In an interview with state-run TV channel on Saturday night, he urged the need to strengthen the country.
"Dialogue will be held with the people of Hazara Division to remove their grievances and sense of deprivation as it is the prime responsibility of the government to take care of all the parts of the country without any discrimination," the prime minister said.He said the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government would also be taken on board in order to resolve the issue. He added that the government respected the opinion of the common men, as the dictatorship had been replaced by a democratic system.Gilani said the PPP had always struggled for the rights of the masses and Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto waged his struggle for the people and not for the sake of power. "Our great leader Benazir Bhutto sacrificed her life for the rights of the people and the strengthening of institutions," he added.He said the nomenclature of the NWFP had been changed keeping in view the voice of the majority. "We respect the mandate of each party and name of the province was changed to Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after the adoption of a resolution by the provincial assembly."The prime minister said Pakistan was facing many challenges, which necessitated collective efforts to consolidate and strengthen the country. To remove the grievances accumulated during the past 63 years, he said, the government had taken steps for ensuring provincial autonomy and all decisions made to achieve the goal would be implemented so that people could get their rights at their doorsteps.Describing the passage of 18th Amendment as a milestone towards strengthening the Parliament, Premier Gilani said the government was determined to implement the constitutional reforms in letter and spirit.He said Senator Raza Rabbani had been entrusted the task to ensure its implementation while a consultative process was also initiated with the political parties, adding that he had already contacted PML-N leader Mian Nawaz Sharif and JUI-F Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, requesting the two leaders to nominate their members for the committee for implementing the amendment at the earliest.
