ALLHA TERA KARAM TERA LAKH LAKH SHUKAR
PPP Co Chairperson Thanks The Nation For Victory
AGAH TANVEER IQBAL
The newly elected President and Co-Chairperson Pakistan Peoples Party thanked the nation for electing him as the 12th President of the Pakistan by an overwhelming majority on Sept 6, 2008.
"In the name of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed, I humbly thank the people of Pakistan for their faith in me and for entrusting me with the responsibility to represent them at the highest office of the country. I pledge to carry forward the mission of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto for a democratic and progressive Pakistan. I bow my head before God and pray to him to give me the strength to deliver on the nation's expectations as I take this important responsibility."
Mr Zardari said that his election as a consensus President is the triumph of the ideals, policies and the principles of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto who was determined to turn Pakistan into a society with strong political and democratic structures "Today's peaceful election marks another step towards the transition to democracy that Shaheed Mohtarma was committed to. She strongly believed that a system advocating people's rule is the destiny of Pakistan and is worth every sacrifice. My election as the representative of the people of Pakistan is a demonstration that Mohtarma continues to live and rule from her grave in Garhi Khuda Baksh."
The PPP Co Chairperson said that the democratic process needs total commitment from all political forces. "Pakistan's democracy is being closely watched and there are arguments being made about its inability to hold. It's a challenge, not only for me and for the democratic forces, but also for the people of Pakistan. We have to prove wrong the perception that Pakistan and democracy cannot go together. I want to tell all those doubting our nation's commitment for a representative political order, that ours is the nation that has made the biggest sacrifices for the cause of democracy, ours is the nation that has looked dictatorship in its eyes and said: "Kitney Bhutto Maaro Gay, Har Ghar Sey Bhutto Niklay Ga," ours is the nation that braved the might of the state, yet fought on the streets for their right to determine their own destiny."
Mr Zardari said that it is these values that he has a responsibility to protect and uphold. "I make a pledge to the people of Pakistan that I will do what I have been tasked to do."
Mr Zardari said that he wishes to restore people's trust and faith in the office of the Presidency that, after a decade of non-democratic rule, has come to be seen as the centre of conspiracies against the nation. "I have been sent by the people of Pakistan to this Office to fix the imbalances in the system, bring peace into the country and unite all democratic forces to consolidate the political system so that any other option of governance never finds its way in our nation's life in the name of 'doctrine of necessity'."
The PPP Co Chairperson urged all democratic forces to come forward and support him in achieving the mission to bring complete democracy in Pakistan. "My presence in the Office represents the ideals that the nation wants its political leadership to implement. I need everybody's support for this objective. It's a historical opportunity for all political forces to change the future direction of the country. We must rise above Party lines to shut the doors on non-democratic forces, once and for all."
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Agha Tanveer Iqbal
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Pakistan Peoples Party
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