THIS is apropos of the news item, “BB wasn`t committed to reinstating Iftikhar, says Qaim” (March 4). The statement aims at twisting the facts. The question is, if Ms Bhutto was not committed to reinstating the deposed chief justice, why did she take out a rally to his residence and utter the words “Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is our chief justice.”

The fact is that the PPP leadership has its own style of politics. It was bent upon installing its own government in Punjab from day one, which was evident from the statements of its leaders, including Governor Salman Taseer, appearing in the press from time to time during the last one year.

Imposition of the governor`s rule was part of the game. It is an irrefutable fact that the PML(N) is a majority party in the Punjab Assembly, and the governor should have asked the party to nominate some other member to replace Shahbaz Sharif as leader of the house.

Imposition of the governor`s rule when the house was already in session, locking of the assembly premises to punish the entire house in the post-disqualification situation, promulgation of presidential ordinances on the eve of the National Assembly session are points that go against democracy.

It appears as if Pervez Musharraf is still in power, flouting all norms of democracy and the Constitution.

FATIMA DARAKHSHAN
Islamabad