{"id":29016,"date":"2018-10-24T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=29016"},"modified":"2018-10-24T16:15:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:45:54","slug":"what-will-the-caretakers-take-care-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-will-the-caretakers-take-care-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What will the caretakers take care of?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What will the caretakers take care of?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Akbar Zaidi is a political economist from Karachi argues about the credibility of caretaker government in Pakistan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Important Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Pakistan for the first had a caretaker government from the judiciary which comprise of Chief justice of Pakistan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The rise of Pakistan\u2019s judiciary is considered as transitions of power towards civilian government.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">\u00a0<\/strong>Caretaker governments are an institutionalized interim government to facilitate a smooth transfer of power from one elected government to another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A caretaker government serves the period of time between the dissolution of parliament and the formation of a new government.<\/li>\n<li>The main aim of caretaker governments is to carry on the ordinary business of government and ensure administrative continuity during an electoral period while preventing any major decisions from being taken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Military dominance<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Pakistan has witness three-decade-long military dictatorships rule.<\/li>\n<li>Till date Pakistan had 10 general elections since 1970 all which were neither free nor fair because of military\u2019s dominance in government.<\/li>\n<li>The judiciary was only constitutional ally throughout the military period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>The Lawyers\u2019 Movement<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lawyers\u2019 Movement in 2007 acted as pressure group to bringing back democracy to Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>The Lawyers\u2019 Movement became one of popular movements against military rule.<\/li>\n<li>The Lawyers\u2019 Movement calls for superior judiciary that will be independent, pro-democratic and will ensure fair the electoral process against military hegemony.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>Positive aspects of Judiciary<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>The judiciary was seen to emerge as a free and independent force defending the Constitution.<\/li>\n<li>Judiciary is viewed as overstepping to rule the dominance power of military in Pakistan.<\/li>\n<li>Judiciary ruled government will try to promote accountability and transparency in the government.<\/li>\n<li>The Supreme Court is viewed as \u201cself-righteous\u201d for coordination between administration and political party.<\/li>\n<li>The judiciary is being perceived as being partial to certain individuals and institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>The judiciary practiced \u2018judicial activism\u2019 by deporting two elected Prime Ministers, one for contempt of court and the other for not being a sagacious and righteous Muslim.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Judicial martial law\u2019 and \u2018judicial imperialism\u2019 have now become part of Pakistan\u2019s public priority.<\/li>\n<li>Numerous independent newspapers and research organizations have reported that military is taking all its tolls to influence the upcoming election in Pakistan so that no party win with absolute majority.<\/li>\n<li>Pakistan\u2019s military has been undertaking prepoll rigging and electoral engineering to favor part for interest or to create a hung Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What will the caretakers take care of? 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