By Aziz Narejo
This is the time to back off – not to insist on prolonging the wrong – the military occupation of the country that can only destroy the country – as rightly said by the Chief Justice during his address to the Lahore Bar Council. The people have given their verdict. They want the reinstatement of the Chief Justice and the removal of the present illegal and unconstitutional set up. The people welcoming the Chief Justice during his trips from Sukkur to Hyderabad, Islamabad to Peshawar and Islamabad to Lahore have spoken.
The country belongs to the 160 million citizens – not only to the military establishment and its supporters in PML-Q and MQM. Yes, I insist, the country belongs to the people and it should be given back to them. Illegal and unconstitutional usurpation of authority must end. The military regime must quit. It should hand over power to a neutral set up formed with the sole objective of holding free and fair elections in the country.
The regime and its collaborators must understand that they can't fool the citizens any longer. Their game is over. Any longer they continue, closer they will bring the country to an unimaginable disaster. It is being widely said in the country that the military regime, the PML-Q and MQM don't give damn to the country and its future. They just want to perpetuate their rule to achieve their ulterior motives. They must realize that their game stands exposed. They don't have a chance to succeed. They will only create a bigger mess if they continued.
The best course today is for the military to pull back – go back to the barracks – leave alone the country and the civilian society. Both have suffered enormously at the hands of the military establishment and its collaborators like PML-Q, MQM and the religious right. Enough is enough – or else.
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This is the time to back off – not to insist on prolonging the wrong – the military occupation of the country that can only destroy the country – as rightly said by the Chief Justice during his address to the Lahore Bar Council. The people have given their verdict. They want the reinstatement of the Chief Justice and the removal of the present illegal and unconstitutional set up. The people welcoming the Chief Justice during his trips from Sukkur to Hyderabad, Islamabad to Peshawar and Islamabad to Lahore have spoken.
The country belongs to the 160 million citizens – not only to the military establishment and its supporters in PML-Q and MQM. Yes, I insist, the country belongs to the people and it should be given back to them. Illegal and unconstitutional usurpation of authority must end. The military regime must quit. It should hand over power to a neutral set up formed with the sole objective of holding free and fair elections in the country.
The regime and its collaborators must understand that they can't fool the citizens any longer. Their game is over. Any longer they continue, closer they will bring the country to an unimaginable disaster. It is being widely said in the country that the military regime, the PML-Q and MQM don't give damn to the country and its future. They just want to perpetuate their rule to achieve their ulterior motives. They must realize that their game stands exposed. They don't have a chance to succeed. They will only create a bigger mess if they continued.
The best course today is for the military to pull back – go back to the barracks – leave alone the country and the civilian society. Both have suffered enormously at the hands of the military establishment and its collaborators like PML-Q, MQM and the religious right. Enough is enough – or else.
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