KOHAT, Aug 22: Saleem Saifullah Khan, provincial president of Pakistan Muslim League (Q) has stressed the need of better understanding between the politicians and the armed forces fearing that any friction at this stage will weaken Pakistan.

Speaking at a meeting at the house of Seth Gohar Saifullah Khan, PML-Q candidate for PF-38, on Tuesday, Saleem Saifullah Khan said that his party was not a government-sponsored party but they were helping the government to transfer power to the democratically elected parliament in a peaceful manner.

He regretted that those politicians who were criticizing president  Musharraf  today were responsible  for  creating circumstances where it had become necessary for the army to topple a civilian government to save the country from isolation, bankruptcy and war.

He praised the policies of president Musharraf who intervened at a time when the tussle between Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League (N) had pushed the country to the brink of disaster. He blamed Nawaz Sharif and Benazir Bhutto for looting  the country and pursuing the policies of  vested interests.

He brushed aside the apprehensions of politicians that the polls might be rigged and said that more than 100 representatives from the European Union would be monitoring the whole process.

Iftikhar Hussain Gilani, former federal law minister in his speech warned the nation about the evil designs of the Indo- Zionist lobby which wanted to destabilize Pakistan.

He said prime minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee’s statement that his armed forces would remain on borders till October was a clear proof of BJP policies.

He hoped that the policies of the government would bring about revolution in the society, make the country stronger both from economic and defence point of view.

He said his party was for a prospering Pakistan for which they were ready to render every sacrifice.