 ISLAMABAD - Promising "good news soon" Yousuf Raza Gilani in his maiden address on state-run PTV, Yousuf Raza Gilani has said dictatorship is creating problems and sought support of the people to deal with challenges inherited by his government.
| Dictatorship creates problems? Brilliant, simply brilliant. |
Gilani underlined the urgency of tackling extremism and militancy by assuring the nation that the war on terror is Pakistan's war and foreign forces cannot operate on its territory. He said the militancy was making it difficult to run the affairs of the government but expressed confidence the government would overcome this problem.
He said the PPP-led coalition government would fulfil all its promises, including the restoration of sacked judges, controlling price-hike and loadshedding. He urged for patience to let his government overcome these challenges that were complicated by the misrule of past eight years.
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The premier's first speech was mismanaged and delayed for over three hours for inexplicable reasons except reports that PPP Co-chairman Asif Zardari was returning from Dubai. Again he was badly advised to read through teleprompter and, as was expected, he started faltering. The speech was then disrupted for couple of minutes and then he started reading from the written copy.
It was meant to defend his performance during first 100 days but Gilani mainly relied on sloganeering, epithets and dilated much time on mismanagement of economic, social, political and foreign affairs by the previous regime.
| When you don't have any accomplishments to point to, you blame someone -- anyone -- and call for the country to rally around you and your lack of accomplishments. |
The prime minister declared that his government would not allow any foreign country to operate from Pakistan against terrorists and said that Pakistani forces would do the job for which the international community has been taken into confidence. He said Pakistan was passing through a critical phase which demanded that, "we should not waste our time in levelling allegations against each other."
| Except when politically convenient for him to do so. |
He appealed to the nation to give time to the elected government to deliver specially in improving the deteriorating economic situation. |