President Mamnoon Hussain said continuity of democracy is important for the country’s progress and stressed that all state institutions must work within the ambit of Constitution.
“Democracy and the sovereignty of law and Constitution is the present and future of Pakistan,” Mamnoon said in his address to the joint sitting of the National Assembly and Senate, here at the Parliament House.
He said democracy was not about pursuing confrontation, conflict and revenge but it promoted affinity, tolerance, forgiveness and mutual cooperation.
“Democracy is about respecting the majority, preferring national institutions over personalities and prioritizing national interests over political interests.”
The President in his constitutionally mandated address congratulated the two Houses of the parliament upon the completion of the parliament’s first year.
