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Ready to meet Zardari for result-oriented talks: Nawaz
 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday he was ready for a meeting with President Asif Ali Zardari, Nawaz but it should be result-oriented and have a clear agenda. Talking to reporters after a meeting of the PML-N, Nawaz ruled out any serious threat to the current democratic system.There is no threat to the system. If there is any threat, it will be from undemocratic moves. We will support the democratic process and the constitution, he said. Nawaz reassured his partys conditional support to the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government provided it implemented the Charter of Democracy (CoD), abolished the 17th Amendment, followed the Supreme Courts verdict on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in letter and spirit and ensured good governance. Nawaz complained about what he saw as the governments lack of will to do away with the 17th Amendment and reneging on promises. On the issue of resignations of NRO beneficiary ministers, he said, The government itself should have secluded the beneficiary ministers until they cleared themselves of all charges. We want to support the democratic system but that does not mean we exonerate those who committed corruption. We will not compromise on anything which is extra-constitutional. This is our principled stance and we wont deviate from it, he added. The PML-N chief reiterated his partys demand for scrapping the 17th Amendment and said the government had complicated the matter by linking it with a comprehensive constitutional package being formulated by the Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Reforms. It was an easy matter. The government complicated it by bringing other things under this ambit Now there are issues of the provinces demands, he said referring to impediments being faced by the reforms committee in completing the task of coming up with a consensus package. Posted by: Steve White 2009-12-27 |
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