Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani said no institution other than parliament can rewrite the constitution. "The Constitution clearly determines the role of all state institutions which work within their ambit and are bound to follow the Constitution," he said while talking to senior columnists at his residence here on Sunday.
Renowned columnists from national dailies including Najam Sethi, Amjad Islam Amjad, Mustansar Hussain Tarar, Saleem Bokhari, Shahzad Ahmed, Bushra Ijaz, Abdul Qadir Hassan, Abbas Rashid, Azam Khalil, Qudratullah Ch, Muhammad Tufail and Ashraf Sharif met the Prime minister and discussed various issues currently faced the country at length.
The Prime Minister said that all institutions were passing through the process of evolution and they would identify their role with the passage of time.
"Soon after PPP came into power, the country was faced with multiple challenges like global recession, energy crisis, terrorism and floods which consumed energies of the government, but we would overcome these challenges," he asserted.
He said that he would invite all political parties to be on the same page on the security as well as economic issues, adding that he would take requisite initiatives to bring all religious as well as political parties on the table to discuss security challenges to the country. The Prime Minister said that the policy of reconciliation has played vital role in creating political harmony in the country and it helped in the passage of constitutional amendments including the 18th as well as 19th Amendments, and NFC Award, adding that efforts for political harmony would continue.
Regarding security issues, Gilani said that the government would not allow the misuse of any law which might undermine the constitutional rights of citizens or lead to injustice.
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