Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Resolving Pakistan's Institutional Conflict

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Change is in the air. The sixth option given by the Supreme Court judges in their judgment on the non-implementation of the controversial National reconciliation Ordnance (NRO) implies an interim government followed by elections. This is also the demand of the opposition parties especially the biggest one — the PML(N). The government is looking at October after the Senate elections in March in which they hope to win a majority. It’s a time and space game — the government slowly gives up its space for maneuver to gain time while others seek to deny it time as well as space. Going by this the chances are that the executive will obey the Supreme Courts orders as a last resort and at the last possible minute. The furor will then die down—at least on this issue. If this does not happen then the other options are always there.

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