By NNN-APP
Rawalpindi : President Pervez Musharraf termed democracy the only way to ensure sustainable progress and prosperity in the country.
Talking to a delegation of international election observers of Centre for Media and Democracy (CMD) here Saturday, President Musharraf said international observers had been invited to witness the polls, which would be held in a free, fair, transparent and peaceful manner.
The President said Election Commission had independently formulated the strategy and details for ensuring transparency and impartiality of election process.
He said the caretaker government being non-political and neutral in character was mandated to carry out governance process in an impartial way.
The members of CMD delegation thanked the President for useful information supplemented to them regarding upcoming elections.
They hoped that measures taken by the government to ensure transparency of polls would contribute to peaceful elections in the country.