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| My constitution, my will: Asma Shirazi's column |
The indistinct hues swaying on the wall are far from imaginative and merely add shadows rather than form a picture. Confusion and uncertainty are creating instability and chaos is about to swallow the very existence of the Constitution.
Which constitution is in force in the Kingdom of God at this time? What laws are in force in the country, what is the form of government and who are the real rulers? It is said that there is a constitution of 73 and a parliamentary system, while democracy is bankrupt.
The constitution is that beautiful world under the guise of which everyone creates their own system and then with great thunder connects it with the observance of the Constitution. It is a document that attracts everyone's heart, but where the state tries to give power to the people, this document is rendered ineffective.
The way the Constitution is being used for vested interests by making it a wax nose, has this example ever been seen before?
It seems that everyone has their own constitution, no one is living within the Islamic democratic constitution of 30 years on the land of interests and someone is playing somewhere outside the pitch of this constitution. Someone's one-and-a-half-brick mosque is hidden in 'Islamic' and someone is undemocratic in the cloak of 'democracy'. Whose door is big, his constitution is big, whose stick is his constitution. And my constitution my will.
PDM's interpretation of the constitution is different today than it was before April 2022. The opposition of that time was aspiring for human rights, convinced of freedom of speech, the voice of the people crushed by inflation, clerks, tinsmiths, instruments of the beats of the youth, and the style of democracy.
The Supreme Court also has its own constitution, which is a complete story from the interpretation of Article 63 to the self-notification of elections.
Opposing the interference of the ruling opposition in politics at that time and desiring the exaltation of the parliament, the bearer of people's rights and the mirror of justice on the beat of respecting the vote.
The opposition wants a people's revolution in April 2022, complaints about the slave economy of the IMF, enthusiasm for the end of inflation, and a metaphor for the right against restrictions on journalism, but now only one slogan is 'Bas Iqtar hai haq Tamara.
On the other hand, the constitution for Tehreek-e-Insaf came into existence on 10 April 2022. Earlier, journalism was banned, social media and media were controlled, human rights were violated, the law was enforced, missing persons have declared rebels of the state and Hazara bodies were blackmailers.
The golden days of legitimate participation in the establishment and government, the moonlit nights of the first one-page and hybrid eras, and the talk of GHQ's pleasant intimacy were all billed as adherence to the Constitution, while these were the days when the IMF was the savior, the peace. Only in the grave, egg, chicken, and cut economic program, long live General Bajwa, long live General Faiz Payanda.
In the same way, Tehreek-e-Insaf and PDM changed their ranks, they also changed their national heroes. The military leadership was replaced by the judicial front, the PDM establishment while Tehreek-e-Insaf sided with the court.
General Faiz was the hero of one and General Bajwa was the savior of the other, but if no one changed their place in this conflict, it was our courts. Seizing the opportunity, the courts assumed a 'public appearance'. It was the narrative of popularism or the adherence to eternal 'historical traditions' that when the establishment retreated, the flag of my constitution and my will should be raised.
Someone like elections in ninety days, while someone wants to hold elections. For some, there have been fairways and some have been on the path of the fair. The mood of the ruling party has changed and the quality of the judiciary, and the authority of the parliament has also been negated and the administration is also concerned.
In such a situation, there is only one person who can invite whomever he wants to dinner, give an interview and then turn the interview into a conversation and the conversation into a legal notice and that is none other than the character who brought us here viz. General Bajwa Who have their own constitution and nowadays every provision of it is Article 6 for every other person.
The Supreme Court also has its own constitution, which is a complete story from the interpretation of Article 36 to the self-notification of elections. Is it a tragedy that crises are being born in the same crisis that is supposed to be resolved?
In the fiftieth year of the constitution, there is still time for everyone to get out of the constitution of their own convenience and follow the original spirit of the constitution of Pakistan and work within their limits.