If there is one thing we know for sure, it's that most of our parliamentarians are crooks. Even the few who are not financially corrupt (like some in the religious parties) tend to favor their friends and relatives when awarding contracts or giving jobs in government departments. Our legislators tend to think that parliament is supreme and that the courts have no right to object to any laws passed by them, even those that violate fundamental rights. The main tussle nowadays between the government and the judiciary is the transfer of judges from other courts to the Islamabad High Court, which has almost always favored Imran Khan when deciding cases against him. By appointing anti-Imran or pro-government judges, it hopes it can keep Imran Khan in jail for a long time.
Some judges, on the other hand, have been known to act against legislators without even considering the evidence against them. Nawaz Sharif, for instance, was disqualified for not receiving a salary from his son's company (in which he was a director). Everyone knew at the time that the judges were doing so under pressure from the army. And the same judges gave undue favors to Imran Khan and his cronies, when the latter was the blue-eyed boy of the establishment. But of course judges and legislators share the same DNA, which is why both are equally to blame.
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