Long gone are days when dictators used to take over country: Khurshid

13 Nov, 2015

Senior leader of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly (NA), Syed Khurshid Shah has said that long gone are the days when dictators could take over the country. Talking to media persons here on Thursday, Khurshid Shah said that all national institutions must work within their ambits as enshrined in the constitution. He said all institutions needed to improve their performance to take the country out of prevailing crises.
Commenting on the PTI chief Imran Khan's rigging allegations, he said that PTI has become habitual of raising a hue and cry over alleged rigging after every election. The Opposition Leader said that Imran Khan was non-serious and still immature in politics.
Khurshid Shah expressed reservations over the statement of ISPR and said that it had stirred speculations that government and Pakistan Army were not on the same page. He said that Pakistan was in the grip of multifaceted crises, including terrorism, and all national institutions needed to bring about betterment in their performance besides making joint efforts to take the country out of the prevailing situation.
The PPP leader said that the present system needed to be run uninterruptedly. He stressed the need for supremacy of democracy and the parliament and said that it was the only guarantee for development and progress of any country.

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