Addressing the PPP cabinet members from the Punjab at the Presidency, the president urged his party stalwarts to continue working as coalition partners in the Punjab, as it is vital to counter any move aimed at derailing democracy.
He urged the PPP ministers in the Punjab to continue supporting the PML-N in order to counter any conspiracy by undemocratic forces. Sources stated the president discussed in detail the speculations rising with every passing day regarding ‘change’ in the current set-up. However, he urged the ministers not to attend to these rumours, sources disclosed.
“We will complete our term, we have fought in the past and we know how to fight for safeguarding democracy,” a source quoted the president as having said.
It is over a year or so it was pointed out in this Forum that Zardari unlike an urbanite Musharraf has a feudal and tribal background. Besides, he is the co-chairman of the largest political party having deep roots in Sindh and significant representation in all the four provinces of the country. Unlike Musharraf, he is also an elected President of Pakistan through due democratic process widely acclaimed within and outside the country.
Repeat performance of deception, deceit, disinformation and trickeries by churning out treacherous stories through Punjab media round the clock that proved successful in defacing and decimating Musharraf may not work as fruitful this time, as Zardari is no Musharraf to leave gently rather such base tactics would arouse in him the inherent tribal, who with the entire strength of his tribe would take the marauders head on, no matter how many heads fell, which true to its traditions may continue for years piling up the heads until the jirga or grand jirga is convened for a final settlement, of course in favor of the party having the upper hand in the fight. Democracy and the so-called democratic parties and all other civil institutions thrown into the fray, while the muscling rivals are about to stage a show giving a picture of Pakistan to the outside world how backward and mediaeval society we live in.
Meanwhile, in the National Assembly in response to a point raised by the Leader of the Opposition, Ch Nisar Ali, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday said accountability should be across the board including politicians, the judiciary, armed forces and bureaucrats.
“We respect the verdicts of the judiciary and will implement them in accordance with the Constitution passed by parliament. However, we will not allow any institution to transgress its limits nor will we overstep the limits of anyone. We will get approved the new accountability bill from parliament with consensus so that everyone including politicians, judges, generals and bureaucracy could be held accountable under it”, he underlined.
“There is a slight difference between accountability and victimization and we shall sit with the opposition to bring a consensus accountability bill to the House and adopt it unanimously,” the prime minister said.
He said it is not acceptable that politicians are declared corrupt and others claim to be ‘pious’. “Let everybody face accountability. When the judiciary and the Army come under criticism, they unite but when we come under criticism, we become fragmented. Let us also stand united and make parliament sovereign.”
Writing about the emerging political scenario, it was long ago said in this Forum that the super-Punjab perhaps aping the global superpower U.S., which has kept its dominance over the weak and underdeveloped countries through its ever changing tactics ---sometimes through covert CIA operations, destabilizing the established governments and toppling it—sometimes through encouraging military coup detat within and of late, in the name of democracy, justice and law by instituting its minions and cronies for the sustenance of its hegemonies undisturbed and unchanged.
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