LAHORE, Dec 16: The PML-N observed the anniversary of the fall of Dhaka on Tuesday with the pledge that the party would resist all steps and policies harmful to the integrity of the country.

The party organized a seminar at the Lahore Press Club where a resolution was adopted, claiming that the country again faced a 1971-like situation. It warned that fusing the LFO with the constitution by any means would be tragic.

The insistence of the rulers to disfigure the constitution, the resolution said, had confronted the country with a difficult situation.

Zulfiqar Khosa, Begum Tehmina Daultana, Khwaja Saad Rafiq, Pir Binyamin, Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor and ARD SVP Mansoor Khan were among the speakers.

Another resolution said the unilateral ceasefire by the Pakistan government had encouraged India to go for LoC fencing. It held the rulers responsible for the stepped up state terrorism in occupied Kashmir following the ceasefire.

The resolution said the decision taken without parliament’s approval was against the national aspirations and defence needs.

Another resolution said the party was in favour of good relations between Pakistan and India but would never accept Indian hegemony. It rejected allegation that Pakistan was fighting its proxy war in occupied Kashmir.

The resolution said the UN resolutions offered the best solution of the Kashmir dispute.

The banishment of the Sharif family to Saudi Arabia was condemned through another resolution, which also called upon the government to unconditionally allow the exiled family to return home.

The resolution said the government’s refusal to renew Mian Nawaz Sharif’s passport amounted to violation of his fundamental rights. It praised the deposed prime minister for making Pakistan a nuclear power.

Another resolution said the arrest of PML-N acting president Javed Hashmi and others was a fascist act and all allegations against them were unfounded. The resolution demanded their immediate release.

The speakers urged the MMA leaders not to join hands with the government in making the LFO a part of the constitution. They said the LFO was against the very spirit of the constitution and thus even parliament was not competent to approve it.

Some of the speakers reminded the MMA leaders the commitments they had made to the nation that they would never accept Gen Musharraf as president nor endorse the LFO.