PM telephones Nawaz Asfand, discusses political situation
The PM has discussed present political situation with Nawaz Sharif and Asfandyar Wali Khan.
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf telephoned PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif and ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan on Friday.
The PM and the PML-N chief agreed that democracy was the way forward and the people of Pakistan would not allow any attempt to derail the democratic process in the country.
Mian Nawaz Sharif said that Pakistan had lived with the horrors of so-called slogans of revolutions and long marches. He said that the best way to ascertain the people s wishes was through ballot.
The Prime Minister said that restoration of democracy owed itself to arduous struggle of political forces in the country. He said that the system needed continuity to evolve. He said that it was sign of political maturity that all political forces were on the same page as for as need for continuity of democratic system was concerned.
The PM said that the government was committed to the holding of fair‚ free and transparent elections in the country as per law and Constitution. He assured Mian Nawaz Sharif that all necessary steps would be taken to achieve this objective.
Meanwhile, the PM also telephoned ANP chief Asfandyar Wali Khan and discussed with him the present political situation in the country.
