All institutions must respect their constitutional limits: PPP

ISLAMABAD: The Central Executive Committee (CEC) of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Wednesday endorsed the party Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s speech that drew severe criticism from PML-N-led central government.
According to the media reports, the CEC has mandated chairman and co-chairman to hold talks with the government and decided to contact the political leadership of the country over the situation emerging after Zardari’s fiery speech. The top leadership of the party including the young chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari attended the meeting. Later talking to the media persons the Senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Farhatullah Babar has said that the part of PPP leader Asif Zardari’s speech was unnecessarily made the topic of discussion.

PPP leader advised that all institutions to work within the constitutional parameters, stressing that the National Action Plan should be fully implemented. He said that Asif Ali Zardari in it’s recently speech stated that all institutions should work within constitutional parameters. He said “Operation Zarb-e-Azb has successfully achieved its goals after completion of one year”. He said that PPP leader paid rich tribute to those soldiers of the motherland who rendered sacrifices during operation Zarb-e-Azb. He said that PPP will move forward with the decision of three-party alliance in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Answering a question he said that “party has been dissolved in Gilgit-Baltistan and its reorganization will be undertaken soon.”

Responding another question he said that meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari was expected earlier Wednesday but upon his arrival in Bilawal House he came to know the meeting has been put on hold. Babar said Zardari pursued the philosophy of reconciliation in the past and he does not intend to change it. Party’s young Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari while talking to newsmen said the mandate of his party was always stolen, adding that people would never betray the martyrs - Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto. Bilawal said nothing can keep him away from the people and he would go to every party of the country to strengthen the PPP.

PPP heavyweight Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar said neither did his party leaders retract from their statements in the past nor they have any intention to do so this time around. He downplayed the current situation by saying that similar statements had also been made by Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto in the past when they were alive. “We have assured party Co-chairman to stand his ground if he wants to put up a fight and he would find the rest of the party by his side,” Mukhtar said.

The party took notice of the recent hostile statements made by the Indian leadership and expressed concern that they were not conducive to making peace with honour in the region. The PPP resolved to support the military in operation Zarb-e-Azb and counter terror operations. The sacrifices and martyrs of the army, police and law enforcement forces were appreciated and recognized.

Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk

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