Former president Asif Ali Zardari on Friday met Jamaat Islami (JI) chief Sirajul Haq at Mansoora and exchanged views over the ongoing political situation.
Talking to media in Mansora, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Sirajul Haq said that democracy is a blessing but its favourable impacts were not being transferred to the masses.
Haq argued that staging peaceful sit-ins was the democratic right of everyone, but it was time to think about the country’s future.
The JI chief said that had the government taken everyone in to confidence, the present crises would not have arisen.
Haq said “Parties have a responsibility to save all four provinces. Rejecting political norms, we need to embrace a new democratic, political culture.”
Endorsing Siraj’s response, PPP co-chairman said that Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) only has one agenda which is to unite all political forces. He vowed to meet all political figures of Pakistan “so that no one could harm Pakistan”.
Former president Asif Ali Zardari also called for taking all political forces into confidence, and vowing to continue the PPP’s policy of reconciliation and dialogue.
“The world is changing and we need to change as well,” he said. “It’s better to change ourselves before the enemy strikes.”
“Nothing can be achieved in isolation,” Zardari said. “We have to think constructively about sitting together, collectively.”
Criticising the protesting parties, Zardari said those who were holding rallies had their own vested interests at heart, not solutions to problem’s of the people.
