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| October 07, 2006 | Saturday | Ramazan 13, 1427 |
No compromise on civilian rule, says Yousuf Gillani
ISLAMABAD, Oct 6: Senior Vice-Chairman of the PPP Parliamentarians and former speaker of the National Assembly Makhdoom Syed Yousuf Raza Gillani has said that the PPP wants complete transfer of power to civilian institutions and no compromise will be made on it.
“The PPP does not want power sharing, but a complete transfer of power to civilian institutions,” said Mr Gillani while speaking to newsmen at the party’s Central Secretariat after his release on bail from Adiyala Jail on Friday.
Earlier, Mr Gillani was brought to the PPP Central Secretariat in the form of a procession from the Adiyala Jail. As soon as he came out of the jail, the party activists started chanting slogans: ‘Jiye Bhutto’, ‘Wazir-i-Azam Benazir’ and ‘Jamhooriyat Zindabad’. They kept raising slogans till the procession reached the party office in Islamabad.
PPP president Makhdoom Amin Fahim, secretary general Raja Pervez Ashraf, information secretary Sherry Rehman, Jahangir Badar, MNAs Nayyar Bokhari, Zamarrud Khan, Imtiaz Safdar Warraich and others were also present on the occasion.
Mr Gillani said he had come out of the jail the day the judge of the accountability court, who had convicted him, was being retired.
He said more than 85 per cent cases, initiated by the NAB, had been dropped by the higher judiciary of the country.
Earlier, before leaving for Adiyala Jail to receive Mr Gillani, PPP president Makhdoom Amin Fahim told newsmen that that there was a complete understanding between the PPP and the PML-N on all issues and denied reports that the party was holding talks with the regime.
He said that he had satisfied PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif at a meeting in London that the PPP was not engaged in any dialogue with the government.
When asked about the criticism of the local PML-N leaders over the role of the PPP, Mr Fahim said they had also sought explanation from Nawaz Sharif over the reports that the PML-N was negotiating with the regime through Brig (retd) Niaz, a confidant of President General Pervez Musharraf.
He said the PPP was ready to resign from the assemblies if it could guarantee the ouster of Gen Musharraf. He said the PPP was ready to hold talks with opposition parties to finalise the time for submitting resignations from the assemblies.
To a question, he agreed that the government had succeeded, to some extent, in dividing the opposition.
He also denied that Mr Gillani’s release was a part of any deal with the regime. “I don’t think the government has any role in Mr Gillani’s release. However, if it is so, then timing is very good,” he added.
He also refuted the claim of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal that the PPP was creating hurdle in the formation of a grand opposition alliance.
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