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Thursday, July 07, 2011
Govt to welcome opposition’s positive role: FirdausISLAMABAD: The government will welcome efforts of the opposition parties if they were made to attain progress and prosperity in the country, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan said on Wednesday. She said that any step taken for resolving the problems of the masses and strengthening national institutions and democracy would be welcomed by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government. Talking to a private TV channel, the information minister said that opposition should help the efforts to smoothly operate and strengthen democratic system in the country. She said the opposition would harm democracy if it made any attempt to damage the institutions or adopt a policy of confrontation. Dr Firdous said that the country was working under a democratic system and this allowed all the political parties to work with full freedom. She said that it would be appreciated if the political parties, including the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), sit together and resolve the problems being faced by the common man. app
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