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April 18th, 2011
Presidential Reference
During the proceedings of the Supreme Court of Pakistan on the Presidential Reference the Honourable Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhri observed that, “There must be some specific questions in terms of Article 186 so that the court can answer them”.
Soon after the proceedings the Chief Minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah was heard saying on a TV channel that the court should not get involve in the “technicalities” of the reference and instead the hearing of the arguments should commence which the people wanted.
Somehow, I was reminded of another Honourable Chief Minister who had sometime back remarked that, “A degree was a degree whether fake or genuine”.
How simple and innocent are our leaders?!!
Col. Riaz Jafri (Retd)
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