KOHAT, June 3: The acting president of the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz), Makhdoom Javed Hashmi, said on Monday that the PML-N and its allies had agreed not to compromise on the issue of the Legal Framework Order or the president’s uniform to salvage democracy and block the way of  military interventions forever.

Speaking at a public meeting, Mr Hashmi said the rulers would not be allowed to bargain with India over the nuclear issue after losing Kargil, Siachin and Dhaka, because it was against the wishes of the people and the Quaid-i-Azam’s dream of Pakistan as a strong Muslim country.

He said the military rulers had always compromised over the sovereignty of the country by allowing foreign powers to trifle with policies related to the national interest.

He said the situation was critical because the country’s sovereignty and Constitution were at stake.

He said that during the war in Afghanistan, United States planes made 57,800 sorties from Pakistani airbases, which was shameful for the nation.

He said all the major political parties had realized that the government was about to waste the sacrifices of leaders like former prime ministers Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who dared to make Pakistan the first Muslim state with nuclear capability. He said the days of the government were numbered and the nation would soon hear news in this regard.

The provincial president of the PML-N, Pir Sabir Shah, alleged that the government had resorted to unethical tactics by dividing the political parties, victimizing parliamentarians in Punjab and forcing the district Nazims in the NWFP to resign and said such acts would attract more criticism.

He said that it was a good omen that all the political parties had united to oust the unconstitutional and undemocratic government of Gen Pervez Musharraf.

The secretary-general of the Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy, NWFP chapter, Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, said parliament would remain incomplete unless Rafique Tarar replaced Gen Musharraf as the president.

He said the government claimed that the LFO was a non-issue for the general public but it had not dome anything to improve law and order, check joblessness, control price hike and restore democracy.

He said the government would have to adopt the legal and constitutional way if it wanted to get the LFO accepted.