Shehbaz congratulates nation on Pakistan’s Constitution Day

LAHORE, Apr 09 (APP):Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif
on Monday congratulated the nation on the eve of Constitution Day of Pakistan and said that consensus Constitution of 1973 was a major achievement of country’s parliamentary history.
In his message in this regard, he said that democratically elected leadership gave a gift of consensus Constitution to the nation 45 years ago. It was sanguine that this constitution was a
harbinger of human rights as well as establishment of an Islamic welfare state, he said and asserted
that the nation paid rich tributes to the efforts of the then parliamentarians and constitutional experts today.
Shehbaz Sharif said that national leadership unified the nation by setting aside their temporal political differences. Constitution of Pakistan, he said, had kept the nation united by setting aside cultural
and ethno-linguistic differences. This constitution, he opined, had
also guaranteed democracy, equality, tolerance and civil liberties.
The Chief Minister said that Constitution of 1973 had given new dimension to important issues like federal as well as provincial autonomies and socio-economic development was only possible due to complete implementation of the constitution. The 1973 Constitution also protected the rights, social justice and equality of people of different religions. Similarly, it had also accorded an opportunity to the federating units to live in peace and enjoy autonomy.
The sanctity of the constitution required that it must be implemented in its true spirit and this was the day to reiterate the commitment that they would always upheld the constitution supreme. “We will have to re-affirm our commitment that Pakistan will be moved forward by following the Constitution,” he added.
He said that Punjab government also re-affirmed its strong commitment to protect the rights of the people in accordance with the Constitution of Pakistan and added that all such efforts would be defeated aiming at damaging the democratic spirit of the constitution.