By IRNA
Islamabad : Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Tuesday that Pakistan is facing serious problems and the new coalition government will have to find out solutions to come up with the expectations of the people.
“We are confronting with serious problems,” the Prime Minister said while launching a documentary of Pakistan People’s Party founder and former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.
Gilani said the coalition is not in government for perks and privileges but have to deliver, adding there was a “split mandate” in the parliamentary elections which has resulted into the formation of a coalition government by the People Party, Muslin League-N and other parties.
He said he will take along all the political forces.
He said the constitution of 1973 framed under the guidance of Zulfiqar Bhutto remained a vital document for the country’s polity.
“If we want to strengthen and develop the country, we have to follow the constitution of Pakistan,” he added.
Defending freedom of the press, Gilani urged the media to play the role of the opposition.
“It should correct us if we make mistakes. We want media to be free and there should be constructive criticism,” he said.
He also recalled that slain PPP chairperson Benazir Bhutto had wanted to change the system and make the rule of law and the constitution supreme.
“We have drawn up a program for the first 100 days (of the government) and we will frame more programs”.
The film, directed by media personality Javed Malik, features personalities who worked with Zulfiqar Bhutto and his contemporaries, including Hafeez Pirzada, Mustafa Khar and others.
It also features his family members, including his slain daughter Benazir, and judges, lawyers, army generals and those who arrested and imprisoned Zulfiqar Bhutto.
The film also highlights his achievements to unite Pakistan, develop foreign policy and make the nation’s defence “impregnable by laying the foundation of the country’s nuclear program.