Summary Qamar Zaman Kaira has said that the restructuring of EC was not possible constitutionally.
Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira Friday said the Election Commission’s (EC) restructuring was not possible constitutionally.
Addressing a silver jubilee function of the Sheikhupura Press Club, he said all decisions in the country would be made with people’s votes. He said the PPP was the party which always endeavoured for strengthening of institutions.
“The PPP not only revives the Constitution in its original shape but also renders colossal sacrifices for democracy in the country,” he said. The government, he added, was firm to hold on time elections in a free, fair and transparent manner.
He said elements perturbed over the Benazir Income Support programme. He said former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto had named Sheikhpura as mini Larkana. He said the PPP believed in provincial autonomy and it had transferred powers to the provinces.
Criticising the Punjab government, the information minister said entire development funds were diverted to Lahore city.
He said projects which were initiated in Punjab were undertaken with funds provided by the central government.
The minister said Nawaz Sharif was pursuing a policy of reconciliation while Shahbaz Sharif and Chaudhry Nisar were against it. The reconcilation policy of Nawaz Sharif could bring about political stability in the country, he added.
Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said the government had faced the biggest issue of terrorism upon which it had overcome up to a greater extend.
Kaira said the PPP-led government inherited the loadshedding issue from its predecessors. He said power projects initiated by the present government would provide ample electricity to the consumers.
About caretaker set-up, the minister said a procedure had been defined in the Constitution and interim government would not be formed at will of any body.
Later, the minister distributed shields among office-bearers of the Sheikhupura Press Club.
