Pakistan Peoples Party central leader Nadeem Afzal Chan said Mohsin Naqvi was absolutely right in saying that the system had collapsed and needed to be reset. He said he could not travel in Balochistan during the day or Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at night, so how could he claim that the law and order situation was satisfactory. Speaking a News programme, he said that despite all these issues, the question remained whether democracy should continue or not. He said that even when Pervez Musharraf was in uniform, the Pakistan Peoples Party had not abandoned the political arena.  He said that a weak form of democracy existed in the country, but it was not an ideal democracy.

The judicial system, Election Commission and governance were in a very poor state, and the system had collapsed. He said they wanted the questions being raised about the Election Commission to be addressed. He added that the bureaucratic system needed to be fixed first, saying that the bureaucracy's system has ruined this country. The machinery and engine responsible for running the government and the state had collapsed. Meanwhile, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar said it would have been better if certain words had not been used in Maulana Sahib's speech, adding that the attacks made in response to the speech were also inappropriate.

He said steps that harmed political leadership and democracy should be avoided. Speaking to the media outside Parliament House, he said the entire nation jointly faced external disorder, while internal disorder caused greater damage to the country. Barrister Gohar said political leaders should play their role instead of increasing tensions in the country. He said the situation had reached a very high level of tension and should not be aggravated further. He said they were not going to cross the red line and that their position was “Pakistan first and the state first.” The PTI chairman said steps that harmed political leadership and democracy should be avoided.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)