Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Tuesday urged the opposition to demonstrate “maturity”, adding that haste and confrontational posture in politics will undermine the politicians as a class and democracy alike.
Gilani expressed these views during a meeting with Balochistan cabinet members who called on the premier to express solidarity with him.
Balochistan cabinet was led by Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani. The visiting delegates highly appreciated the stand taken by Gilani to firmly uphold the cause of the constitution and democracy in the country.
The chief minister and the cabinet members said they had come all the way from Quetta to Islamabad to show solidarity as they have no other item to share with the prime minister except, to demonstrate the support to the prime minister in tangible terms when democracy and the constitution of the country was being threatened. They added that the prime minister was constitutionally elected by the mandate of the people of the country.
Addressing participants at the Labourers’ Convention held here in connection with Labour Day‚ the prime minister directed for regularization of services of contractual workers in the PTCL‚ Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Higher Education Commission. Gilani directed the concerned ministry to formulate a new labour policy envisaging more relief for the poor workers.
He said the government also gave ownership to the employees in the public sector entities by giving them shares to them under the Benazir Stock Option scheme. He said so far shares worth 100 billion rupees have been distributed free of cost amongst the workers of different organisations. To give shelter to the workers‚ he said the government also has launched several housing schemes and so far 1128 flats and 603 houses have been given to the workers on ownership basis.
