KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari, in a public address here on Saturday, said the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) period of governance will be remembered for its service to people.
At the inauguration of Benazir Bhutto Apna Ghar housing scheme for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees here, he said: “We have to live in history, while others want to live in tomorrow’s headlines.” He added that his government would create a better country than what it had received.
“We are turning their (Bhuttos) words into action and we are not merely raising slogans as we are not political actors. We are making and saving Pakistan,” he said.
He said he would monitor the performance of the prime minister, ministers and government officials.
The president said housing facilities will be provided to every Pakistani and workers will get ownership in government entities. He added that PIA would be regularised and their salaries will be increased.
President Zardari said he was only fulfilling his duty by giving rights to workers of OGDCL (Oil and Gas Development Company Limited), PIA, Civil Aviation Authority and other organisations.
He said those who martyred Benazir Bhutto, do not understand that the legacy of Zulfikar Bhutto lives on in every PPP worker.
The president said he realised that people were facing the problems of price hike and unemployment. “We will fight those who killed our countrymen, stabilise democracy and give rights to everybody,” he said, adding that nations face challenges in their history and Sri Lanka fought for 40 years to get through difficult times.
The president stressed that nobody should be allowed to impose their views through the gun barrel and dictate their brand of Islam.
President Zardari urged people to work hard by following the motto of Quaid-e-Azam and help achieve goals of ending terrorism and alleviating poverty and unemployment.
“We are the citizens of this soil and our forefathers lived here. We have to save this land and secure the future of our children,” he said.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 26th, 2010.
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