ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and PML-Q leaders Thursday vowed to continue cooperation and to mobilize public opinion against anti-democratic forces in the country.

A meeting at the PM House between the head of PML-Q Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain and Senior Minister Chaudhry Pervez Elahi in this respect agreed to “use their respective platforms to stand up against those contemplating to thwart the continuity of the democratic evolution in the country.”

A statement from the PM House said leaders of the coalition partners exchanged views on the current political situation in the country and expressed their unwavering commitment to strengthen democracy in the country.

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain said his party would continue to cooperate with Pakistan People's Party to strengthen the democratic process in the country and added that commitment in this regard would go much beyond.

The Prime Minister thanked PML-Q Chief Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Chaudhry Pervez Elahi, Sheikh Waqas Akram and Ahmad Yar Hiraj for their continuous support to the government.

The Prime Minister said it was heartening that the political leadership, civil society and media had criticized the idea of re-introduction of military courts as the only option to control heinous crime.

Military courts were alien to democracy and an independent judiciary was working within the ambit of Constitution, the Prime Minister maintained.