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My retired father was a civilian in a Military Department. Once he told us that during 40s, 50s and 60s arrival of a Signal (a sort of telegram used in military organizations) right form bottom to top created an earthquake like situation in the whole Department. The Head of the concerned Department would become restless and activity of the whole Department would then be concentrated only relating the issue of said signal to ensure response to the signal same day within hours.

Today is season of suo moto actions. Even many of the housewives today know what a suo moto is. Education Board wrongly declares a third position holder the suo moto notice is there. Sugar hoarding fetches suo moto notice. Mill owners pressure on provincial government fetches suo moto notice. Non recovering of a girls gets suto moto action as if the earlier famous missing persons suot moto case has fully been completed and all missing recovered. LHC takes suo moto notice on wardens’ suspension. Black coats and ties are removed under suo moto notice innocently forgetting that this is what those who had been opposing directly or indirectly reinstatement of the deposed judiciary now under a deep new but with very tactful strategy are marching to get their same old goals under which an IG Police today looks towards the judiciary to take suo moto note rather than taking himself action prescribed under police law against those who beat SHO. Some individuals eg Nawaz Sharif etc surely have got relief as a consequence of rebirth of the judiciary but what the common man practically and collectively has far got in any shape of this rebirth? LHC is fixing sugar price at Rs. 40/-. When it will surely not be available to the common man what would be his psyche to his dreams about suo motos?

Is anyone afraid of from such such suo moto actions or from the so much talked out that the new born judiciary. A PIA fight mid air comes back as a lady (must be from an elite not from your’s or mine family) forgot her hand bag having Rs. 18,000/- at Islamabad airport lounge – on how much fuel cost, plus other overheads including inconvenience to the other passengers? A train at Chiniot railways station remained 25 minutes hauled up allegedly because just an ordinary police constable had forgotten his mobile in his home and his son was bringing it.

Only yesterday I was reading a very meaningful article that all corrupts in ruling class or the opposition and their outside collaborators are one hand in protecting the corrupt. The article was on the topic of new in pipeline a NAB bill/law which is nothing but to protect the person who dismissed the judiciary to thank him for protecting the ones under NRO. Likewise all those are unanimous hand in glove that respect of judiciary be tarnished from the eyes of the public through one way or the other. When there would be rush of suo motos but nothing practically coming as true material real relief it can well be understood what would soon be the psych reaction of the masses. It should not be forgotten that March 2007–March 2009 was only the special occasion when public came out without caring police of harsh climate. Whole night village people stayed on road to watch the caravan. This will not happen again even if, just suppose for a while, the “famous” marine for instant in Islamabad takes over the SC building. The sugar price increased from Rs. 1.25 per kg to Rs. 1.50 when people from Laluoo Khiat came out in streets starting a campaign against Ayub Khan. The same people today are silent spectators on sugar price reaching at Rs. 60/- even on its disappearance during Holy Ramadhan.

It is time that our new born judiciary takes very little suo moto notes but with same vigor and deliver as it did before its new birth like in case of Steel Mills, New Murree City where people saw the national assets practically being protected. Every week saying national money will not be allowed to be looted is of no significance today as if one door of looting is closed the new one is designed, The only suo moto which are of dire collective national interest needs to be taken but then seriously with full judicial might. For example so far no suo moto has been heard about an embassy constructing an armored like castle in the capital just at the doors of Khauta. Incidents of misbehaviour of the occupants with the civilians of said embassy have already come in the press. If the level of friendship is the criteria of size of an embassy, then the biggest US embassy should be in Israel and vice versa the friendship in which case is ever lasting whereas in case of Pakistan it depends only on “do more” and can come to zero level any time. How this extension or construction of embassy is dangerous has marvelous been explained in a letter from one Shakil Ahmed from Australia appearing on 25 August 2009. If the country, meaning real Pakistan not merely the “land” did not remain what worth would be the reborn judiciary? Only today's newspaper carries that a Pakistani citizen was roughed up at Aabpara allegedly by US "citizens" and 3-4 US citizens were arrested for carrying allegedly illegal guns. Were they actually arrested? Has our police courage to keep them? If suo moto notice is to be taken then now needs a real suo moto notice that why the honest consumers should bear the continuous increasing tariff in the light of recently KESC’s admission that elite were stealing its electricity.

First complete those suo moto notices due to which this ill fated but generally lethargic nation recognizing its civic duty shouldered with the judiciary March 2007-2009. The top priority after rebirth was rightly expected on missing persons case which has become silent. The original born SC took suo moto note of the National Bank of Pakistan President taking Rs. 5 crore award. The Chief Justice’s remarks as appeared then in press as well as in foreign press as a press clipping still are with me. The process haulteded due to judiciary going home. Now it has come back but nothing appears to has been heard about removal of dust from the said file rather the nation the day learnt through the National Assembly proceeding that the said person was continuously getting Rs. 24.5 per annum award, which in other words means that no body was afraid of that SC had taken a suo moto note on the subject.