PESHAWAR
Chairman, Amun Taraqqi Party (ATP) Muhammad Faiq Shah strongly opposed ‘politics of revenge’, urging to shun political differences and frame a joint agenda for paving way for elections.
Shah noted: “Pakistani politics is stuck in a vicious cycle of vengeance, which is impeding democratic culture,”
He asked: “Are we destroying the political landscape”?
Faiq, while talking to different delegations during a meeting here at the party’s main office on Friday, said ATP is striving for establishment of real democracy, in which right power and decision making right to be availed by people.
He went on to say that real democracy would ensure ‘evenhanded’ accountability, and elimination of corruption and politics-based on personality.
Democracy has given the name protecting the interests of personalities, he added. He opined democracy and politics cannot be fostered by revenge, ego and interests.
He added the poor masses were directly victims of the prevailing situations.
The party leader observed NAB – the anti-graft institute was always used against political opponents so this tendency must be ended.
Other state institutions were ruined by following in such a way, he added.
He stated the institutions have been destroyed by lack of merit, corruption and nepotism.
Faiq demanded an end to the game of revenge and interests which has diluted the whole political system.
Calling the government’s priorities ‘poor’, he added that the government should be focusing on economic miseries of the people.
The ATP chairman asked the government to chalk out a holistic economic recovery plan, through which, agriculture produce, export and investment should be promoted by adopting modern techniques.
He emphasized that all political parties should make economic progress part of their manifesto.
Eulogizing the sacrifices of Pakistan’s armed forces, Shah said an exemplary system of discipline, merit and sacrifices is in our Pakistan Army, saying that the enemy has become active to break this system.
