Back to square one
June 3, 2008 ON the face of it, these are just two points among the 70-point package but they form the core of the document. Little wonder they are a bone of contention. The rejection by the PML-N parliamentary body on Monday of the PPP's constitutional package, especially on two most vexing issues of the reinstatement of judges and the future of the President, affirms that there is still some unfinished business. The PML-N body was categorical in its stance by ruling out the possibility of judges getting restored through the constitutional package. Secondly, it made it clear that no part of the package giving indemnity to President Musharraf's November 3 extraconstitutional acts would be accepted. That in one way means doing away with the NRO promulgated by the President, which gives legal cover to PPP Co-Chairman Asif Zardari from the cases filed against him. Apparently, this brings the situation back to square one. Particularly to the uncertain scenario when the PML-N Ministers had left the Cabinet.
