Good to hear Nawaz remembered me at Data Darbar: Rabbani

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Senate Mian Raza Rabbani on Monday said it was good to hear that the deposed prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif had remembered him at a holy place like the Data Darbar.

He was talking to the media after the wreath-laying ceremony at the Monument of “Unsung Heroes of Democracy” at the Parliament House.

Rabbani emphasised that parliament reflected the will and aspirations of the masses and had a crucial role in strengthening democratic values as well as foundation of democracy in Pakistan. He said the nation had to forge unity to protect, preserve and uphold the dignity of parliament and the Constitution. 

Flanked by the Speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Muhammad Ayaz Sadiq, secretary Senate and other senior officers of both the houses of parliament, the Senate chairman observed that the federation needs to be further strengthened and in this regard ‘we have to reiterate our commitment and resolve to work for making democracy strong
and avoid confrontational course among the institutions of the state.’

He said politics of confrontation was not in the interest of the country and ‘we should act sagaciously to work for the socio-economic development of the country and overcoming the challenges on social, political and economics fronts being faced by the country.’

Both the chairman Senate and speaker National Assembly laid wreaths on the monument of “Unsung Heroes of Democracy” in Parliament lawn and paid glowing tribute to those political workers who faced hardships and scarified their lives for upholding of democracy and struggled for supremacy of the Constitution.