Altaf Hamid Rao
MIRPUR ,(Parliament Times): Azad Jammu Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan has said that his government was keen to take opposition along on issues of vital national interest in order to advance positive democratic traditions.
The PM said this while talking to different delegations that called on him at Jammu Kashmir house in the federal metropolis on Friday.
Speaking on the occasion, the PM while highlighting the role of opposition in the parliamentary democracy said, “Opposition leaders are respectable, we not only respect their mandate but also try to take them on board on important issues to advance the journey of development and prosperity in the region”.
The issue of standing committees in the legislative assembly, he said, has been settled amicably with mutual consultations. “In democracy, problems are solved through debate and discussion, but for a meaningful debate to take place all that you need is to sit and talk together”, the PM said adding that difference of opinion was the essence of democracy but the politicians must not let their difference turn into personal enmity.
He said that Parliamentary Party of Tehreek-e-Insaf takes decisions on the basis of consultation. “We do not interfere in others’ affairs and we do hope that no one interferes in our affairs”, the PM added.Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan said that the PTI also has the constitutional and legal right to work the way other parties have been doing.
The PM regrettably noted that for the past few days, lopsided and negative propaganda was being paddled on social media regarding the partition of Kashmir, the abolition of the Thirteenth Amendment and the Tourism Authority.He said that such wicked attempts to achieve political objectives by creating chaos in the state on the basis of unverified social media reports would never succeed.
The Prime Minister further said that the government has started to implement its development agenda set forth in the budget. He, however, stated that there was a dire need for reforms in the administrative machinery of Azad Kashmir, government institutions, especially the departments working in the development sectors.
Regarding local government elections, he said, “The orders of the Supreme Court will be implemented in letter and spirit.