Islamabad, Oct. 26 (TNS): Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal has said that attempts to derail democracy can prove detrimental for Pakistan.
“It was only once in 66 years that the government completed its tenure,” Iqbal told journalists in Islamabad on Thursday.
“The current government of PML-N completing its tenure will help portray Pakistan’s positive in the world, he said, adding that “an uneven democracy will led the world to say that the country does not have stability”.
Political stability, he said, has the role that of oxygen in a country’s development. “We need to prepare ourselves as a nation for the 21st century and take democracy forward,” Iqbal said.
Similarly, he said, the government wanted that the next elections in 2018 should be held in a free, fair and transparent manner, adding Election law was passed and now work was continuing for delimitation of constituencies according to the latest census.
The Minister said present government has completed more than four years and emphasized the need to further strengthen democratic culture, so that it could be shown that second time a democratic government completed its five-year term.
The Minister said the journey to progress would continue and efforts were being made to make Pakistan economically strong and stable, describing politically stability as “oxygen for development and prosperity”.
He said good economic policies were like seeds which only grow and germinate in a suitable environment. The Minister lamented that a particular segment of opposition parties was in the habit of finding faults with the progress which the government made during last four years and was spreading disappointment in the country.
He said that PML-N won the general election of 2013 on the promise of development and it fulfilled its commitment, ending terrorism and energy shortages to a larger extent.
The minister said that in 2013 Pakistan was considered the most dangerous country of the world due to terrorism and deteriorating law and order, but with Nawaz Sharif’s efforts the country has become safe and secure.
