This is apropos a Business Recorder editorial "The courts and politics" carried by the newspaper recently. The editorial has plausibly argued that "since political parties across the spectrum appear to have gone into election mode, it is reasonable to assume that the task of reforming and strengthening democratic institutions now stands postponed until the next parliament is in place. Nevertheless, it is only if political parties stop regarding the courts (and the military) as options for resolving political conflicts that the project for strengthening democratic institutions could have a chance to be taken up and even succeed."

The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Saqib Nisar has rightly asked political parties that they must keep political disputes in the political domain. It is therefore expected that political parties would avoid dragging judiciary into the political fray.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2017