On the same page: National unity needed to secure future, says Sarwar
Says democracy is incomplete without local government.
LAHORE:
Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar said on Saturday that democracy was incomplete without local government.
He was speaking at a ceremony organised to express solidarity with those martyred in the Peshawar carnage. Sarwar said the nation should unite to secure the future of Pakistan. He said over 50,000 people had lost their lives in acts of terrorism. Sarwar said the time was ripe to rise above personal interests and unite for the sake of the nation. He said the entire nation was on the same page with regard to terrorism. Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq urged the government to confiscate illegal weapons nationwide and deposit them at the state armoury to eradicate terrorism. He exhorted the government to secure the life and property of citizens. Haq said a uniform education system should be introduced nationwide for the benefit of the underprivileged and to promote national unity. He said national unity and public order were the need of the hour.
Haq said the United States of America had engineered the rise of terrorism worldwide to win lucrative defence contracts. He said America had waged war against 16 Muslim countries. Haq said the people of Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan were the victims of the US. He said millions of them had lost their lives.
Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed also spoke on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2014.
Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar said on Saturday that democracy was incomplete without local government.
He was speaking at a ceremony organised to express solidarity with those martyred in the Peshawar carnage. Sarwar said the nation should unite to secure the future of Pakistan. He said over 50,000 people had lost their lives in acts of terrorism. Sarwar said the time was ripe to rise above personal interests and unite for the sake of the nation. He said the entire nation was on the same page with regard to terrorism. Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq urged the government to confiscate illegal weapons nationwide and deposit them at the state armoury to eradicate terrorism. He exhorted the government to secure the life and property of citizens. Haq said a uniform education system should be introduced nationwide for the benefit of the underprivileged and to promote national unity. He said national unity and public order were the need of the hour.
Haq said the United States of America had engineered the rise of terrorism worldwide to win lucrative defence contracts. He said America had waged war against 16 Muslim countries. Haq said the people of Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan were the victims of the US. He said millions of them had lost their lives.
Leader of Opposition in the Provincial Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed also spoke on the occasion.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 21st, 2014.