Justice Chaudhry will therefore have to tread very carefully, balancing between the passionate idealism of the street and the practical demands of the court’s functioning in relation to other institutions of state. Not an easy job, given that his restoration has not changed much as far as the power structures of the state and their expression are concerned.
The writer is Op-Ed Editor, ‘Daily Times’, and Consulting Editor,’ The Friday Times’, Lahore. The views expressed are his own express@expressindia.com