KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday said that the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would play the role of a responsible opposition in Punjab and it would not destabilise the provincial government.

Presidential Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar quoted the president as saying during a telephonic address from Bilawal House to the Punjab PPP’s MPs.

He said that the president advised the MPs to perform their duties as responsible and critical opposition but not allow themselves to be provoked into saying or doing anything that militated against the spirit of democracy.

Zardari said that the party has a long history of fighting against dictatorship and democracy had been restored in the country after huge sacrifices by the people of Pakistan.

“The hard earned democracy must not be allowed to be weakened,” he added.