Loyalty to the state and adherence to rules is ceded to illegalities of political bosses. Unsurprising in itself nowadays, this arrest has stirred up quite a hornet’s nest. Rather than letting the law take its course, senior Punjab bureaucrats, after passing a resolution against Cheema’s arrest and imprisonment and meeting the Punjab CM, have gone on strike, feeling their dignity sullied by allegedly ‘humiliating’ manner of his arrest, but probably scared stiff in case the detained bureaucrat turns approver. But it appears that some consider themselves ‘more equal than others’ and hence, untouchable. The present, always self-serving and nauseating system, demands an urgent and thorough overhaul.

Source: Pakistan Today February 24, 2018 06:00 UTC