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Law Must Be Stronger Than The
Strongest Man In Pakistan
The simplified formula of judging any
country, any society or any people is: the law of the land must
be stronger than the strongest men of the land. The merit of the
civility of that country, that society, or that people is
exactly proportionate to the strength of the law against the
strongest people of that country, that society or that people.
If this principle effectively works across the board, from top
to bottom, it means that country, that society or that people
have reached to the level of excellence. If at some point, the
strength of law falters vis-à-vis the strength of the strongest
people of the country, the society or the people, that country,
that society or that people start sliding downward from
excellence.
If we apply this principle on Pakistan,
Pakistan is among the lowest countries in the world. If we look
at the set of the countries where Pakistan should fit as far as
the strength of law is concerned vis-à-vis the strength of the
strongest people, it probably fits somewhere in the set of
lowest countries in Africa and Latin American countries. In
certain cases, Pakistan is worse than many African or Latin
American countries as far as supremacy of the law is concerned.
Principally, none of the countries is perfect
as far as supremacy of law is concerned. Western countries have
ideal situation as far as supremacy of law is concerned, but
sometimes in Western countries laws can also be bent in favor of
powerful people. However, such cases are lesser in Western
countries whereas third word countries are rampant with such
cases where law does not hold against powerful people of those
countries or societies.
Establishment of supremacy of law is only
principle which insures social, cultural, economic and political
balance in any society or country. Without supremacy of law in
any society or country, social, cultural, economic or political
balance is almost unimaginable.
When various segments of society view the
enforcement of laws across the board, without any
discrimination, they learn to appreciate and value the laws.
They feel like abiding by those laws as good citizens. When
various segments of society view the selective enforcement of
laws, discriminately against one set of people, they start
violating laws, and appreciation for laws erodes among those
people.
Besides discriminatory enforcement of laws,
societies also despise and reject discriminatory laws.
Discriminatory laws also create loopholes in laws through which
powerful people get away with their crimes which again create
unrest and lawlessness in societies. Therefore, to maintain
societies on just footings, not only laws should be enforced
indiscriminately laws should also be in-discriminatory in nature
and application.
In Pakistan, there are many men who are
stronger than laws. They get away with many crimes because of
various privileges they enjoy due to their official positions,
their social, cultural and economic stature, or their relations
to people with such privileges.
In order to make Pakistan a real state and
Pakistani society a just society; Pakistanis have to make sure
their laws are stronger than the strongest people in Pakistan.
Pakistani media, civil society organizations, legal forums and
people working for law enforcement agencies should help each
other to insure the supremacy of law in Pakistan, because this
is the only way to make Pakistan and ideal country.
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