Secretary General of Pakistan People’s Party, Senator Taj Haider, in a press statement issued today, has cautioned that those who were demanding postponement of General Elections were demoralising the entire nation and encouraging and emboldening the handful of person who were indulging in heinous terrorist acts. This Nation, its Constitution and its democratic system could not be held hostage by small terrorist groups.
Democracy and Terrorism cannot co-exist. The Government of Pakistan People’s Party had liberated large areas of Pakistan which had been occupied by terrorist groups during the Musharraf dictatorship. Discontinuation of operation against these groups by the succeeding PML(N) government under the cover of negotiations gave the defeated terrorist organisations the time and space to regroup and rearm and to rise once again as a potential threat to our peace and security.
Senator Taj Haider said that the succeeding PTI government went one step further in appeasing terrorist groups when it invited thousands of armed terrorist to set up their camps on the soil of Pakistan. The continuing shahadats of our Jawans on a daily basis are a direct result of that facilitation of terrorism made by the PTI Government.
We owe it to the blood of our Shaheed Jawans to stand shoulder to shoulder with them in the war against terrorism and not to spread fear, despondency and uncertainty which directly help extremist and terrorist groups in their nefarious attempts to derail democracy.
Fear, Frustration and Despondency are poisons for our national life, peace and security. Pakistan People’s Party ever since it was established as a political platform for the working classes and the marginalised ones has courageously stood against extremism and terrorism. Let the discussion on any kind of postponement of the electoral process be buried for ever and let the Constitution and Democracy prevail.