Nawaz,Zardari meeting could be a message to the armed forces

Lahore: Secretary General, Jamaat e Islami, Liaqat Baloch, has said that the meeting between Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former President Zardari could be a message to the armed forces and also a part of the NRO.

Commenting on the meetings between the two sides, he said in a statement that contacts between political parties were not undesirable, however, secret contacts between the PML(N) and the PPP came to light on some occasions. He said that the PML(N) and the PPP actually wanted to maintain status quo, and might have met to reaffirm their stance in this respect.

Liaqat Baloch stressed that the democratic system must continue at every cost ad the armed forces had no right to take any supra constitutional step. He said all the political forces stood united for the protection of the democratic system.  He said the JI would continue its efforts for the protection of the democracy, the supremacy of the constitution and the enforcement of the Islamic order in the country.

However, he said, that the political parties coming into power in the name of democracy were themselves responsible for the weaknesses and insignificance  of democracy because when in power, they simply watched the  interests of the elite class while the poor masses were derived of even the right to live.

Liaqat Baloch said that in order to strengthen the democratic order, the elected governments must comply with the constitution, accept the supremacy of the judiciary and implement its decisions, abolish corruption and adopt concrete measures for the just distribution of resources of the country among all sections of the society.