Lahore,Feb.21(PP) Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said the PPP government had promoted the politics of reconciliation by bringing different political parties with diverse manifestos into a coalition government.He said the PPP government respected the difference of opinion among coalition partners.“The present governemnt is facing multiple challenges like terrorism and extremism. Our jawans are fighting terrorists on the western front and embracing martyrdom for a safer tomorrow of the country,” he added.
He said it was the success of the government that it had convinced the people that terrorism was the biggest threat to the country, adding the PPP government should be given due credit to meet the misries of the masses to some extent dispite facing extreme crises.
Referring to an earlier comment by PML (N) MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the Prime Minister said politicians should not be eliminated from mainstream politics on flimsy allegations of corruption as was done in 1958. He said politicians like Khawaja Nazim ud Din and Feroz Khan Noon were sent packing on baseless charges of corruption and the constitution was abrogated.
“Ploitical figures need to be given time to attain political maturity”, Gilani said.
About the Accountability Bill, the Premier said there was a thin line between accountability and victimization and the government wanted to draw a line between the two in order to protect people’s rights and freedoms.
“No journalist or politician is behind the bar during my tenure as Prime Minister”, he added.
He said people should not crticise the government for the sake of crticism. “Good governance cannot be achieved by the Prime Minister and the President only but other instituitions and politicians should play their due role in this regard,” he added.
The Premier expressed his optimism that problems like dearness would be overcome through joint efforts of all political forces. “All political forces should join hands for the betterment of the country. Issues are so grave that one man cannot resolve them single-handedly,” he observed.
About his efforts to resolve a clash with the judiciary, the Prime Minister said parliament and the Judiciary should respect each other. “Whatever I did for an amicable settlement of the judges issue, I did it in the larger interest of the country,” he said.
He said the executive and the judiciary believed in democracy and performed their constitutional roles within their powers and parameters.
The Premier said the PPP government had pursued the politics of reconciliation as per the vision of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto,adding that she believed in taking all politial forces alongwith for national stablitiy and achieving political maturity.
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani reiterated his resolve that no compromise would be made on national interest and solidairty of Pakistan at any cost. Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, Mujibur Rehman Shami, Orya Jan Maqbool, Ata-ul- Haq Qasmi, Prof Sajjad Mir, Humayun Akhtar and Kh Muhammad Asif also addressed the seminar.
Referring to an earlier comment by PML (N) MNA Khawaja Muhammad Asif, the Prime Minister said politicians should not be eliminated from mainstream politics on flimsy allegations of corruption as was done in 1958. He said politicians like Khawaja Nazim ud Din and Feroz Khan Noon were sent packing on baseless charges of corruption and the constitution was abrogated.
“Ploitical figures need to be given time to attain political maturity”, Gilani said.
About the Accountability Bill, the Premier said there was a thin line between accountability and victimization and the government wanted to draw a line between the two in order to protect people’s rights and freedoms.
“No journalist or politician is behind the bar during my tenure as Prime Minister”, he added.
He said people should not crticise the government for the sake of crticism. “Good governance cannot be achieved by the Prime Minister and the President only but other instituitions and politicians should play their due role in this regard,” he added.
The Premier expressed his optimism that problems like dearness would be overcome through joint efforts of all political forces. “All political forces should join hands for the betterment of the country. Issues are so grave that one man cannot resolve them single-handedly,” he observed.
About his efforts to resolve a clash with the judiciary, the Prime Minister said parliament and the Judiciary should respect each other. “Whatever I did for an amicable settlement of the judges issue, I did it in the larger interest of the country,” he said.
He said the executive and the judiciary believed in democracy and performed their constitutional roles within their powers and parameters.
The Premier said the PPP government had pursued the politics of reconciliation as per the vision of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto,adding that she believed in taking all politial forces alongwith for national stablitiy and achieving political maturity.
Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani reiterated his resolve that no compromise would be made on national interest and solidairty of Pakistan at any cost. Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan, Mujibur Rehman Shami, Orya Jan Maqbool, Ata-ul- Haq Qasmi, Prof Sajjad Mir, Humayun Akhtar and Kh Muhammad Asif also addressed the seminar.
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