This refers to the editorial, “Democracy in danger”, July 31. Indeed, it is a huge jolt to the Pakistan Muslim league (Nawaz), PMl(N)-led Pakistani Government as the Supreme Court disqualified Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the Panama Papers case. This is the third time in Nawaz Sharif's political career that he has not been able to complete his term as Prime Minister. This development has left a huge power vacuum at the top in our already hostile neighborhood country. Our fears that now the Army will have a greater say in Pakistan as Nawaz Sharif's brother Shehbaz Sharif is not as powerful a politician as Nawaz was, are not ill-founded. We should also not forget that it was Nawaz Sharif who tried his best to have better bilateral ties with India, but his coming to India to attend Narendra Modi's oath-taking ceremony as the Prime Minister of India was not taken positively by the Pakistan Army establishment.
Since the PMl(N) has a clear majority in Parliament, its staying in the power should not be an issue. But with its most powerful leader's ousted, there could be some serious political churning in the country for the next year's general elections. Now, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson and former cricketer Imran Khan will surely have a huge sigh of relief as anti-corruption has been his biggest theme ever since he entered into politics.