President Asif Zardari on Monday said the people must remain alert to new forms of assaults on the constitution and parliament, as he urged the nation to work together and commit to the progress of the country by setting aside mutual differences.
In his message on the country’s 65th Independence Day, Zardari said that Quaid-e-Azam envisioned Pakistan as a country where democracy, constitutionalism and rule of law would reign supreme.
“Let us on this day rededicate ourselves to the democratic ideals and principles of the Quaid. Adherence to the principle that political choices must be made by the ballot, and not imposed through bullet, demands that we banish from our midst all forms of bigotry, extremism and militancy,” he said. Zardari said while it was natural to rejoice today in our independence celebrations, it is also an occasion to pause and ponder over whether we have moved towards or away from the ideals for which Pakistan was created.
The president said unfortunately for most part of Pakistan’s independent existence, the people were often denied the right to rule and constitution repeatedly abrogated.
He said it was reassuring that the president and parliament unanimously restored to a large extent through the constitution of 1973.
“The restoration of the constitution by all political forces and provinces raises our hope that despite setbacks we would revert to our true bearing and restore to Pakistan the values and ideals for which it was created,” he said.
Separately, in his message on Independence Day, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf said the present coalition government had undertaken various historic initiatives during the last four-and-a-half years and pursued a policy of reconciliation. The passage of the 18th constitutional amendment empowered the federating units administratively as well as politically. The PPP government is committed to providing an equal status for minorities as citizens of the state, the PM said.
“We are confronted with various challenges such as energy crisis, law and order problem, economic difficulties, terrorism, and extremism, which have slowed down the pace of socio –economic development. Despite all the difficulties, Pakistan is a vibrant polity where judiciary is independent, parliament is functioning, Media is vibrant and civil society is active,” Ashraf added.
despite all the difficulties asif ali zardari is doing a very good job.judicary must stop its conspricies and respect the elected government.asif ali zardari is a proper statesman.
There is no water, no electricity, no jobs. Inflation is skyrocketing. Poor people are dying with hunger…So, yes, Zardari is doing a great job.
May Allah leave you in your condition wherever you are. You deserve Zardari but not the rest of us, so lets pray that Allah give you a wife like Zardari/BB & children like Zardari/BB.
chorrrrrrrrrr,zardari you mean attacks to prove that you are a chor,corrupt and a s*h*i*t*b*a*g
B*A*S*T*A*R*D Imran khan and PTI workers, B*A*ST*A*R*D PMLN workers and Nawaz Sharif.
First and formost, Please give us our money back.~ Pakistan
A fool.
better for u to leave Pakistan if u dont like democracy.settle in Congo
Pakistan belongs to us, We shall throw out Zardari and his cronies. We cannot let our children live in the conditions created by shameless PPP/MQM/ANP.
if we talk abt CJ corruption and Nawaz corruption then u say fool.Is CJ or Nawaz corruption good for country. Keep in mind next 5 yrs we will again hv PPP govt.
first get your money from Imran Khan who is gambling on roulette in England
can u please leave the govt. that would be a great service from ur side if u just leave this country .
Bhatti you are a son of a B@#$h
zardari ch*otia… aur us ke supporter us se bhi baray ch*otiye
What PPP has given to Pakistan in 1965 disturbed nation of fruitful decade of progress by Field Marshal Ayub Khan,in 1971,they were involved for the fall of Dacca,in 1979 thrown and killed lots of muslims while praying.What Benazir has given and now this coalition government snatched ROATI,KAPRHA AND MAKAN,GAVE THE NATION LOADSHEDDING SCARCITY AND HIKING OF PRICES OF BASIC COMMODITIES AND WHAT IS REMAING TO CREATE THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH LEAD TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.WHAT A SHAMEFUL ACHIVEMENT,
there is not attack on anyone…we just want the looted $60 million back.
You have attacked on constitution by holding Top executive seat being a convicted and criminal.
„The PPP government is committed to providing an equal status for minorities as citizens of the state, the PM said. “
What sort of an equal status to minorities our PM is referring to? Ahmadis are compelled to flee the country followed by Hindus in recent days. Firstly there was nothing for minorities in 18th Amendment. The Committee heeded by Rabani Sahib didn’t even bother to put something for minorities in Agenda. Every educated person in Pakistan is well aware of the fact that as long as the 2nd Amendment is part of the constitution, millions of Ahmadi Voters will never ever get a chance to cast their votes. In the absence of millions of votes, how a General Election could be termed as fair and transparent one. The respected CEC should see it that Ahmadis are made part of Common List at earliest before the announcement of elections. Secondly, it is high time to abolish Ordinance XX promulgated by the dictator from the constitution that is very much contradictory to Article 20 that describes the basic freedoms of a citizen.
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