Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul-Haq Kakar vowed to comply with commitments made by previous government on national and international levels with different forums, besides ensuring rule of law and financial discipline during interim period.

“We do not have perpetual mandate to serve nation but during given allocated time we will try to lay foundation where we have sense of continuation of national and international commitments that previous government has made with different forums,” he said while talking to Cabinet members here during first meeting of caretaker government.

With respect to new initiative-Special Investment Facilitation Council launched by former government, he said caretaker government would fully support it. He said SIFC was dream comes true project as Pakistan was an agriculture country and rich with mineral resources.

He said in fact SIFC was not new idea but it was an old national dream that was going to be materialised now. “Day has arrived when with support of all institutions including Pakistan military leadership, we support, facilitate, encourage and realise this old national dream.”

He said this initiatives was not held by any institution but it was collectively owned by around 250 million people of country. “We all own it and we will contribute towards it.”

During meeting he individually acknowledged services of all Cabinet members saying “I am very proud that we have got one of best team”. He hoped that Almighty Allah would enable them to lead and steer this nation during interim period.

“With our utmost duty, may be it is month, two or three, or three and half, whatever allocated time is, we will demonstrate through our actions not by our words,” he added. With regard to economic situation in country, he said was well aware of huge economic challenges but with an able team, government would ensure financial discipline. “We have sense of sanctity of tax payers’ money. This money on which we are having today’s meeting, using resources or traveling, is paid by people of Pakistan.” He said either it was an ordinary vender, shopkeeper, teacher, lawyer or any other person all were contributing in this regard.

PM Kakar said in this polarised environment, government would try to differentiate between politics and law. He said government would ensure that rule of order was not compromised in any way and rule of order would lead us towards rule of law.

“We know sanctity of order that would be kept at any cost. Pakistan is owned and shared by all ethnicities, all creeds and all religious background,” he added.

He highlighted that rigidity, be it in any form in society, would be strongly discouraged. He said rigidity might come in garb of religion or secularism or in any other form, these extreme attitude would be discourage and would be controlled by law.

He said minorities would stay protected in this country and any attempt to harm them from section of marginalised group of people would be responded strictly by state and society.

He said miscreants might be from us but we must have to divorce them and keep distant from them.

He said Pakistan was created on noble principles and country was product of noble idea.

Speaking about incident of May 9, he explicitly expressed disappointment and discomfort over sabotage activities happened on day.

He said attack on military installation was like country’s immune system was attacked which could lead towards fatality.

“We do not just condemn it but we also will ensure that justice will be done and whosoever violated laws on those days will be treated according to law and there will not be any favor to anybody”.

On Kashmir issue, he said, “It was core issue which could not be ignored. “It lies in our soul, for us Kashmir is eternal.”

Published in The Daily National Courier, August, 19 2023

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