Government wants justice from judiciary
Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the blame of the national institutions have increased after the passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment. He added that instead of personality, the national institution should be strengthened.
Gilani, according to Online, said that they expected justice from the judiciary, similarly the provincial and district level governments should ensure the completion of the 18th Amendment to make bigger its benefits to the masses.
“Every institution has to perform within its set parameters, the judiciary’s blame is to dispense justice and the responsibility of the federal government is to give out good policies so as to bring about good governance in the country,” stated the prime minister while chatting to media persons here at the CM’s Secretariat on Mondaypolicies so as to bring about good supremacy in the country”, stated the prime minister while talking to the media persons here at the CM Secretariat on Monday with the Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani and others in attendance.
He said that it was the responsibility of each and every organization to work within their parameter and said the 18th amendment should be implemented. In order to ensure the implementation (on the 18th amendment), he would be meeting the chief ministers of all the provinces.
He also said that we admiration the Supreme Court, and wanted to put into practice its judgments and would do it as well. He said that we want building of the national institutions and are on the course of doing that.
To another query, he said that theirs’ is a coalition government in the federation and a Core Committee formed comprising the parliamentary leaders and representatives got resolved different national level issue confronting the country.
Earlier, in their meeting with the prime minister, the members of the local cabinet sought his effective role for solution to the issue of missing persons of the province. They also demanded of the prime minister a relief package for the affectees of the Phet cyclone in the coastal areas of the province. The prime minister came out with a positive assurance on the issues.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gilani said that there was a trust deficit between the centre and the people of the province causing hitch in pacifying the situation in Balochistan, for we would do every thing possible to overcome that (trust deficit) by compensating the highhandedness meted out with the region in the past. “We will restore the trust of the people of the province and do some practical work to resolve their problems first”, he assert.
Also present on the occasion were the Governor Balochistan, Nawab Zulfiqar Ali Magsi, Chief Minister Nawab Muhammad Aslam Raisani, Federal Minister Mir Humayun Aziz Kurd, provincial ministers and others. The prime minister was accorded warm welcome upon his arrival in the provincial conurbation. Soon after his arrival, he drove to the Quetta Cantonment where he address the graduated officers at the Command and Staff College.
In his address the prime minister said that he was fully aware of the sensitivity of the Balochistan issue and would do every thing possible to calm down the prevailing situation. He added that we have to do some sensible for the province first to remove the trust deficit.
To a question, he said that he personally didn’t like the word “Package” for Balochistan nor he wanted to use that word, and believed that the province should get what’s its rights were. He said that his government would do every thing possible for relief and treatment of the people of those areas exaggerated due to the tropical cyclone Phet in the coastal areas of the province.
The prime minister said that he believed in the provincial autonomy and as such the provinces would be given their due rights. He said that the Balochistan youth would be provided jobs as the process of employ them has already been started under the Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan Package. He announced that 5,000 without a job youth of the province would get their appointment letters within a week span.
He said that the people of Balochistan would be accommodated in the federal departments, corporations and other national institutions. Responding to a question about the law and order state of affairs in the province, he said that the law and order was a provincial subject, however, a joint course of action would be adopted to bring development in the province.
He said that it was the responsibility of the government to provide protection to the life and property of the masses in the country and in this regard, he would hold meetings with the provincial ministers.
Referring the issues of the province, he said that he would be visiting Quetta soon and would stay here for a couple of days even and visit the remote areas of the province to get him familiar about their problems.
To another query about his meeting with the veteran Baloch nationalist leader and former Chief Minister Balochistan, Sardar Attaullah Mengal, the prime minister said that his meeting with the elderly official was a positive one, and added that now we have to do something to build trust of the people of the province and then the matter would move ahead. He also said that we have to remove the trust deficit first.
During the meeting with Sardar Attaullah Mengal, PM said that the issue of missing persons of the province had also been taken up, and he added that a Judicial Committee had already been shaped to sort out the issue. He said that he had sought a report from the chief secretary about the issue as well.
APP adds: Prime Minister Gilani called for a composite conversation between Pakistan and India to resolve disputes including Jammu and Kashmir, water and terrorism issues.“Pakistan seeks negotiated and peaceful resolution of all disputes with India,” he said. He maintained that Indian management has also agreed to initiate composite dialogue on all controversial issues between the two countries.
“Pakistan wants peaceful relations with the neighbouring countries including Afghanistan, Iran and India. India should sit with us to initiate dialogue to resolve all important issues counting Jammu and Kashmir, water dispute and terrorism,” Gilani said.
