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Criticism against army is unacceptable: PM Nawaz
By Web Desk
Published: June 17, 2015

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday censured former President Asif Ali Zardari for his tirade against the army, saying the PPP co-chairman’s speech was unacceptable in times of war.

Read: PPP co-chairman fires broadside at establishment

“Criticising the army will only strengthen elements who want to destabilise Pakistan,” said the PM, adding that it was crucial that all parties support the army at a time when it is fighting a war against militants.

“The army and soldiers are fighting Operation Zarb-e-Azb and the entire nation supports them,” he said.

Holding a consultative meeting at the PM House to discuss Zardari’s statements, the PM said, “Criticism against the armed forces is unacceptable.”

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali had already slammed the PPP co-chairman’s speech, calling them ‘inappropriate and insulting’.

“He (Zardari) has tried to cover up his party’s shortcomings and weaknesses by targeting a national institution,” Nisar said in a statement hours after Zardari’s angry tirade.

Nisar said the PPP leader’s criticism of the security establishment was ‘uncalled for’ and it came at a time when army soldiers were sacrificing their lives for the country’s survival. “This style of politics is dangerous as well as condemnable,” he added.

Read: Nisar calls Zardari’s speech ‘insulting’

Earlier on Tuesday, Zardari said that politicians were better suited to running the affairs of the country. “You are here for only three years,” he said in an apparent jab at the army chief.

Addressing an oath-taking ceremony for PPP office-bearers from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Zardari said, “I know the art of war better than anyone else.”

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After Zardari tirade, Nawaz stands by military
MATEEN HAIDER | IRFAN HAIDER — UPDATED 6 minutes ago
ISLAMABAD: A day after Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairperson and former president Asif Ali Zardari unleashed his tirade against the military leadership, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday stepped in to defend the armed forces.

The statement from PM House quoted Nawaz as saying during a meeting on political consultations that criticism of the armed forces encourages destabilising factors in the country, adding that under the current circumstances criticising the armed forces was not an appropriate step.

He further said that the operation against terrorism is in its critical stages, adding that national unity was the need of hour.

"Coordination between the civilian and military leadership has strengthened democracy. This harmony is evident in the decisions taken by the All Parties Conferences (APC) during which the civilian and military leadership set joint national targets," the statement said.

Nawaz also underscored that the process should continue with the same passion.

In an uncharacteristically aggressive speech, Zardari on Tuesday lashed out against what he called “the character assassination of his party” and warned the military leadership that if they did not stop, he would expose the misdeeds of many generals.

The former president said army chiefs come and go every three years but the political leadership was here to stay. “We know the country better and we know how to run its affairs," he stressed.

Take a look: Zardari threatens to expose generals’ ‘misdeeds’

Federal govt assures Senate that Sindh govt won't be dislodged
The federal government assured the Senate that there is no plan to dislodge the Sindh government.

"The government could have dislodged the Sindh government when there were daily target killings," State Minister for Interior Baligur Rehman told Senate in response to a call attention notice moved by PPP over the raid conducted by Sindh Rangers on Karachi Building Control Authority.

The notice, which was moved by PPP senator Farhatullah Babar, said that the Rangers' raid on the Karachi Building Control Authority and other offices on Monday amounted to taking over the functions of the provincial government, and questioned the motives of the paramilitary force behind its overzealous but illegal drive.

He said that the Rangers had been requisitioned in Karachi under Article 147 of the Constitution and under Section 4 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) specifically to prevent the commission of terrorist acts and other scheduled offences in notified areas.

"Issues in corruption and governance must be addressed resolutely without fear or favour through legal institutions like NAB, PAC, anti-corruption departments and courts and not by resorting to illegality," he said.

He said under its mandate duly notified, the Rangers have no business to take cognisance of offences like violation of building codes, developmental projects and issues in governance as these were neither acts of terrorism nor included in the scheduled offences.

It also needs to be investigated as to whether there was a method in what appears to be madness, he said.

He said that the raids by masked Rangers personnel on government offices and an earlier public rebuke of the political set-up by the corps commander indicated a pattern and a method.

A plan seems afoot to dislodge the provincial government and let the security dominated apex committee and Rangers take over its functions, he said.

Read: Billions of black money being used to fund terrorism in Karachi: Rangers chief

As per reports, he said, recently some agencies had demanded thousands of acres of land from the provincial government which the latter declined and wondered if this too was a factor in the building of the present hype.

Babar said that everyone salutes the sacrifices of Rangers jawans, but that it could not be permitted to do politics using sacrifices of jawans as the basis.

Speaking to Dawn.com after the Senate session, Babar said that Zardari is expected to meet PM Nawaz today to discuss the overall situation of Sindh.
 
No choice for him... kise nay assurance de hey.... putar cheekain na mari.. abhe tujhe kuch nahe kah rahay .. pehlay is ki bari..

Sheikh Rasheed popular quote

To Gen sahib... "Kill the bastard, before he kill you" hahhahahahhaha
 
No choice for him... kise nay assurance de hey.... putar cheekain na mari.. abhe tujhe kuch nahe kah rahay .. pehlay is ki bari..

Sheikh Rasheed popular quote

To Gen sahib... "Kill the bastard, before he kill you" hahhahahahhaha
Nawaz has no choice Governer rule in Sindh is on the way
 
Nawaz is only saving his soul. His PM body is already under trial in supreme court for elections.

Now the question is not "criticism acceptable or unacceptable?", question is what is Nawaz going to do against corrupt politicians including Zardari for his corruption and insanity.
 
MQM will not accept governor rule. Governor rule is not option. keep dreaming molvi.
Let them be! Kisi Ek khudde tee lagge this so called democracy:coffee: if governor raj imposed PPP might be resign from NA too ( can't guess what MQM could do ) Zardari played a very shatirana move he is best in it! Time to get some sympathy and bring up Bilawal to re shape PPP lost momentum.
 
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