Party pressures create embarrassments for Abbasi

He had meet the CJ and castigate the new Senate Chairman 

An English daily reported CJ Saqib Nisar having said that many people approach the judiciary “for supplication and redressal of their grievances” on a daily basis “and we listen to them all”. Another paper claimed the CJ had used the word “plea”. Major Urdu newspapers translated the word as “faryad”, which is the nearest Urdu equivalent of “supplication.”  Coming as it does soon after a meeting between the PM and the CJ the alleged remark gave birth to a debate in the media regarding the contents of Abbasi’s “request”, “plea’, “faryad” or whatever it was. It was asserted that the PM had called on the CJ to seek relief for the Sharif family or a judicial NRO. Subsequently a spokesman of the SC clarified that the CJ had not used the word “faryadi”. But what was the exact word he actually spoke that was reported as “faryad”?

It is the third time the remarks ascribed to the CJ have given birth to controversy, beginning with an observation about Hindus while explaining the two nation theory followed by what was called a sexist remark about women. And now there is the term “supplication” reminiscent of medieval courts.

Had PM Abbasi just shown unhappiness over losing the Senate Chairman’s elections, there would have been few objections. What he has done is to leave decorum aside and maintains that Sadiq Sanjrani holds no respect as he bought the votes to win the race for the office. He also called him a disgrace to the country. The way money is used to win elections in Pakistan is no secret. The scandalous way NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq and PTI’s Aleem Khan threw cash around in NA-122 bye-elections was widely reported in the national media. The issue of the control on election expenses and horse trading should have been given priority by the parliamentary committee on electoral reforms presided over by Ishaq Dar with PMLN’s Law Minister chairing its special committee. No concern was shown regarding the malpractice as every party resorted to it. The PM’s remarks were in bad taste and should have been avoided.