Coalition,
at stak,fragile also,
staggering like a dried leaf,
expected breaking from the stem.
very hard to save it,
because leaders of that has different path,
different political destination.
Reinstatement of the judges,
fired by Musharraf looks imposible ,
to the great extent,
and if the present situation remained,
unbridgeable distance may be created ,
between coalition partners,
which is not favourable to the land.
There are many issues,
there are many problems,
awaiting to solve,
such as economy of the country,
but promise is promise,
that is written,must be fullfiled.
There are experienced lawyers,
unique lawmakers and experts,
have ability to making a acceptable way,
to restore apex court,s judges.
In case,
they failed to deal abovementioned issue,
the world would say,
Pakistan is in the hands of those,
who know nothing about the politics,
except plundering the state,s wealth.
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The Aftermath
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He went on the offensive, saying the country's present economic crisis--25 percent inflation, power blackouts, a depreciating currency, falling stock market and lack of investor confidence--was the responsibility of the coalition government. "The economic crisis is six months old," he said. "Our economic policies drew worldwide praise." He read out a litany of his regime's economic achievements: 6 percent growth rates, billions in foreign investment, highways, canals and airports built, even high hotel occupancy rates. He also took credit for empowering women, giving them more seats in Parliament and the national assemblies, and for carrying out last February's election, which he called Pakistan's "freest and fairest ever."
He did indeed liberalize the once moribund economy, and he promoted media and cultural freedom. His economic record is a benchmark against which the new government will be measured in these turbulent times. "In his departing comments, he has articulated a legacy against which the new lot [the coalition] is going to be judged on a very constant basis," says respected political analyst Nasim Zehra. The coalition can no longer point to the presidency as the source of the country's ills. "Now they [the coalition] will be held accountable," she says. "They need to pull up their socks, put their heads down and do some real work."
One of the coalition's first orders of business in the post-Musharraf era will be to deal with the contentious issue of restoring the 60 judges, including the Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, to the bench. Zardari has long dragged his feet on the issue, even though the vast majority of Pakistanis seem to support the judges' reinstatement. Most believe that Zardari is afraid that once the maverick Chaudhry is back in office, he may declare unconstitutional the amnesty decree proclaimed by Musharraf that quashed all corruption charges against him and a host of other politicians. But restoring Chaudhry to the bench has long been Sharif's priority. "The real test of the coalition starts now," says pro-Musharraf politician Tariq Azim. "He was their common target, the reason they were united. Now we have to see whether this fragile coalition can stay together with Musharraf out of the way."
Beyond the contentious issue of the judges, Zardari and Sharif are believed to have sharply differing views on who should replace Musharraf in the presidency. It has long been rumored that Zardari covets the position for himself. Sharif certainly would prefer other candidates. Nor do the two men agree on how to pursue the struggle against Islamic extremism along the country's Western border. There, pro-Taliban Pakistani militants, largely ethnic Pashtuns, are aggressively expanding their control to most of the countryside and have implemented a harsh Taliban-style regime parallel to that of the government. While Zardari tends to side with U.S. perceptions of the danger that Islamic extremism poses to Pakistan and to Afghanistan, as well, Sharif sees the conflict as largely an American war in which Pakistan should limit its engagement.
The Army, which has suffered heavy casualties in the fight over the past few years, trusts neither man. For Pakistan's stability, all three-- Zardari, Sharif and Army chief Ashfaq Kayani--will all have to learn to cooperate. Whether they can is perhaps the biggest question facing the country after Musharraf's departure.
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