ISLAMABDAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has assured that tomorrow’s Pakistan will ensure the implementation of guiding principles of rule of law and ascendency of merit.
“On the 70th Independence Day of the Country, I make a solemn pledge that we will not relent until the achievement of those objectives,” the prime minister said in his message on 70th Independence Day of Pakistan being celebrated on Monday.
The prime minister said that the independence that we achieved 70 years ago was an outcome of the unparalleled sacrifices made by our ancestors. He said that millions of Muslims rendered sacrifices for our as well as the future of the posterity.
“Today we are treading the path of prosperity and progress in a peaceful and dignified Country because of those sacrifices,” the prime minister said. “We are greatly indebted to our ancestors for their sacrifices and we can repay that debt only by making Pakistan a free and independent Country.”
“We may belong to different tribes, fraternities and ethnicities; we may be working in different spheres of national life; our political vision and thinking can be different and our economic vision may have different perspectives but ascendency of national interests and invincible defence are common objectives of the entire nation, for which we have to make collective endeavours,” Khaqan Abbasi said.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that Quaid-e-Azam had envisioned Pakistan as a modern democratic entity, adding that this dream faces myriad of challenges and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government notwithstanding the confronting difficulties has made the realization of Quaid’s dream as its abiding mission.
The recent transition of power through a democratic process was quintessential of the accelerated strengthening of democratic values in the Country, he said.
The prime minister said “We have to strengthen and reinforce the state institutions so that they can play their prescribed role within the limits of law and the constitution.” “Only a strong economy can ensure strong defence,” he said.
Khaqan said that a moderate society guarantees stability of the State where people enjoy all their fundamental rights and national resources are equitably and judicious distributed.
In addition, the prime minister said that Pakistan desires positive and constructive relations with all the Countries of the World, especially with its neighbours on the basis of sovereign equality.
The prime minister said that the people of South Asia have suffered enormously in the last 50 years due to the festering conflicts. Until and unless those conflicts are resolved amicably the people of the region cannot achieve prosperity and progress, he said.
Moreover, he said that our government has invariably made efforts to initiate the process of meaningful dialogue and adoption of peaceful means to resolve the issues but unfortunately the expansionist designs of India have remained the main hurdle in this regard.
It is incumbent upon the international community to play its role in the resolution of the regional conflicts, particularly the Kashmir dispute in conformity with the United Nations resolutions on the subject with a view to ensuring durable peace in the region, Khaqan said.
Talking about the terrorism, he said that it is the biggest challenge confronting the world in the 21st century. He said that Pakistan has rendered unparalleled sacrifices in the fight against this menace as well as for the world peace.
“Our armed forces, law enforcing agencies and the people have written imperishable stories of sacrifices in this regard,” the prime minister said.
Now the time has come for the International Community not only to acknowledge those sacrifices by rising above their interests in the region but also to fully support Pakistan in taking the fight against terrorism to its logical conclusion, he said.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi further said that the younger generation of Pakistan is endowed with exceptional talent and has a burning desire for advancement. He added that they are making admirable contribution in the fields of Information technology, engineering, medical and management all over the World in a distinct manner.
“My government has a vision of accelerating the pace of development and prosperity in Pakistan so that all those professionals can return to contribute to this national effort,” the prime minister said.
