During the last few days one has witnessed a series of reference starting right from the President's reference against the Chief Justice of Pakistan to the ones against Imran Khan by MQM and the Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Sher Afgan and then against the Prime Minister by the opposition.
There is no denying the fact that the presidential reference against the Chief Justice is not a trivial affair and the belated reference against the Prime Minister is not going to pose any threat to the government. However, MQM's reference against Imran Khan is an over-reaction and it needs to be debated.
This is no understatement that unlike other politicians Imran Khan does not mince his words when he is talking about a particular issue. After the tragic incident of May 12 when the mainstream politicians were still silent he lost no time in holding a particular political party responsible for the casualties.
Since then the MQM and Imran Khan are locked in an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation and the field is well set for a pitched legal battle touched off by Imran Khan. The war of words does not seem to tone down as both the parties continue to raise an accusing figure against each other.
Being a neutral observes one can only suggest that mud slinging may please be avoided. Instead of blaming each other and being lost in the non-issues all concerned must focus on the free and fair general election. John F. Kennedy a former US President, had once remarked that our task now is not to fix the blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.