Unfulfilled promises behind crises, says Nawaz

“The day also demands us to show the same courage and spirit shown during the time of carrying out nuclear tests,” he said. He called upon the present government not to get intimidated by anyone for forming its own policy. He advised the PPP-led coalition government to take all political parties on board and to make people part of decision making process, saying only these were the weapons to foil any ulterior designs of doom-mongers working against the country on internal and international level.

Coming hard on the performance of the government, he said that seven months had gone but the good results could not be yielded. He said country would not have faced crisis, had President Asif Zardari fulfilled promises, acted upon the charter of democracy and judges had been reinstated under Murree Declaration. So much so “if our request to hold joint parliament session to evolve policy on war on terror and other treacherous problems five months back had not been turned down, situation would have been totally different,” he added.

Stating that better late than never, he said that thought by calling the joint session of parliament, PML-N’s suggestion had been accepted but if it could not be meaningful and result-oriented, peace could never prevail.

He announced to offer unconditional help to the government for its effort to control the situation despite the fact that PML-N was betrayed by PPP. He said, “We want to provide all sort of assistance to be required by the government.” He claimed that none of opposition in the past had dared to show such kind of open-heartedness and spirit as being demonstrated by the PML-N.

He praised the performance of Punjab government under the leadership of Shahbaz Sharif. He said the Punjab government had used all its resources to bring down the price of “roti”. However, he said that if the problems of wheat scarcity could not be resolved by central government, it would be very difficult for Punjab government to control the situation. He said that all roads to solution to problems led to good governance of the central government.