NORMALLY, a compromise between
individuals or groups is a happy development and a praiseworthy act. But
certainly not when it shapes up between public representatives who have accused
each other of gross misconduct It has been reported that a reconconciliation has
been affected between Sindh Chief Minister, Dr. Arbab Ghulam Rahim and former
revenue minister Imtiaz Shaikh. They fell apart, perhaps more than a year ago,
triggering investigations and unearthing of irregularities ,costing a lot of
official valuable time and money. Ordinarily, in any country, both of them
should have been asked to pack up and go.
But this is Pakistan. It does not require much intelligence to understand the
need for unity and strength in the King’s party to face the alliance of
opposition parties, now in the offing, at next year’s polls. Hence, this
decision to end the row between the chief minister and his former cabinet member
to serve the interests of their political party rather then the welfare of the
people and the Sindh province. The patch-up decision is politically motivated
and detrimental to democratic norms.