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The Sharifs have been damaged, embarrassed and humiliated. Nawaz has been politically diminished. Maryam is a punchline. Yay, amazing, awesome.</p><p class="">But we’re not there yet.</p><p class="">To get there — an exit stage left for Nawaz or dragged kicking and screaming — several things still need to happen. One of those things we now know, the JIT report, two we don’t know yet.</p><p class="">They’ll reveal themselves soon enough, so first the bit we know, the JIT report. As with all things to do with the boys, they brought a hammer to the proceedings when a scalpel was needed.</p><blockquote> <p class="">Devastating as the JIT report is, it’s kept the knife poised above Nawaz, not plunged it in.</p></blockquote> <p class="">That’s created a problem. How big we’ll only find out inside the court. But it’s already blown up outside. The report was always going to be controversial because it was going to be judged in three camps:</p><p class="">The PML-N; the PML-N’s opponents; and the democracy types who aren’t enamoured of Nawaz and don’t like the boys.</p><p class="">Nothing could satisfy all three. One side’s candy is another side’s meh. But if the JIT had been clever, it would have delivered something that left all sides a little unhappy — like diet ice cream.</p><p class="">But the JIT went whole-hog. It delivered a report that sent paroxysms of joy rippling through Nawaz’s enemies. It was breathless stuff. Did you hear what Maryam did? Do you know what Dar said? How stupid are those two boys of Nawaz? And that cousin, shameless man! OMG.</p><p class="">It’s so devastating that it’s ridiculous — and there lies the problem.</p><p class="">The JIT has disbanded but suspicions of its motivations have coalesced. From here, there’ll have to be a bit of cleaning up to do, to put things right. You can’t have an engineered ouster look so nakedly like an engineered outset. Not through the courts anyway. At least not these courts.</p><p class="">Nawaz and co have been so spectacularly awful in court thus far that they may screw up again, not knowing how to put to use the gift the JIT has given them. We’ll start to get an idea tomorrow.</p><p class="">But in a way the JIT report has already flipped matters around.</p><p class="">We know the court has factions. Two future chief justices have already denounced Nawaz and signed off on his ouster; three judges had reservations about the court being the vehicle and allegations the substance of ouster.</p><p class="">The JIT folk seemed to have missed that. Or maybe they thought a shove would work better than deferentially lighting the path to court-sanctioned ouster.</p><p class="">But now the reluctant ones will have to decide if they’re OK with being corralled. The star is the JIT and it may have burned too bright for its own good — the judiciary has been reduced to a sideshow in its own house.</p><p class="">For the reluctant ones, that could be the opening to get out of the mess they’ve found themselves in.</p><p class="">Chuck the matter into accountability courts and let the SC keep a watchful eye on proceedings — a process that would reassert the primacy of the judiciary. It would also, inadvertently, buy Nawaz some time.</p><p class="">And time is what Nawaz needs because of a curious hesitation that’s apparent in the JIT report.</p><p class="">They marched Nawaz to the edge, brought all of us to the brink — and then stopped. Devastating as the JIT report is, it’s kept the knife poised above Nawaz, not plunged it in.</p><p class="">Why?</p><p class="">Two future chief justices had already seen enough and decided Nawaz has to go. That’s a powerful signal right there. Why leave the door open for the reluctant three and maybe others too?</p><p class="">Why not just say we’ve got enough. No need for accountability, no need for references, just show Nawaz straight out the door. Now.</p><p class="">We can guess. Forget the contents of the report and think of the JIT as a proxy. For disagreements, factions and groupings elsewhere — among the boys themselves.</p><p class="">Work with that analogy a bit. None of them, the boys, are fans. It’s an article of institutional faith to be suspicious of Nawaz.</p><p class="">So the JIT report reflects that — a merciless pounding of reputation and public standing. On that there is unanimity.</p><p class="">But to recognise a problem doesn’t mean there’s agreement on the solution. In the lower, middle and upper ranks, emotionalism, machoism and manic nationalism can run rampant. The base wants Nawaz’s head on a stake.</p><p class="">The base is vital and the base is influential, but the base doesn’t make decisions. Those — decisions — are reserved for the very top, the chief and his closet advisers.</p><p class="">And at the very top, a different calculus applies. You have to juggle different priorities and manage different interests, internal and external.</p><p class="">At the heart of the endeavour to oust Nawaz has been a mystery: why is it so important?</p><p class="">They boys have figured out how to contain Nawaz and Nawaz hasn’t shown any signs of evolving into a master strategist to get some of his way on the national security and foreign policy stuff he cares about.</p><p class="">So why the desperation to oust him?</p><p class="">If you look closely enough, the desperation that everyone sees is hesitation at the very top. So the JIT walked us to the brink, but couldn’t plunge the knife into Nawaz.</p><p class="">Because the decision everyone fears has been taken is still being mulled. Nawaz isn’t a dead man yet.</p><p class="">The JIT may have inadvertently reminded us why.</p><p class="">Fantasy all of it? Possibly. Zero evidence of outside interference? Sure. The boys have played it clean throughout? Maybe. Nawaz got himself in trouble independently? Yes.</p><p class="">There’s one way to know for sure. We’ll start finding out in court tomorrow.</p><p class=""><em>The writer is a member of staff.</em></p><p class=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/http://gmail.com/">cyril.a@gmail.com</a></p><p class="">Twitter: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://twitter.com/cyalm">@cyalm</a></p><p class=""><em>Published in Dawn, July 16th, 2017</em></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="template__footer modifier--open "> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-11"> <div class="ml-0 ml-sm-6 px-0 px-sm-2"> <hr> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> </div> <div class="col-12 col-sm-6"> <div class="mt-2 mt-sm-0 clearfix social-container">  <div class="social social--icon social--black social--flat social--facebook social--count float-left mr-1" aria-hidden="true"> <a onclick="return !window.open(this.href, 'Share on 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345480/why-pakistanis-should-not-hold-their-breath-over-the-panamagate-verdict"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/5969925c84895.jpg" alt="Why Pakistanis should not hold their breath over the Panamagate verdict"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345480" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345480/why-pakistanis-should-not-hold-their-breath-over-the-panamagate-verdict" class="story__link">Why Pakistanis should not hold their breath over the Panamagate verdict</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345620" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345620/exploring-mangoes-as-a-metaphor-in-south-asian-writing"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/596a820acb898.jpg" alt="Exploring mangoes as a metaphor in South Asian writing"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345620" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345620/exploring-mangoes-as-a-metaphor-in-south-asian-writing" class="story__link">Exploring mangoes as a metaphor in South Asian writing</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/609/herald-exclusive">Herald Exclusive</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345496" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 "> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345496/a-year-later-qandeel-baloch-is-remembered-by-the-women-who-knew-her-best-part-2"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/5969fdb0e66a3.jpg" alt="A year later, Qandeel Baloch is remembered by the women who knew her best (Part 2)"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345496" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345496/a-year-later-qandeel-baloch-is-remembered-by-the-women-who-knew-her-best-part-2" class="story__link">A year later, Qandeel Baloch is remembered by the women who knew her best (Part 2)</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345307" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="45.625%" data-focus-y="26.444%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345307/a-year-later-qandeel-baloch-is-remembered-by-the-women-who-knew-her-best-part-1"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/5968a527bc56f.jpg?r=119173146" alt="A year later, Qandeel Baloch is remembered by the women who knew her best (Part 1)"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345307" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345307/a-year-later-qandeel-baloch-is-remembered-by-the-women-who-knew-her-best-part-1" class="story__link">A year later, Qandeel Baloch is remembered by the women who knew her best (Part 1)</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5777/images-staff">Images Staff</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear-both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0 clearfix"> <h3 class="opinion-stories my-2"><a class="opinion-stories" href="/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Opinion</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list pr-0 pr-sm-2 col-sm-4 col-12 float-left slideshow--opinion--first mt-2"> <div class="clear-both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:99%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345623" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--stretch col-12 px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345623/morality-in-pakistans-politics"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/596a86fad0ea0.jpg" alt="Morality in Pakistan’s politics"/></a></div> </figure> <div class="clearfix"></div>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345623" class="story__title "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345623/morality-in-pakistans-politics" class="story__link">Morality in Pakistan’s politics</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three ">Different groups seek power and legitimacy through developing their own moral orders. </div> </article>  </div> </div><div class="clear-both"> </div></div> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--opinion col-sm-8 col-12 float-left mt-2"> <div class="clear-both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345622" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345622/not-dead-yet"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/596a868790dda.jpg" alt="Not dead yet"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345622" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345622/not-dead-yet" class="story__link">Not dead yet</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/193/cyril-almeida">Cyril Almeida</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345613" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345613/plotting-terror"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/596a7b779a376.jpg" alt="Plotting terror"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345613" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345613/plotting-terror" class="story__link">Plotting terror</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/933/tariq-khosa">Tariq Khosa</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="2" style="float:left;width:24%;margin-right:1.3333333333333%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345611" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345611/incomplete-victory"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/596a7b250bd78.jpg" alt="Incomplete victory"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345611" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345611/incomplete-victory" class="story__link">Incomplete victory</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/1594/arsla-jawaid">Arsla Jawaid</a></span> </div></article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="3" style="float:left;width:24%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345341" data-layout="story">  <figure class="media media--focus media--stretch col-sm-12 col-3 mr-sm-0 mr-2 float-sm-none px-0 " data-focus-x="0%" data-focus-y="0%"> <div class="media__item media__item--100 "><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345341/the-statecraft-of-torture"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326im_/https://i.dawn.com/medium/2017/07/596927bcc9a03.jpg" alt="The statecraft of torture"/></a></div> </figure>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345341" class="story__title py-0"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345341/the-statecraft-of-torture" class="story__link">The statecraft of torture</a></h2> <div class=" mt-1"><span class="story__byline size-three text--black "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/authors/5677/asfand-yar-warraich">Asfand Yar Warraich</a></span> </div></article>  </div> </div><div class="clear-both"> </div></div> </div> <div class="border--top border--thick border--black mx-sm-2 mx-0"> <h3 class="editorial-stories my-2"><a class="editorial-stories" href="/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/opinion">Editorial</a></h3> <div class=" slideshow--list slideshow--editorial mt-2"> <div class="clear-both"> <div class="slideshow--row__item active pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="0" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345626" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray ">July 16, 2017</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345626" class="story__title size-four "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345626/pms-accountability" class="story__link">PM’s accountability</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three ">THE next phase in the political fate of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif begins tomorrow. The battle lines are now drawn,... </div> </article>  </div> <div class="slideshow--row__item pr-0 pr-sm-2 mb-2 lap-and-up-border--right palm-border--bottom equalize float-left" data-id="1" style="float:left;width:15.666666666667%;margin-right:1.2%;">  <article class="box story mt-1 mb-1 mb-sm-2 mt-sm-0 pt-0 pb-1 pb-sm-2 pt-1 pt-sm-0 pr-0" data-id="1345625" data-layout="story"><span class="story__time size-two text--gray ">July 16, 2017</span>  <h2 data-layout="story" data-id="1345625" class="story__title size-four "><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170716022326/https://www.dawn.com/news/1345625/sindhs-anti-nab-law" class="story__link">Sindh’s anti-NAB law</a></h2>  <div class="story__excerpt size-three ">ACCOUNTABILITY has always been a flawed process in Pakistan. 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