]ISLAMABAD: Co-chairman of Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari, while conceding the province of the Punjab to the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), has said that the National Security Council and the local governments are there to stay. He also did not rule out the role of the chief of the Army staff and the armed forces in the future set-up.
In a panel interview to the Jang Group of Newspapers here at the Zardari House, Asif Ali Zardari said his party did not favour confrontation with the institutions and said parliament must be strengthened to decide all the issues. “The National Security Council and local governments are also institutions, so the Pakistan People’s Party would not be in a hurry to send them packing. Rather, the formation and working of these institutions could be improved through discussions in parliament,” he said.
The panel of the Jang Group of Newspapers comprised Group Editor Jang Mahmood Sham, Editor The News, Islamabad, Salim Bukhari, Editor Jang Rana Tahir Mehmood, Magazine Editor, Jang, Rana Ghulam Qadir, Staff Reporter, Jang, Azhar Sayed, and Staff Reporter, The News, Asim Yasin.
Read between the lines. It is the joint parliament of PPP, PML (N) and ANP to decide this issue. This issue is beyond Zardari's reach. So chill my friend.
Whether Zardari agrees to that or not, we all know NSC is important and so is army, but army should NEVER take over any government.
Zardari has at least realised the importance of the Army (Pakistan's strongest institution) in the future set-up.
Army is not strong because of its sticking to basics or honesty or sincerity, rather the ammunition strength.
That will not have gone down well with Nawaz Sharif, who usually says the opposite on these issues. But then again Nawaz said he would never take part in elections under Musharraf, or let his party ministers take an oath from him. He conceded ground on those issues, and will probably do the same on the NSC and Army role as well in due time.
That will not have gone down well with Nawaz Sharif, who usually says the opposite on these issues. But then again Nawaz said he would never take part in elections under Musharraf, or let his party ministers take an oath from him. He conceded ground on those issues, and will probably do the same on the NSC and Army role as well in due time.
Baichara Nawaz Sharif has served his purpose and is now part of the coalition that will take oath from great President Musharaf. PPP and Zaradari know the ground realities and know that NSC and Pakistan's greatest institution (the Army) has a major role to play in the continued success of Pakistan.