Co-Chairman Pakistan People’s Party and former president Asif Ali Zardari has warmly welcomed the power sharing agreement for carving out a unity government in Afghanistan as ‘crossing a milestone by Afghanistan in the journey along the road to enter a new era.’
Senator Farhatullah Babar, Spokesperson of Asif Ali Zardari, said that the former president described the unity government agreement in Afghanistan as a “landmark development that raised the hopes of peace and development not only in that country but also in the neighboring regions.”
Paying tributes to Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah the former president said that the agreement demonstrated that the arch rivals for political power in Afghanistan possessed the wisdom and patriotism to rise above their personal ambitions for the sake of the country. “Both have demonstrated that they possess the extraordinary statesmanship needed to make the democratic transition peaceful and orderly for their people,” he said.
Asif Zardari said that the journey along the bumpy democratic road was a challenging. “It requires patience, tolerance, accommodation and reconciliation to overcome the humps that inevitably lies in the way,” he said.
The former president said that the agreement on unity government in Afghanistan at this critical time was a moment of celebration and rejoicing by all those who believed in reconciliation, tolerance and accommodation as essential elements of democratic transition. “There are lessons in Afghanistan’s ability to put behind the bitterness generated by contentious elections in the country and to continue the forward march,” he added.
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