ISLAMABAD, May 29: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has blamed an ‘unholy alliance’ in the military leadership and a class of politicians, bureaucrats and affluent members of the civil society for the gloomy state of affairs in the country.
“This deadly alliance has not allowed the people of Pakistan to establish and consolidate a democratic structure,” the prime minister said at the National Defence University (NDU) on Thursday.
He said the country was facing serious challenges on national as well as international fronts because of lack of respect for the Constitution, parliament, democratic norms, rule of law, independence of the judiciary and free and responsible media.
Mr Gilani said the nation had to pay a high price for frequent military forays into politics. The price was enormous and it was also paid by all stakeholders of the state.
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The prime minister said the government would not let down the expectations of the masses who had given a clear mandate in favour of the democratic forces. The country would see a change in the system and improvement in the standard of living of the people.
He said Pakistan was facing several challenges related to food, energy and water security, population growth, infrastructure, knowledge and skill deficiencies, unemployment, resource constraints, research and development inadequacy, sectarianism and ethnicity, extremism and terrorism.
He stressed that the only course available to overcome the challenges was adherence to the democratic process and it must be allowed to function on a sustained basis.
source, The Dawn:
http://www.dawn.com/2008/05/30/top2.htm
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