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President Asif Ali Zardari has announced major legal and political reforms in the Tribal Areas to extricate them from a century of bondage and subservience and usher them into mainstream of national life describing it as a gift to the nation and the tribal people on the Nations 63rd Independence Day. This announcement came during a celebration gathering hosted in Presidency to mark 63rd Independence Day. He said Pakistans future lies in democracy and every Pakistani has a right and duty to nurture democratic values. The president said Quaid-e-Azam succeeded in gaining an Islamic country through a democratic struggle. Democracy gave Pakistan and democracy saved Pakistan and now all citizens can live in this country with honour, he said adding the nation should be thankful for a free and democratic Pakistan.
