HYDERABAD, Dec 24: The central president, Social Democratic Movement (SDM), Qaiser Bangali, said that no other system except democratic system could succeed in Pakistan, and added that any attempt to introduce any other system would harm the interests of the country.

He was speaking at a gathering at the Hyderabad press club on Sunday.

Answering a question about the definition of ‘nation’, Mr Bangali said it continued to change with the passage of time.

He said that he was against the allotment of land in Sindh to outsiders.

He pointed out that only one province in Pakistan had more than 50 per cent population, and added that the decision in the house should not be taken on the basis of population but on the basis of provinces.

He said that both Nawaz Sharif and Ms Benazir Bhutto took decisions outside the parliament to protect their own vested interests.

He said the failure of the two leaders should not be construed as the failure of the democratic system.

Severely criticizing the law enforcement agencies, he said their corruption had no parallel anywhere, and added that keeping in view the corruption of the law enforcement agencies, “Mr Zardari appeared to be an angel.”

CPP: The secretary-general of Communist Party of Pakistan, Comrade Maula Bux Khaskheli, and a central party leader, Comrade Imdad Kazi, have said that the extremist religious forces in India were creating war hysteria against Pakistan and added that this will prove very dangerous for both the countries and the people.

In a joint statement issued here on Monday, the CPP leaders expressed grave concern over the prevailing situation and said that if the people friendly forces were to rise against the fundamentalists, they could foil the designs of the extremist elements.

They said that the Kashmir issue could be resolved through dialogue by restoring peace in Kashmir.

They, however, said that the Kashmir issue had become a profitable business for the Jihadis and the people of both the countries had fallen prey to the fundamentalists.

They appealed to the democratic, progressive and peace loving forces of both the countries to perform their due role in stopping the confrontation.

They said that the people must be informed about the war hysteria, which was being created by the BJP, Shiv Sena and RSS in India and the religious extremist forces in Pakistan.

They warned that if the war hysteria was not stopped, the destruction in the region will be far greater than the second world war.