ISLAMABAD, May 19: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has welcomed the National Democratic Institute (NDI) call urging General Musharraf to separate the offices of President and Army Chief he was holding currently.

In a statement on Saturday, PPP vice-chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim said that it was reassuring that international institutions like the NDI were now demanding restoration of genuine democracy in the country and also identified the measures necessary for this purpose.

He said that the PPP and other democratic parties’ formulas for restoration of democracy were gaining international acceptance which was a good thing.

The nine-page report and recommendations of the NDI delegation included an assessment of the country’s political situation, the legal framework for the forthcoming general elections, issues in the rule of law, the Election Commission and domestic election monitoring and international observance and other related issues.