Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has pressed President General Pervez Musharraf to accept the letter written by civil society representatives with open heart and honourably.
A group of retired generals, sitting and former parliamentarians and academics have written a letter to President Musharraf and called for disengagement of military from political power by separating the offices of the president and army chief.
Speaking about the letter, PML-N Central Information Secretary Ahsan Iqbal has said that it was an ample proof of the fact that people of Pakistan are sick of present political set-up in the country.
"The idea of a uniformed President has lost its charm. Moreover, it is not comparative with the national interest," said the PML leader in a statement issued here on Sunday.
He said that the emerging political situation in the region and country's internal chaos were posing a potential threat to its integrity, which can be ensured when internal disarray was brought to an end through a political unity.
"This is only possible when a national consensus government is brought in to hold free, fair and transparent elections to ensure a democratically elected and true public representative government," he added.
The letter addressing President Pervez Musharraf by a civil society forum demanded of the President to separate both of his occupied offices, in wake of free, fair elections in the country and political stabilisation of Pakistan.
Ahsan Iqbal feared that emerging regional threats and Pakistan's internal security situation were leading the country towards disintegration.
He said present government's business was running on the committee room briefings, which reflect Pakistan as a prosperous and economically stabilised country.
"These briefings may be reflecting the situation inside the Presidency and the Prime Minister House, but have no link with the miserable state of the poor of Pakistan," he added.
"General Musharraf's aggregate economic figures often confuse the public because they were far away from the reality on the ground," he said and added that President Musharraf during his latest speech put an average mobile phone price, used by the 300 million cell phone users, at Rs 10,000.
"This price is acceptable if mobile phones used within Presidency, PM House and by the parliamentarians are considered. But, Mobile phones used by common public are worth Rs 800 to Rs 2,000 only," he added.
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