PPP to continue with policy of reconciliation: CEC
Secretary-General of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party Jahangir Badar said that it was decided in the CEC meeting to continue policy of reconciliation and the PM was asked to continue dialogue process.In a media briefing after PPP Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting, he said that the President has given his powers to the Parliament. He said that after 18th Amendment now the Parliament would decide about the right and the wrong. He said that PPP was not interested in any kind of confrontation with the Judiciary. It was also decided in the meeting that democracy would be saved at any cost as all others roads would go towards anarchy, Jahangir added.
The PPP had decided that the government would continue the policy of reconciliation with all political forces and empowered the prime minister to establish contact with key leaders of other parties.
A handout issued by a spokesperson for President Asif Ali Zardari quoted him as assuring the participants that the government would complete its term despite obstacles, difficulties, challenges and machinations.
The PPP had decided that the government would continue the policy of reconciliation with all political forces and empowered the prime minister to establish contact with key leaders of other parties.A handout issued by a spokesperson for Zardari quoted him as assuring the participants that the government would complete its term despite obstacles, difficulties, challenges and machinations.
Reconciliation policy to continue: PPPGovt to complete term despite obstacles: Zardari* President rejects idea of quitting PML-N-led coalition in PunjabBy Ali HussainISLAMABAD: The Central Executive Committee of Pakistan People’s Party on Thursday decided that the party would continue its policy of reconciliation, as it does not want confrontation with the judiciary, and also rejected the idea of quitting coalition in Punjab.The CEC, which was called following rumours of a regime change, was held at the Presidency and was attended by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani and over 40 members of the party’s highest body. However, sources said Senator Safdar Abbasi was not invited.The sources said the president also rejected the idea of some members from Punjab to quit the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led coalition in the province and said that the PPP would continue the policy of reconciliation.In a statement issued after the meeting, Zardari said the PPP government had the people’s mandate and had several achievements to its credit during the first half of its tenure and declared that the government would complete its term despite obstacles, difficulties, challenges and machinations.The president’s spokesman Farhatullah Babar told the media that the president asked party workers and office-bearers to be proud of the government’s achievements including the National Finance Commission Award, Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan package, giving the workers shares in the industrial units, the 18th Amendment and from pursuing the policy of reconciliation to taking terrorists head on. Babar quoted Zardari as saying that the party was committed to defending democracy, protecting the constitution and upholding the supremacy of parliament.Zardari said the government was concentrating on relief and rehabilitation of the flood-affected people and revival of the economy damaged by the floods. He said that he had proposed to the government to levy a one-time flood tax on urban properties to create resources for rebuilding and reconstructing the damaged infrastructure.He said the government was conscious of the fact that the success of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction operation depended on the trust of the donors, both international and local, that their donations were being properly utilised, along with complete confidence of the flood victims that every penny meant for them was being spent on them.Zardari stressed that access to complete information was key to transparency, which in turn was the key to good governance and eliminating corruption and mismanagement.
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Its not the time for offering reconciliation etc. etc. Its the time to shout “halt! Friend or Foe?”
I do feel PPP is right in pursuing the politics reconciliation , because the current onslaught is not only against PPP but to an extend against whole political class. So politics parties should work together .
I agree with Humza but who would convince them: BBC Hard Talk : MQM Muhammad Anwar Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq36z52CwDk
BBC Hard Talk : Part 2 MQM Muhammad Anwar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXF0gCNEidU
Instead of Mr. Anwar, someone seasoned should have been there to debate.
excellent logbook you have in hand