All that is wrongNothing better than the Asghar Khan case to highlight all that is wrong with practically all crucial state institutions of Pakistan. Remember this case hit the headlines once again when the Panama scandal was all the rage, and everybody was talking about independence of judiciary, superiority of civilian government, the virtues of democracy, and all that. FIA’s statements, and the response from the government as well as judiciary, indicate that this might be the last we will hear of this case for a while. It seems the age old maxim, that the more things change the more they remain the same, applies perfectly to our system of governance. For all the impressive claims about rejuvenating, finally, state institutions, it is clear that we remain where we were all those years ago.

Source: Pakistan Today February 11, 2019 07:44 UTC