How dare he!
I was shocked to read the
news item on March 19 about Sindh Local Government Board Secretary Shaukat
Jokhio’s refusal to obey an order of the Sindh Local Bodies Minister Honourable
Agha Siraj Durrani. By now, everyone knows that every PPP minister is lord and
master of all he surveys, and therefore he is above the law, so every illegal
order he gives has to be obeyed. I’m surprised at Mr Jokhio’s audacity. He
should consider himself lucky that he got away with minor injuries after the
minister hit him with the butt of his guard’s sub-machine gun.
The minister should be commended for his
remarkable self-control; after all he could have easily shot the errant officer
and no one would have dared to take any action against him. All PPP ministers
(to be as well) should immediately make it clear that they will not brook such
disobedience from civil servants in the future. Whenever a PPP minister asks a
subordinate to sign something (even if it’s a blank piece of paper), the
officer should immediately comply, failing which he or she should be sacked.
That’s the only way to run the country!
Shakir Lakhani
Karachi
Published in The News, March 22, 2013
Karachi
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