The judicial crisis in the country has nearly ended. The judges are lining up to get back their jobs. The lawyer’s community of Pakistan had launched a fierce struggle for the restoration of judges but it has come to naught. It was said that the steps taken by General Pervez Musharraf on 2nd November 2007 were unconstitutional and hence the judges can be restored through a simple executive order. The prime minister of the country is on record having said that if he was given instructions by his party chief he will immediately issue orders for the restoration of judges.
This has not happened. The cunning Asif Zardari has played his cards well. Instead of restoring the judiciary where it was on 2nd November 2007 by declaring the PCO issued by General Pervez Musharraf as unconstitutional, it has been implicitly accepted that the steps taken by him were valid because they judges are not being restored. They are being re-appointed. It is another matter that they are being given their past seniority.
If I could sum it up in one sentence I would say that as always the judges have greatly disappointed people by submitting before powers that be to save their jobs.