Judicial coup underway in Pakistan: McClatchy News.
The last time the world saw a judicial coup, George W Bush became president.
Just who’s running this nuclear-armed country of 165 million — the independent judiciary or another arm of the state — is unclear. The government, led by President Asif Ali Zardari, appeared paralyzed, and a creeping change in command seemed to be under way.
“It’s complete (judicial) control now,” said Asma Jahangir, the chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, an independent watchdog. “The issue is whether the (democratic) system is going to pack up again (and go away).” She asked why the judiciary was “again” letting itself be used by “the establishment?”
Jahangir, a U.N. special human rights envoy, said the judiciary wouldn’t have acted so boldly unless it felt confident of backing.
