ISLAMABAD:
As the National Assembly continued its debate on the budget, veteran
politician Mahmood Khan Achakzai on Thursday called upon Prime Minister
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and Chief of the Army Staff General Raheel Sharif
to be on the same page for the cause of democracy as the democratic
set-up in the country was facing severe threats.
“The two Sharifs — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and General Raheel Sharif — should give a message that they are one for continuation of the democratic system in the country,” Mahmood Khan Achakzai of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) said.
He suggested to the government to convene a joint sitting of parliament or the All Parties
Conference (APC) to develop a joint and comprehensive strategy to deal with the threats to the democracy and democratic dispensation in the country.
Saying that the democracy was under threat in Pakistan, Achakzai asked the establishment not to interfere in the democratic process. “We will respect the establishment if they do not interfere in the democratic process,” he said.
He said there should be a joint commission comprising judges, politicians and media to save democracy. He also asked the government to convene joint sitting of Parliament to address the threats being faced by the democratic process.
He said if he were the prime minister of the country, he would have sent Tahirul Qadri back to Canada.He said that democracy itself was a big power and it was because of it that sons and grandsons of dictators were sitting in Parliament.
Achakzai said the United States should be told that its military and economic aid to Pakistan should be linked with democracy in the country.He also asked the leadership of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) to play their due role in saving the democratic system.
He suggested to PTI chief Imran Khan to demonstrate good governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and provide good education and inexpensive justice to the people of the province. “He is holding public meeting here and there. What politics is this,” he said.
Sahibzada Tariqullah of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) urged the government to take steps for the uplift of the backward areas and provide modern education and health facilities there.
Marvi Memon said the opposition had declared the budget as product of IMF advice and pro-wealthy but the budgetary measures announced by the present government had belied this impression. She pointed out that GDP growth rate during the last five years was 3 percent but it increased to 4.1 percent this year.
She also challenged claims of the opposition members that the budget was anti-poor.Shazia Mari criticised the budgetary proposals and said the taxation measures announced by the government would add to the difficulties of the poor. She was of the view that budgetary allocations for the provinces were on the decline.
Maulana Amir Zaman of JUI-F said Pakistan is an Islamic Republic but its economic is revolving around interest which is not permissible. He said recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology should be implemented
Syed Asif Hasnain said MQM has been presenting shadow budget with a view to recommending proposals to make the budget people-oriented but these have not been given any importance. He said the people are suffering from hunger, disease and ignorance and the budget should have priority allocations for these areas.
“The two Sharifs — Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and General Raheel Sharif — should give a message that they are one for continuation of the democratic system in the country,” Mahmood Khan Achakzai of the Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) said.
He suggested to the government to convene a joint sitting of parliament or the All Parties
Conference (APC) to develop a joint and comprehensive strategy to deal with the threats to the democracy and democratic dispensation in the country.
Saying that the democracy was under threat in Pakistan, Achakzai asked the establishment not to interfere in the democratic process. “We will respect the establishment if they do not interfere in the democratic process,” he said.
He said there should be a joint commission comprising judges, politicians and media to save democracy. He also asked the government to convene joint sitting of Parliament to address the threats being faced by the democratic process.
He said if he were the prime minister of the country, he would have sent Tahirul Qadri back to Canada.He said that democracy itself was a big power and it was because of it that sons and grandsons of dictators were sitting in Parliament.
Achakzai said the United States should be told that its military and economic aid to Pakistan should be linked with democracy in the country.He also asked the leadership of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) to play their due role in saving the democratic system.
He suggested to PTI chief Imran Khan to demonstrate good governance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and provide good education and inexpensive justice to the people of the province. “He is holding public meeting here and there. What politics is this,” he said.
Sahibzada Tariqullah of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) urged the government to take steps for the uplift of the backward areas and provide modern education and health facilities there.
Marvi Memon said the opposition had declared the budget as product of IMF advice and pro-wealthy but the budgetary measures announced by the present government had belied this impression. She pointed out that GDP growth rate during the last five years was 3 percent but it increased to 4.1 percent this year.
She also challenged claims of the opposition members that the budget was anti-poor.Shazia Mari criticised the budgetary proposals and said the taxation measures announced by the government would add to the difficulties of the poor. She was of the view that budgetary allocations for the provinces were on the decline.
Maulana Amir Zaman of JUI-F said Pakistan is an Islamic Republic but its economic is revolving around interest which is not permissible. He said recommendations of the Council of Islamic Ideology should be implemented
Syed Asif Hasnain said MQM has been presenting shadow budget with a view to recommending proposals to make the budget people-oriented but these have not been given any importance. He said the people are suffering from hunger, disease and ignorance and the budget should have priority allocations for these areas.
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