KARACHI - Former president and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) co-chairman, Asif Ali Zardari said he would save democracy with the help of political leaders.
Soon after his arrival in the country, he started contacting politicians and discussed the current situation with them. He also met with the party leaders and discussed options of coming out of the current political crises.
Zardari also telephoned the political leaders including JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party’s chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai and Jamaat-e-Islami’s chief Sirajul Haq on Friday and discussed the current political situation to save the democracy.
Besides Zardari, PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met with senior party colleagues to discuss the current political situation in Pakistan.
PPP’s opposition leader in National Assembly, Khurshid Shah, former interior minister Rehman Malik, Raza Rabbani and other leaders of the party briefed the former president about their efforts and contacts with the other leaders.
Zardari also accepted the lunch invitation by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on Saturday (today). The lunch would also be attended by the party leaders including Khurshid Shah; leader of the Opposition in Senate, Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan and Senator Raza Rabbani.
Meanwhile, after discussion on the subject with the party leaders, he reiterated that the current political crisis should be addressed through dialogue and within the framework of the Constitution.
The PPP leaders observed that any unconstitutional path taken to resolve the current situation would be detrimental to the future of democracy and the stability of Pakistan.
Zardari noted with concern that instead of focusing on providing relief to millions of North Waziristan IDPs, both the provincial and federal governments had entangled themselves and Pakistan in a protracted dispute that was eminently avoidable. The party members said long overdue electoral reforms be taken up by the parliamentary committee after broad consultation.