Establishment always played anti-PPP role

Information and Broadcasting Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Wednesday that the role of establishment always remained against PPP in the elections in the past. While talking to the media, he said the anti democratic behaviour of the establishment resulted in the weakness of the democratic institution in Pakistan. He said that whenever the government of PPP came into power, it tried to hold free, fair and transparent elections. For this purpose, the appointment of Chief Election Commissioner was carried out through consensus after legislation for the first time in the history of the country, he added. “The office for members of election commission has been made constitutional for which the appointees took oath. These steps were necessary to maintain transparency in the electoral process. After that the crystal clear electoral rolls were prepared with the help of NADRA”, he added. He said that some leaders of PTI took the stance that they would not accept care taker setup if they were not consulted, but the constitution says that it is prerogative of prime minister and leader of the opposition to form care taker government. But PPP would also consult those parties which are not present in the parliament, he added. He said further that the drone attacks should be stopped at once because they were causing loss to the war against terrorism in Pakistan. The current wave of terrorism in Pakistan was very alarming, he said adding that, at this juncture, when Pakistan was there on many fronts, some anti Pakistan elements were airing terrorism, which would be at par with weakening the country.