Kanwar Muhammad Dilshad
TODAY neither any institution nor any political party can alone address the national, regional and international issues. Since 73 years, Pakistan is witnessing the leadership based in divide and rule principle of British Colonial system and now it warrants the leadership Unite and Serve. At the outset of 21st Century, the world at large is confronting with disintegration of nations, cultures and civilizations. Our response to the world is defensive which has invited unseen and perpetual interferences. All this is because of our differences within the politicians, leaders, sects, cultures and groups. Since the creation of Pakistan we have neither formulated any Social Contract nor could agree upon one Constitution. Every government introduced partial reforms and amendments, but the next government receded the whole process. Because our Constitution is not compatible to the current world democratic system, the necessity of time demands a National Government to achieve national goals like social contract and constitution for distribution of resources and provision of opportunities.
The 1973 Constitution’s Sovereign Code conflicts with the judiciary, Mulla and Army Codes. The author of the constitution was completely alien to the principles of Sovereign Code. Thus he failed to synchronize the ideology and cultural code and could not design metonym common codes for the nation’s identity. The sovereign code of the constitution is copy of British sovereign code colored with French Sovereign Code without addressing antonym code of the two systems. Therefore it was not possible to synchronize its codes with our culture and ideology. The Constitution reflects the ignorance of the author toward the Metonym code, ideology code and the cultural code of democracy. This was the time when the nation had still not recovered from the shock of the disgraceful handover of one wing to the enemy. The disintegrated and frustrated nation was not in proper mind frame to adopt any new Constitution.
The Constitution basically defines the manners in which sovereign power is distributed, it is on the contrary and gives absolute powers to the Prime Minister or President to appoint. COAS, CJ, Secretaries, Ambassadors and Ministers, etc, including transfer, posting of key jobs. As a result it produces civilian dictators instead of leaders which is very attractive situation for a military coup. Constitutional amendment cannot defend military coup until and unless we readdress our sovereign code. How long can we circumvent the Constitution and end up with amendments and failure? Leader must have the knowledge of decoding of civilizations for formulation of new codes. Any leader without this knowledge will be disastrous for the nation. Democracy is not Constitution. It is a social contract which demands new coding of corporate culture in our British Colonial System, in consonance with the ideology, religion, resources, opportunities and the manners in which sovereign power is distributed. I realize the full import of the new world which is being shaped by nature. The ground of history is being prepared for a new world of Information Technology. Leaders provide a beacon for the right path to the nation and rulers keep the nation aligned toward the path provided by the leader. Leader never rules and ruler cannot lead the nation. Only a dictator is self-proclaimed leader and ruler. I feel disturbed to see my country in total disorder. Advancement of Information technology has caused truth to manifest itself against all odds.
The credentials of truth are known by the test of time, good, right and truth are final, these do not merely come and go but create a new situation to restore the true balance disturbed by evil, wrong and falsehood. The time theme and its mystery with relation to human history demands to get our vision adjusted to the logic of events as they have unfolded themselves in the very beginning of 21st century. A snowballing crisis, with dozens of Sindh police personnel applying en masse for leave on account of the humiliation they alleged was meted out to their IG has been averted. But make no mistake; this is a temporary reprieve. IG Sindh Mushtaq Mahar has deferred his leave and ordered his officers to do the same for 10 days. That the deferment is not open-ended is indicative of the police leadership’s expectation that the inquiry into the incident ordered by army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, which they have welcomed wholeheartedly, will be completed within such time. The Sindh Police is angry and understandably so. Earlier, perhaps given the ‘sensitivities’ involved, there was not much clarity from official quarters as to what had actually transpired in the hours before (Retd) Capt Mohammed Safdar’s arrest in Karachi.
—The writer is former Federal Secretary Election Commission of Pakistan and currently Chairman National Democratic Foundation.
