LAHORE: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Raza Rabbani urged all the political parties to sign a political contract—“Charter of Democracy-2” as Pakistan has a controlled democracy.
Senator Raza Rabbani was addressing the Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore on Sunday. He said when Pakistan became a security state, the requirements of the state changed. He said it is very shameful that today even after 75 years of independence, the nation is suffering from doubts about the system of government as the country has a controlled democracy.
The PPP’s senior leader said he was not ready to accept that the country’s elite, judiciary, and other institutions are oblivious to the Constitution of Pakistan.
With great sorrow, he said that today, the parliament has become irrelevant so they need a grand national dialogue now as there is no point in having a ‘charter of the economy’ without a ‘charter of democracy’.
ALL POWERS SHOULD WORK TOGETHER TO STEER COUNTRY OUT OF CRISES
Meanwhile, former prime minister and PML-N senior leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi urged all centres of powers of the country should work jointly to steer the nation out of the crises.
Addressing the concluding session on the 2nd day of Asma Jahangir Conference here on Sunday, he said that economy of the country was in trouble and everyone should contribute for improvement and progress of the country. He said that the youth could be given better future if all political parties join hands for betterment of the country. He said that politicians should respect each other adding how come those politicians would respect the people who could not respect each other.
He said that the country could not progress without consensus even if any single party was given 100 per cent seats in the assembly. He said that the economy during the PTI regime had become extremely weak but no one was ready to accept the responsibility. “We have to speak openly, bravely and loudly,” he added. He said that no one had courage to overcome the fear of challenges.
“The governments should find out the solutions of the problems,” he said. “We have to decide whether interest of the country is important or the political interest,” he added.
There was only single way to save the country and it was keeping all personal and political interests aside, and sit together for your country, he said.
