Clearly the Memogate tussle between the civilian government and the military is political in nature.
KARACHI: This is with reference to Asad Jamal’s article of January 6 titled “Not a tantrum, sir”. Clearly the Memogate tussle between the civilian government and the military is political in nature. ‘National security’ is often an all encompassing term applied to whatever happens to be in the military’s interest (and not necessarily what the larger public deems to be in Pakistan’s greater interest).
Those that have argued that the Supreme Court can only hear the case if it “is a matter of public importance which relates to the enforcement of any of the fundamental rights ” appear to have a strong and valid argument, as there is no issue involving fundamental rights whatsoever in the memogate affair.
J Khan
Published in The Express Tribune, January 7th, 2012.
