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Monday, November 21, 2011
Nation united against every challenge: PM
* Gilani says APC resolution is a message to world that nation is united in safeguarding its national security and integrity
LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Sunday that the people of Pakistan, their democratic government and armed forces stood united while defending the country’s independence and sovereignty and would not hesitate to render any sacrifice for this great task.
Talking to APP, the prime minister said that the resolution of the All Parties Conference (APC) was a clear-cut message to the world that the nation was united in safeguarding Pakistan’s national security and integrity.
“Political differences can be put aside without slightest hesitation in case national sovereignty is threatened,” Gilani said.
He said the National Assembly speaker had already constituted a representative committee of the House, mandated to monitor the implementation of the resolution.
The prime minster said that the resolution stipulated that peace should be given a chance and that negotiations should be held with militants in order to persuade them to join the peace process by renouncing violence.
The prime minister also claimed that the nation stood together and that the credit went to the democratic government for taking ownership of the war on terror by taking the people of the country along. The people of Pakistan were determined to defeat terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, he added.
Gilani said, “No one should doubt our intentions against terrorism because the Pakistani nation and its economy had suffered the most and were still facing the major brunt of terrorism as a frontline state.” The prime minister said that the government had already embarked upon “Karvan -e-Tameer” and that he would visit each constituency from Khyber to Karachi to inaugurate the unprecedented number of development projects. app
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk