ANP not to leave president, prime minister in lurch

Frontier Post

Senior ANP leader and Federal Minister for Railways Haji Ghulam Ahmed Bilour said Saturday evening that his party stood by President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani for thwarting conspiracies against the democratically elected government, saying “we are not the people who leaves their friends in lurch neither our forefathers taught us this lesson”.
He was addressing a meeting of the office bearers of ANP wards falling in PK-2 constituency at Yakka Toot area in interior city in connection with upcoming death anniversaries of Fakhr e Afghan, Baacha Khan and Rehber e Tehrik, Khan Abdul Wali Khan due for January 26 next.
Bilour said, “We are sailing in the same boat and if it sinks we all will sink but will never leave the friends in difficult times”.
“The President of ANP Asfandyar Wali Khan had given categorical assurance to the Prime Minister at a meeting of the allied partied called by him (PM) in Islamabad the other day that we are with you come what may”. He said that ANP “salutes” to President Asif Ali Zardari who gives a name to our province and rights over the provincial resources.
“How could we leave him when he needs us”, he explained.
He also substantiated his view point by recalling the dismissal of the PML-N Government when close friends of Nawaz Sharif had joined other political party that formed the next government leaving their mentor in lurch while the ANP members in protest resigned from the ministries.
Parliament is supreme institution as it reflected wishes and aspirations of the 180 million people of the country therefore, other state organs must pay respect and honor to it.
The government through its political wisdom averted the clash between the institutions which was seemed to be imminent during last few weeks.
We do not want any clash as it would put the future of democracy in danger. We have all regards and respect for the state institutions but we will never allow them to dictate their will on the government.
He claimed that all the politician in the country today were product of the dictatorship except the ANP which never supported any dictator whether it was Ayub Khan, Yahya Khan, Ziaul Haq or Pervez Musharraf.
The ANP has a long list of sacrifices for the cause of democracy since inception of the country.
He recalled that the ANP leaders in the past were dubbed as traitors, non-Muslim and agent of India and Russia etc but with the blessing of Allah Almighty all this propaganda proved wrong and today there was ANP government in the Khyber Pakhunkhwa.
Concluding, he appealed to the party workers and the people to participate in the death anniversary function at Tehmas Khan Stadium in large number.
The central leaders of ANP including Asfandyar Wali Khan will address the rally.
The meeting was also addressed Secretary Information ANP KP Malik Mustafa, President of ANP Peshawar City District Niaz Mohmand, General Secretary ANP City District Sartaj Khan, and President ANP PK-2 Nazir Baghi.