Resolution introduced in Pak Parliament seeking support for a resolution introduced in Pakistan's parliament on Friday sought support for the beleaguered government, currently facing its worst crisis since coming to power nearly four years ago due to a standoff with the judiciary and the military.
The resolution, moved by Awami National Party chief Asfandyar Wali Khan, sought the endorsement and support of parliament for "efforts made by the political leadership for strengthening democracy" and called for reposing "full confidence and trust" in the leadership.
The resolution was moved on the second day of a special session of the National Assembly or lower house of parliament that was convened by the Pakistan People's Party-led coalition to discuss the Supreme Court's warning that Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani could be disqualified if he failed to revive corruption cases against President Asif Ali Zardari.
TV news channels reported that the text of the resolution was changed at the insistence of the PPP's allies.
The original draft had sought support for the President and Prime Minister but this was replaced with the term "political leadership".
The original draft had spoken of a possible "confrontation" between state institutions but this was changed to include a sentence that said all state institutions must "strictly function" within constitutional limits.
The National Assembly is expected to vote on the resolution on Monday, when the apex court will resume hearing the case for reopening cases of alleged money laundering against Zardari in Switzerland.
On the same day, a Supreme Court-appointed commission will resume its proceedings on the alleged memo that had sought US help to stave off a feared coup in Pakistan after the killing of Osama bin Laden in May last year.
Save Dissent to Save Democracy THE rising instances of physical violence and threats against political opponents and the inability to accept dissent must raise huge concerns amongst all of us who see democracy as perhaps the really stellar achievement since Independence. AAP’s attack on BJP headquarters and acts of arson committed under the very noses of their elite leadership; the attacks on Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in Gujarat in the last two days; the recent manhandling of the caretaker of journalist Siddharth Varadarajan’s house by some garden variety thugs; and the violence and threats meted out regularly to their political opponents by political parties is surely deplorable and condemnable. This is a fatally flawed trend which will destroy the very foundations of our democratic institutions if not pushed back with all the strength and condemnation that the civil society can mobilise. Replaying the past To begin with, it must be clarified that we should ...
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