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Empower people to solve problems: seminar
LAHORE
PROVINCIAL Labour Minister Ashraf
Sohna has said the day when a common man will have the power to hold
the powerful and the influential accountable for their acts is the
real revolution needed to solve Pakistan’s problems.
Speaking at the seminar organised by
the Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman Memorial Society in collaboration with the
Tameer-e-Pakistan Party on “The Increasing Problems of Pakistan:
What is the solution?”, Ashraf said only an insignificant minority
had hijacked the rights of the masses in Pakistan and now was the
time to shift the power to the majority through democracy. He said
the day was not far when 90 percent of the victimized people will
settle their scores with those abusing power. He identified unjust
concentration of power and authority as the real problems faced by
the country. He said all will be set right once the true
representatives of people assume power and justly use their
authority.
PML-Q MNA Kashmala Tariq said the
incoherent rambling of leaders had brought the nation to the brink
of chaos and lack of effective policy making was damaging not only
to the will of the people but was defiling the image of the country
internationally. She said conflicting statements regarding the
direction and course of action of the Swat operation had portrayed a
directionless approach of the government which could prove
disastrous for the country. She said the real problem of the country
was the inability of the government to comply with the true demands
and ideology of the majority.
Senior Adviser to Punjab Chief
Minister Pervaiz Malik said that at present not a single class of
society was happy with circumstance and this situation will prevail
until or unless good governance was exercised. He said loadshedding
was not due to not constructing Kalabagh Dam but because of
non-payment of dues owed to power producing companies, he said.
He said that Pakistanis had the most
expensive electricity and the only solution was the construction of
Kalabagh Dam. Potential was available and the only need of hour was
to establish pro-poor policies to enhance the morale of the masses,
leading towards success, he said. He suggested that women should
play their role in running government.
Tameer Watan Party general secretary
Aziz Ahmed Awan said that at this time our country was in great
crises and our leaders should focus on running the country’s affairs
to overcome these crises.
He said that the circumstances of
Swat and its adjacent localities were worst and talks should be held
by the political leaderships to resolve these issues. He said that
Army operation was not the solution of Swat’s problems. He urged
political parties to unite and solve the current crises faced by the
country. Punjab University Faculty of Management Sciences Dean said
it was our political leadership that supported martial laws, he
said. He regretted the treatment meted out to national heroes such
as Iqbal, Quaid, and Dr Qadeer.
Until or unless we do not learn how
to give privilege to national icons, God will not come to help us,
he said. Still we have been in the process of development though at
present Pakistan must have become a developed state, he said. He
said that this land could provide livelihood to 32 billion people
instead of 16 billion if only available resources were used in a
better way.
MPA Nighat Nasir Sheikh, Muhammad
Ahsan Malik, Muhammad Ahsaan Malik, Muhammad Ajmal Hashmi, Hameed ud
Din Al-Mashriki of Khaksaar Tahreek, Khalid Wasim advocate, Youth
Wing additional general secretary Nasir Hayat Malik, Film star
Sangeeta Begum, Usama Butt, Ahmed Malik and Sheikh Naveed Ahmed also
spoke on the occasion.
Speakers said that Pakistan was still
a developing country and after a long period of 62 years Pakistan
should have become a developed country. They regretted that leaders
spent most of their time outside the country. The event was hosted
by MKRMS Chairman Wasif Nagi who was assisted by Kashan Haider, Ali
Imran and Irfan Ikram. The seminar was presided over by Aziz Ahmed
Awan.
The News: Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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