This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Guilty until proven innocent" carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer, Ikram Sehgal, seems to have advanced an interesting argument in relation to the need of a caretaker set-up in the country. In this regard, he has argued, inter alia, that "This time around there is no need to dissolve the assemblies, they could be held in abeyance until a proper inquiry is completed under the aegis of the caretaker regime.
MNS' televised address came after General Raheel Sharif symbolically made good on his promise of a few days earlier when he called for uprooting corruption and "across-the-board accountability" by sending home 13 high-ranking serving military officers, among them one Lieutenant General, one Major General, five Brigadiers, three Colonels and a Major on corruption charges. Some more sackings are expected."
That the incumbent army chief of Pakistan nurses no political ambitions is a strong reality. That he's a thoroughbred professional is also another reality. His attributes are perhaps encouraging the political leadership to show utmost complacency towards governance responsibilities. Sacking high-ranking officers of army is no joke in any part of the country. Why are our politicians refusing to accept this stark reality?
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