PM Gilani confident that Army will not overthrow the government

PM Gilani confident that Army will not overthrow the government

Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani expressed that Army wants stability in the country and is in the support of democracy, therefore there is no chance that Army will act outside the constitutional limits and overthrow the government.

At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, PM Gilani said, “I don’t think there will be a coup in Pakistan ever. There is no threat to democracy.”

He further stated that no one in the country including the citizens of Pakistan wish for a military takeover, instead all of them are in the favour of democracy.

He proclaimed that currently, Pakistan’s parliament has complete authority and is not threatened by any institution. “We have a vibrant civil society, free media and an independent judiciary,” he added.

He also said that due to the current situation of Pak-US ties after the Nato attack on November 26, which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, the international media was strongly interested in the changes taking place in Islamabad.

Nevertheless, the Prime Minister stressed that Nato attack was a ‘turning point’, which damaged the relationship between both countries.

He said it was the Nato bombing, after which Pakistan’s Defence Committee decided to re-evaluate the terms of Pak-US ties and for a start, Nato supplies were blocked. After that, we asked for the evacuation of Shamsi air base and boycotted the Bonn Conference
in Afghanistan.

“In the light of recent events, we are reviewing our relations to build a long-term relationship on the basis of mutual respect, trust and interest,” Gilani said.

While responding to a question, PM Gilani told that former President Musharraf acted without earning the confidence of people. “If there is no support of the public no one can win a war,” he added.

In response to another question, Gilani told that Pakistan has paid a huge price for the peace and prosperity and was always against the “illegal and counter-productive” drone attacks. He also said that Pakistan had always passed its concerns over the drone
attacks to the United States.

While referring to a question relating to the presence of Osama Bin Ladin in Pakistan, Gilani called it a worldwide failure of international agencies.

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