The new bridges will benefit more than half a million residents from communities like DWTC, DIFC, Zabeel, Al Satwa, Karama, Jafiliya and Mankhool
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Considering the highest court’s ruling, it was imprudent to seal off the airport, declare a terror alert and cordon off much of the capital before unceremoniously forcing the former premier back to where he spent most of his exile years. The EU has been quick to question the Pakistani government’s motives behind the hasty deportation, implying infringement of democratic norms in disregarding the ruling and not allowing Sharif to face court cases against him.
This sentiment is likely to echo across more international circles, putting the Pakistani government in an awkward position as presidential and general elections are due before the year is out. General Musharraf has boasted ‘free and fair democracy’ ever so often, buying time from a concerned West before deciding upon an opportune time to finally retire from the army. But he will find it difficult to keep up that act much longer. Sharif’s second exile and tripping negotiations with Benazir Bhutto mean he is still struggling to engineer a setup that the west won’t have too many problems with.
Now, should the country’s leading court hold the government’s highest offices in contempt, and the gesture find enough international agreement, General Musharraf will have only his own strong-arm tactics to blame. The recent chief justice ouster, too, owed to similar exercise of power.
The new bridges will benefit more than half a million residents from communities like DWTC, DIFC, Zabeel, Al Satwa, Karama, Jafiliya and Mankhool
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