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Democracy Is Imperative For Peace, Stability, Development Of Country: National Assembly Speaker
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published September 14, 2018 | 07:32 PM
Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that democracy contributed powerfully to economic and social progress, international peace and security as well as respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Sep, 2018 ) :Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser has said that democracy contributed powerfully to economic and social progress, international peace and security as well as respect for fundamental rights and freedoms.
He said that democracy was essential to achieving fundamental goals of peace, human rights and development.
He said this in his message on the International Democracy Day being commemorated across that world under that auspicious of United Nations on September 15.
According to press release issued here on Friday, the Speaker said that democracy was a universal value based on the freely expressed will of people to determine their own political, economic, social and cultural systems and their full participation in all aspects of their lives.
In order to achieve this objective, it is incumbent upon the political leadership to shun their political differences and join hands to strengthen the democratic process in the country.
The beauty of democracy is that it finds indigenous solutions to the complex problems bedeviling the polity.
It encourages participation of citizens, who are the real stakeholder, in taking charge of their lives. The public participation and ownership of state policies is the bedrock of democracy" , the Speaker added.
He said democracy is underpinned by the principle of consensus within diverse sets of opinion. Hence, it creates unity in diversity and diversity in unity in a linguistically, ethnically and sub-culturally broad context.
The Speaker reaffirmed that continuous electoral process ensures a democratic dispensation in the Pakistan.
On this occasion, Deputy Speaker, Qasim Khan Suri has said that democracy is strengthening in Pakistan and all the progressive political forces are united on the issues of national importance and the Parliament is actively engaged in the welfare of the masses.
He said successive derailing of democracy in past has badly hampered the growth and development of Institutions in the country.
" Democracy is the only way to guarantee our stability and to ensure our economic and social progress," he said.
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