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Political Development in Pakistan
By KTM Metro Reporter in Kathmandu
August 27, 2008: After the departure of Musharraf from the presidential palace, the cracks on the coalition of the political parties have developed and even reached the stage of breaking up the coalition. The coalition of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) headed by Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League (PML) headed by former Prime Minster Nawaz Shariff has successfully forced former President Pervez Musharraf out of the office, as it was the common goal of both the political parties in partnership.
Zardari filed his nomination for president without consulting the leaders of the PML; the PML leaders in turn also fielded its own candidate for president. Leader of the PML Nawaz Shariff wanted somebody not belonging both the political parties in the coalition for the president. Obviously, leader of the PPP Zardari ignored the concern of the PML Leader.
The PML leader wanted to reinstate the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and all other judges unconstitutionally fired by former President Musharraf to justify his election for president for another years in November 2007. However, PPP leader Zardari knowing the possible reopening of the corruption cases filed against him ignored the concern of the PML leader for putting back the justice and judges to their positions again.
On August 25, 2008, PML leader Nawaz Sharrif declared that he was pulling his party out of the coalition with the PPP placing the government in crisis. However, PPP leader Zardari requested PML Leader Shariff to reconsider his decision on pulling out of the coalition partners, as there was no alternative to the cooperation with the PML and working these two political parties together. These two political parties have stayed together until Musharraf was out.
Political analysts watching the political development in Pakistan think that if the political crisis takes the worst course and deepens then the Pakistani Army might run the government staying behind a civilian administrator something similar to the civilian government placed by the army in Bangladesh.
