have one stark difference, Zaradi might be corrupt, bad for country but we have to remember he is the DEMOCRATICALLY elected leader. If we elected him then its our fault. Maybe we all need to vote next time to bring a change. On the other hand Musharraf is a dictator, who massacred constitution,democracy and judiciary to quench his desire for power. He is arguably the worst thing that happened to this country( Maybe Zia Ul Haq was worse)If today we are in such a sorry state he is single handedly responsible for all this
ReplyDeleteSo just reinforcing what I stated earlier, a dictator ruling us by principle is wrong on any given day. Let empower ourselves that we break from this hex and elect people who can truly bring a change in this country. We all need to take our share of responsibilty be politically aware and make a genuine effort to bring a change in this country.
ReplyDeletePEACE!
Obviously Musharraf. He has done a lot for the development of Pakistan, anyone who denies this doesnt know what was going on wrt economy, media, foreign relations, social reforms, political reforms, women and minority rights, education etc. Sure he had many flaws, but which human, let alone a president, doesn't? On the whole, I think he was perhaps one of the best leader Pakistan has had in a very very very long time. He cant just wave a magic stick and make all of the problems of Pakistan go away in a blink of an eye.
ReplyDeleteAs for him being corrupt, did he have millions of $$$ in his bank account? Has he ever been accused of a fraud from an authentic source? Is he currently in the hideout in London or New York like some of our so-called ex-leaders?
We as Pakistanis have grown too used to criticizing to realize when we see good, and so are reaping the reward......In the words of the famous critic of Musharraf, Hasan Nisar, "pervez Musharraf yaad aye ga, aur zara 2 saal guzarne to day aur app dekha hota kia hai" and we can all see
Dekho musharaf ke sath ab iftikhar sahib kia kartee hain!!!
ReplyDeletei think musharaf is safe/...america is giving him security..there will b noo action against it...im sure..
ReplyDeleteyes i agree with Omar, since he`s gone now therefore it doesnt seems that any action will be taken against him....though i myself feel that musharraf`s policies regarding lal masjid issues were wrong,and can easliy be said to have dismantled his regime soon afterwards...
ReplyDeletenopes, only the names have changed
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ReplyDeletei still believe that the worst democracy is still better than the best aristrocracy, comeon everyone, let democracy prevail for the next 10 years and see how fruitful it will be for Pakistan....
ReplyDeleteimran khaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnn!
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ReplyDeletei second hamzah riazs thoughts tat worst democracy is still better then dictatorship at least it doesnt leave long dirty teraces behind it n sum progress is also make in democratic modes of govt
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