Parliamentarians urge to forge unity to cope with current challenges

ISLAMABAD, Aug 14 (APP): The lawmakers in the National Assembly on Saturday urged to forge unity to cope with current challenges and move forward for a bright future of Pakistan by reviewing the past mistakes.
Taking part in debate in the National Assembly (NA), held in connection with the 75th anniversary of Pakistan, Defense Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif felicitated Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf for organizing a three-day Diamond Jubilee celebration of the first Constituent Assembly.
He said a series of conventions and events of diamond jubilee were participated by non-Muslim Pakistanis and people from all walks of life which were highly commendable.
He said today, we were celebrating 75 years of independence, however, we should ensure self-accountability to analyse what we had lost and achieved during the period.
The minister said the democratic governments and parliaments were dissolve in past due to undue intervention in their affairs adding obstacles were created in the working of Parliament which was supposed to play its actual role.
He said it was a good omen that there was consistency in the democratic process of the Parliament since 2008. “If we make comparison of the 75 years, there was despondency and division, despite that people are in love with Pakistan”, he added.
He said we were elected representatives of 220 million people and it was our mandate to lead the people, adding the way Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf had governed the country in the last four years, it had destroyed the political culture badly.
“Politician should do politics with the support of masses and their votes,” he said, adding we should respect all the institutions as per Constitution.
He said a person who had no political status, used a language which was never used by any other political leader throughout the political history.