Fracas over Farah

Twenty or so extra marks granted to Farah Hameed Dogar, daughter of the Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar, caused a furore in the national politics. Law minister claimed CJP had no role to play in enhancing the marks of his daughter enable her to secure a seat in the medical college. Apparently it is a minor violation but when it happens to be the daughter of the CJP - chief adjudicator - entrusted with enormous responsibility to administer justice, minor violation snowballs to serious impropriety. It tarnishes the concept of justice meant to uphold merit and to provide succour to public against injustice.
Not that our judicial history is clean and judiciary aboveboard, it is the timing and contentious position of the CJP in public eyes that has attracted criticism. Supremacy of merit is first to suffer in an unjust system. Judiciary destitute of public trust encourages law of jungle and people begin to take the law in their own hands to settle their disputes. Powerful and affluent have their way; the oppressed suffer. It is established with time that two classes exist in the country, the privileged, and the unprivileged - the rulers and the ruled.
It reminds of the French Revolution (1789-1799) when an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for aristocracy and clergy underwent major political upheaval and bloodshed. The deprived decided to avenge their miseries with ferocity. Juxtapose it to the prevailing situation in our country; relate it to politicians, judges, bureaucrats and the brass to see its clear manifestation. The French had enacted rules to bestow state bounties upon the privileged, so we have shamefacedly done. Disparity between two classes in France was as wide then as it is now in our land. But there is a difference between the two societies.