Electrified Judiciary

In a repeated series of activist undertakings, the supreme court, lead by CJ Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary continues to become a stumbling block in the face of government's financial wizards.

The government had attempted to increase power tariffs once again. However, the court has prevented the government from doing so. While it is clearly a sign of judicial activist, that we all feel happily surprised is because we have never known the judiciary so willing to step in and actually do something about a government bent on applying fixes in the form of excessive tax increases.

The electricity crisis has brought the most difficult summer and with the complete shutdown of the Mangla Dam power units, resulted in the lowest point of this government. To then see its ministers apply 'solutions' in the form of even more taxes is not only ridiculous, it smacks of stupidity. If this electricity crisis was entirely the result of Musharaf's incompetence, the current management decisions reflect a desire to outdo that incompetence.