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| India-Pakistan |
| Legal experts say govt should have acted much earlier |
| 2007-07-04 |
| Former federal law minister SM Masood said the operation against Jamia Hafsa was legal and constitutional because the enforcement of law was the government’s responsibility. Masood said the government should have carried out an operation against the Jamia Hafsa students much earlier. Justice (r) Syed Zahid Bokhari also termed the operation against Jamia Hafsa students as legal and constitutional, saying no state could exist within a state. He said that though the students had created a pressure group for a “noble cause”, they could not be allowed to challenge the government’s authority. He condemned the government for delaying action against the madrassa students. Lahore High Court Bar Association Finance Secretary Ruby Awan said the issue should have been resolved by talks. She condemned violence against female students of Jamia Hafsa and said the government had started an operation in Islamabad to divert the people’s attention from the judicial crisis and the problems being faced by the flood-affected people. |
| Posted by:Fred |