Sir: A much-awaited case of storming of the Supreme Court (SC) by the Sharif brothers has been re opened, which was debunked due to a secret deal between a military dictator and the brothers in the early 2000s. I appreciate the Interior Minister Rehman Malik for reopening this case and now it is the duty of Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry to prosecute the culprits who had violated the dignity of the apex court. This endeavour could be aided by the BBC footage of the storming of the SC. It is a good development that an incomplete inquiry report will be completed, hence making it a valid document. So far, the evidence, including the CCTV footage, the FIR registered with the Secretariat police and the investigation reports prepared by the then SSP headquarters, Taimour Ali Khan, have been collected. Khan’s incomplete inquiry is recalled because the statements of the main culprits, the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leaders could not be recorded as they were in detention and later, through a secret deal with the dictator, fled the country. The capital police have issued notices to the PML-N chief Mian Nawaz Sharif and the Punjab Chief Minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif, asking them to appear before the senior superintendent of police within 10 days, in connection with the 1997 attack on the SC. Mr Nawaz Sharif did all this out of ego and in abuse of his power. The SC had appointed five new judges, on which it was criticised by Mr Sharif. When a contempt of court notice was issued to the then prime minister Mr Sharif, his party workers stormed the SC building. Most of the analysts believed that Mr Sharif’s conflict with the Chief Justice, Mr Sajjad Ali Shah, in which the prime minister was accused of contempt of court, had reached a point of no return. The dispute between Mr Sharif and the Chief Justice had become personal, and that it was then impossible for them to reconcile their differences. Supporters of this theory were of the view that the incessant arguments between the two men had undermined their authority. Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry should have taken suo motu of this case too for the sake of the sanctity of the SC. Police officers need to be sincere with their profession and they should help the interior minister to present the culprits. Prime Minister Gilani appeared thrice in the court; he respected the courts and he did not order his jiyalas to storm the SC and as a result, no untoward incident happened. How is it possible that the MNAs of a ruling party (the PML-N in 1997) and political secretary of a prime minister organise an unruly mob to attack the SC without the approval of their boss? At least in Pakistan it is not possible because we have a fragile democratic setup and a paucity of democratic institutions. SAIFUR REHMAN Islamabad