KARACHI: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) will not support any change in the country through unconstitutional means because any change through conspiracies will not be in the interest of democracy.
Speaking at a press conference in a Sindh Assembly committee room on Tuesday, Sindh PPP president Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said there was no threat to democracy in the country.
In reply to questions about the Nov 2 lockdown of Islamabad planned by the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI), Mr Khuhro said it would not be an appropriate act.
He said that if [PTI chief] Imran Khan was waiting for the Article 58-2 (b) of the Constitution to be used in a situation feared to be created that day, he was wrong as the provision had been done away with.
In reply to another question, he said the PPP chairman had presented four demands to the federal government which included accountability of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on his own offer.
If the PPP demands were not met by Dec 27, the government would find itself in a fix, he warned.
He said the future of those parties was bleak whose leaders could not do any thing except for using inappropriate words for other politicians.
Answering another question, Mr Khuhro termed the latest terrorist attack in Quetta a conspiracy to fail the operation Zarb-i-Azb and National Action Plan.
Some people within the country were carrying out such attacks in collaboration with foreign forces, he said.
If there were any foreign elements involved in the attacks, they should understand that the people of Pakistan were united and prepared to meet all such challenges, he said.
He said whatever the enemies would do to destroy peace in Pakistan would not work and they [enemies] were destined for a defeat. He said the terrorist attack in Quetta was an act which must be condemned in strongest words.
Adviser to the CM on Information Maula Bux Chandio told reporters that the PTI would become another Q-League if it looked to the umpire’s finger. If any unconstitutional change occurred and democracy was derailed, the PTI would be equally responsible, he added.
At the press conference, Punjabi-Pakhtun Ittehad (PPI) chairman Mazhar Sheerazi along with his party colleagues announced their joining of the PPP.
Welcoming them to the PPP fold, Mr Khuhro said that his party’s doors were open to everyone, including those belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
Published in Dawn October 26th, 2016