But the dissenting note by the Punjab member of the ECP says that, while the reserved seats cannot be allocated to the SIC, as the priority list was not submitted in time, the constitution will need to be amended before these seats are allocated to the other parties. [...] While noting that the law does not provide a mechanism to set aside the original judgment, the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa noted in the short order that the LHC trial and the SC appeal in Bhutto’s case did “not meet the requirements of the fundamental right to a fair trial and due process”. [...] The question is: will he get enough room to execute the stabilisation policies for as long as it is required? What is the guarantee that the ruling party will support his attempts to effectively tax its core political constituency of retailers or the powerful real estate mafia? Last but not the least, how long will the government resist the temptation of spurring growth without executing the long-. [...] On a sustainable basis, the provincial government under the auspices of the federation, together with the tribal elders and representatives of the disaffected people, has to sit down for short, medium and long term to resolve the issues that Balochistan faces. [...] Qamar Zaman Kaira, senior leader of PPP pointed out that Zardari in the past talked on the basis of environment that he did not want to become President but this time things are different and it was the demand of the time that he become the President of Pakistan and oversee things of the government and take this country forward.
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