AFTER the Supreme Court disqualified Nawaz Sharif, a couple of people surfaced to condemn the verdict. A leading female lawyer and social activist called for the supremacy of parliament in the country.
I want to ask what the parliamentarians have done to promote civilian supremacy over the last 70 years. Mired in petty politics and a lust for power, our MPs have little regard for the plight of the common man.
Had these parliamentarians strengthened state institutions, not to mention accountability institutions, democracy would have flourished. Had these parliamentarians not evaded taxes, schools would have been set up for 25 million out-of-school Pakistani children.
Had these parliamentarians spent theirenergy on the welfare of the common man, the lives of 40pc of Pakistanis who die owing to drinking polluted water could have been saved.
Pakistani parliamentarians have a bleak history of saving corrupt politicians by endorsing notorious constitutional amendments. The blatant display of corruption apologists manifested itself during a rally of a disqualified prime minister, who failed to account for his wealth.
