Muttahida Quami Movement chief Altaf Hussain. PHOTO: PID/FILE
In a statement issued to media on Sunday, the MQM chief said the country was facing internal divide rather than an external threat. He urged the PM to immediately intervene to address the existing chaos, by appearing in the National Assembly and Senate or calling an All Parties Conference.
“I repeat it again and again that [as] Nawaz Sharif is holding one of the most important offices, i.e., that of prime minister, he should act according to his stature and [fulfill] his responsibility. He should not abandon his people at this juncture and should come forward to lead them,” Altaf said.
He requested the premier to bring an end to the ‘cold war’ among institutions, adding that Pakistan had attained democracy after great sacrifices ‘and all of us will be responsible if, God forbid, anything bad happens to democracy’.
“Our country is already propped up on very weak crutches. At this time, there is an utmost need for national consensus, unity and harmony among institutions,” he added.
He hoped that the PM and his aides would consider his ‘suggestions’ on urgent basis and would play his role in bringing the country out of the existing crisis as ‘one of the most responsible officials of the country and head of the ruling party’.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 28th, 2014.
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In Pakistan, personages stress their elevated status more than institutions. Little do we remember that institutions live on whereas humans lose their effect. This is the truth of time and is unalterable. On the flip side our Assembly is ineffective because the majority of members are rubber stamps and 'yes-men' with no intelligent discussions on bills. So, calling an APC is pointless because nothing but 'yawns' and 'sighs' resound the meeting. Only a joint house meeting will do. Salams