PM's broadcast.

An important political personality and a vital issue were missing during and in the PM's broadcast respectively; the CM of Punjab from the dais; and reference to NRO in his address. The former represents the biggest opposition party; the latter is the actual reason which has created a rift between the judiciary and the executive and widened the gap between PML-N and PPP. It is this triangular link which has always been a contentious tool and was not touched by the PM. When one adds the absence of MQM representation from the dais, whose governor Ishrat ul Ebad, at that very moment, was on his way to meet the President and give a list of grievances and offer his resignation, making the broadcast a political flop.

Dr Ghayur Ayub