Our
founding fathers had resolved to carve out an independent state where
democracy, constitutionalism and rule of law would reign supreme.
Asif Ali Zardari President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
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Seventy-two
years ago, on this day, the Muslims of the subcontinent formally
committed through a Resolution to work for achieving a separate homeland
for themselves.
With
the blessings of Allah and through the heroic struggle of Quaid-e-Azam
Muhammad Ali Jinnah and the founding fathers, the Muslims of the
subcontinent achieved their objective on August 14, 1947, within a short
span of seven years of the expression of their resolve.
Our
founding fathers had resolved to carve out an independent unsecured loans state where
there will be democracy and where constitutionalism and rule of law
would reign supreme.
Unfortunately,
successive dictators tried to stifle the democratic aspirations of the
people. Constitutionalism and rule of law was trampled by dictators
sometime under the doctrine of necessity and sometime under the theory
of successful revolution.
The
unanimous Constitution of 1973 was disfigured by successive dictators
to suit their own political ambitions. But the democratic aspirations
could never be killed.
On
the eve of Pakistan Day this year, it is reassuring to realise that the
Parliament has successfully removed the vestiges of dictatorship and
restored the democratic Constitution of Pakistan.
On
this day let us resolve that we will not permit any dictator to usurp
the basic fundamental rights of our people nor allow them to trample on
our democratic aspirations. This requires that we work in the spirit of
tolerance, mutual accommodation and respect for dissent.
Let
us also resolve that we will uphold the Constitution and bad credit loans never allow it
to be abrogated, subverted or held in abeyance. It is also important to
uphold the independence of judiciary in accordance with the
Constitution.
Unless
there is rule of law and everyone is equal before law and unless we all
work within the constitutionally defined parameters, stability will
elude us.
I hope that the Parliament, the people and all institutions of the state will work in harmony towards this end.
I pray to Almighty Allah to bless our efforts to prove ourselves worthy of the heritage bequeathed to us by the Quaid-e-Azam
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