PPP Manifesto 2008.pdf

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Towards peace andprosperity in Pakistan

P a k i s t a n P e o p l e s P a r t y

Quaid-e-Awam Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto,

Founder Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party,

President and Prime Minister of Pakistan


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PARTI PREAMBLEBasic Principles of the PartyState of the NationWhat is to be done?Why Choose the PPP?The Mission Before Us

PART II GROWTH WITH EQUITYRapid Economic GrowthCombating UnemploymentTargeted Poverty ProgrammeJust Labour PoliciesPrivate Sector as Engine of GrowthAccelerating Agricultural and Rural GrowthEnsuring Water SecurityEnsuring Energy Infrastructure

FisheriesGrowth-Inducing Transport Infrastructure Development

PART III MEETING BASIC NEEDSEducationHealth of the NationCensusHuman SettlementsHousing PolicyEmpowerment of WomenHuman RightsMinoritiesInformation and MediaInformation and Communication Technologies

Science and TechnologyCultureEnvironment

PART IV GOOD GOVERNANCEMagna Carta of PakistanProvincial AutonomyLocal GovernmentCivil Service ReformsPolice ReformsPrison ReformsRule of LawJudicial ReformsFATA ReformsNorthern Areas

PART V PAKISTAN AND THE WORLD

Self-DeterminationKashmirRelations with IndiaAfghanistanTerrorismDefence

PART VI CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A NEW PAKISTAN

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PREAMBLE

This Manifesto is our sacred pledge to the people of Pakistan, and most importantly to the childrenof Pakistan who are our future.

Pakistan faces a choice between Quaid-e-Azams vision of a vibrant, tolerant and strong federationand obscurantism and fragmentationPakistan faces a choice between Quaid-e-Awams dream of a just society, and growing inequalitiesPakistan faces a choice between hope and despairPakistan faces a choice between strength and uncertaintyPakistan faces a choice between moving forward and looking backPakistan faces a choice between progress for all and prosperity for a few

We choose Quaid-e-Azams vision of tolerance, vibrance and harmony among provincesWe choose Quaid-e-Awams dream of a just societyWe chose hopeWe chose strengthWe choose moving forwardWe choose progress for all

Basic Principles of the Party

The first principle of the Party is: Islam is our

Faith. Islam teaches brotherhood, love and peace.Our Faith places a responsibility on each citizento reach out in a spirit of accommodation andtolerance to all religions and sects and to treatpeople of all faiths with respect, enabling themto enjoy religious freedom and equality beforethe law.

The message of Islam is the message of Peace. Itis a message of brotherhood and tolerance. Theseare symbolised in the words and verses of DataSahib, Shah Abdul Latif of Bhittai, Baba FaridGanj Shakar and Lal Shahbaz Qalander.

The sufi saints adopted a life of simple living andhigh thinking. Its time we did the same. By nomeans did they use or preach the use of force.

The PPP commits itself to religious tolerance.Religious beliefs of individual citizens have little

to do with the business of the state, as the Founderof the Nation declared in his inaugural addressto the Constituent Assembly on 11 August 1947

The second principle of the PPP is: Democracyis our Politics. The PPPs commitment to freedomand fundamental rights, including freedom fromhunger and want, is written in the blood of itsmartyrs and in the red marks of lashes on theback of its workers. It is written in the sufferingand sacrifice of Quaid-eAwam, who faced thegallows refusing to bow before tyranny, defendingthe human rights of our citizens to the last breath

In every age, including today, the PPP leadersand office bearers have been behind bars, in exile,facing political persecution, defending their Partyat great personal cost to their families andthemselves.

The third PPP principle is: Social Democracy isour Economy. The PPP aims at creating a justand equitable society with equal opportunity forall its citizens. The growing gap between the rich

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and the poor must be bridged by supporting the

underprivileged, the downtrodden and thediscriminated. The PPP is proud of being thevoice of the poor, the working classes and themiddle classes. Our policies, while dedicated tothe underprivileged, created conditions thatenabled the business and trading classes tocompete in the open market. The Party will fostera social market economy, a partnership of thepublic and private sectors, predicated upon asynthesis of economic liberalism with a strongsocial democratic agenda of State responsibilities

for satisfying basic human needs: fullemployment, national health, universal education,water supply and sanitation.

The PPP reiterates its firm commitment to provideFood, Clothing and Shelter (Roti, Kapra AurMakaan) to every poor family in Pakistan throughour unique emphasis on full employment. ThePPP is the only party with a coherent vision of awelfare state for Pakistan where market forcesare balanced with safety nets for theunderprivileged and the poor.

The final principle of the PPP is All Power to thePeople. Only the people have the right on earthto determine their destiny and chart the courseof their Nation. All organs of State must beanswerable to the Court of the people in anelection or through their legitimately electedrepresentatives in Parliament.

To the people of Pakistan we make the following

Promises:

We Promise to rid Pakistanof violence, bigotryand terror

We Promise the youth of Pakistan gainfulemployment, hope and opportunity

We Promise to lower inflation

We Promise to provide quality education andhealth care, and clean drinking water, to themasses

We Promise tobring progress to the doorstepof the workers, farmers and smallbusinesses

We Promise to protect and support thedisadvantaged and the vulnerable

We Promise to make Pakistan a business-friendly country

We Promise to give high prioritytoempowerment of women and ensure theirequal rights

We Promise to put Pakistan on a sustainablehigh growth path

We Promise to ensure sound macro-economicpolicies

We Promise to ensure a strong Defence

We Promise to ensure that energy shortagesare eliminated

We Promise to protect the Environment

We Promise to ensure a world class irrigation

system and sound use of scarce water

We Promise to enhance Provincial Autonomy

We Promise to put in place a citizen-centricgovernment

Finally, We Promise Good Governance



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State of the Nation

Under the PPP Government, the country washailed as an emerging capital market of the world.Since the dismissal of the PPP Government in1996, Pakistan has been associated with terrorism,militancy and extremism. The crisis that beganwith the dismissal of the PPP government canonly end with the return of the PPP, and throughthe masses, to government.

During the first Decade of the 21st Century, the

country has suffered:

Dangerous increase in terrorism and suicidebombings

Very high levels of poverty, unemployment,and inflation

Failed poverty reduction program, and severeexclusion of poor from the benefits of growth

and progress

Undermined national integration with theincreased level of discord among Provinces

Abuse of institutions and the judiciary

Obscurantism and hate among religious andethnic groups

Huge power shortages and increasing water

scarcity

Increasing crime and suicides

The present regime has eroded all nationalinstitutions. Its repression and oppression havecreated a culture of lawlessness and tyranny,inflicting misery in the lives of the people ofPakistan. There is no justice for the weak and thepoor. The youth are unemployed, the farmers

neglected, labour retrenched, stock markets

manipulated, public sector units plundered,national resources squandered, the mediamuzzled, civil society attacked, judiciary crushed,and political leaders exiled, imprisoned andmaligned.

Different areas of the country havebeen parcelledout to violent militant groups whose influenceis spreading like a cancer throughout society.

To stop the slide into lawlessness, extremism,

anarchy, chaos, poverty and hunger, therestoration of genuine democracy, through freeand fair elections is essential. The PPP symbolisesthe empowerment of the people of Pakistan.

The PPP governments served the people. TheWorld praised its energy program as a model forthe developing countries. The World HealthOrganisation gave the PPP government a GoldMedal in recognition of its contribution to thehealth of its people. The International LabourOrganisation noted that the largest job-generationin the history of Pakistan took place under thePPP.

As the voice of the people, the PPP is viewedwith hostility by the anti-people forces who haverigged elections and destabilized governmentsto seize power and exploit the People and theProvinces of the country.

The social and living standards of the people arepathetic. While poverty decreased under the PPPgovernment, poverty has increased over the yearsas reported by the Economic Survey of Pakistan2007.

Quaid-e-Awam made education compulsory forchildren, and built schools, colleges anduniversities. He took the literacy rate up to 26%where it stagnated for a decade. Then Mohtarma



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Benazir Bhutto was elected and the literacy rate

doubled to over 50%. After the dismissal of thePPP government in 1996, education once againstagnated.

What is to be done?

The PPP promises change through

Employment Education Energy

Environment Equality

The PPP believes in every individuals right tofood, clothing, housing and an adequatelivelihood. Our commitment to the people ofPakistan is that their basic rights are ourresponsibility. The Party has, and will always,strive for the rights of the People.

The PPP slogan is Ilm, Roshni Sab Ko Kaam, RotiKapra Aur Makaan, Maang Raha Hai Har Insaan.

Why choose the PPP?

It is not just an election between the PPP andother parties. It is a clash of sharply competingvalues and ideologies.The PPP is a Party truly born out of the heartsand minds of the workers, peasants, smallbusiness, and the vast majority of citizens whosupport the Islamic spirit of tolerance and socialjustice, and not a Party that is born out ofbackroom deals in agency offices.

We are the Party that derives its strength fromeach and every section of a pluralistic society

We are the Party whose philosophy is rooted incombining sustainable economic growth with

social justice

We are the Party that recognizes that this is amoment to consolidate all the forces that subscribeto the true spirit of Islam, and fundamental valuesof federalism and democracy.

The Mission Before Us

The PPPs mission is to transform the lives of ourpeople from one of despair and poverty into oneof hope and opportunity through employment,

education, energy, environment and equality.

We have a clear and coherent vision of whatneeds to be done and will muster all the resourcesto get it done.

We will take a new approach marked by adetermination to challenge the threats and notignore them.

We renew our commitment to build a hopefulfuture for the poverty stricken.

We will strive for a Pakistan where all, ratherthan some, live in comfort and plenty.

We will strive for a Pakistan where everyone isincluded in the expanding circle of developmentWe will, with vigour and determination, assurebasic needs for all citizens

We will strive to have a responsive, responsibleand representative government at all levels.

Social and Economic Justice is the definingobjective of the PPPs policy framework. We willreduce social and economic inequalities betweenvarious classes, between Provinces, withinProvinces, and Genders, establishing a just society

National policy frameworks have, to date,



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accorded primacy to economic policy goals, with

social policy goals not pursued aggressively.Even within economic policy-making,Employment has not been a major objective.Resultantly, social and human developmentindicators have continued to lag behind woefully.The very objective of Development has remainedunfulfilled.

The Pakistan Peoples Party proposes to reversethe order of priorities; whereby social policyobjectives drive economic policy. Development

shall be measured in terms of the welfare of thepeople, rather than in terms of financial statistics

that do not reflect the state of the nation.

Employment and Social and HumanDevelopment shall be specific targets in policy-making and economic policy measures will begeared to achieve social goals.

The twin menace of Inflation and Unemploymentare to be specifically tackled.

The PPP will help individuals set up smallbusinesses and provide the framework for avibrant middle class. It will address the basic

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GROWTH WITH EQUITY

PPP governments since 1967 gave birth to boomeconomies. In its last tenure, the PPP tripledeconomic growth rates, doubled taxation receiptsand took agricultural growth rates from zero toseven percent annually. It reduced the budget deficitand paid off principal debt while investing in amassive socio-economic program. The PPP, as amodern and moderate Party, attracted four timesmore direct private sector investment in three yearsthan all of Pakistans previous governments, creating

jobs and wealth for the people of Pakistan.

The PPP computerized the State Bank of Pakistanand the Stock Market, introduced the NationalIdentity Cards scheme and deregulated,decentralized and privatised the economy.The PPP power projects and mass telephone systemenabled ordinary people to set up businesses whenpreviously power shutdowns and twenty yeardelays for telephones prevented them from successin private initiatives.

Open Minds, Open Markets, Open Opportunitiesis our slogan as we change IOUs into MOUs. Webelieve that markets, not missiles, are the measureof might.

The PPP Government will accelerate growth, foronly with high growth can the social policyobjectives of poverty reduction and highemployment be achieved.

The key pillars of the equitable and pro-poor growthagenda comprise: Rapid Economic Growth;Combating Unemployment; Targeted PovertyPrograms; Just Labour Policies; Private Sector asEngine of Growth; Accelerating Agricultural andRural Growth, and Ensuring Water Security andEnergy Infrastructure.

Rapid Economic Growth

PPP will be a fiscally responsible government,ensuring that taxpayers get their full value forthe taxes they pay.

A Sound Debt Policy

We will ensure that we do not burden futuregenerations with excessive debt. With that in mind,we will ensure that domestic and external debt ismaintained at sustainable levels.

PPP was the first government in the history ofPakistan to retire Pakistans principal debt throughthe proceeds of privatisation. The PPP will stopraising domestic and foreign debt for wastefulprojects and use the fiscal space provided by therescheduling of loans and the internationalassistance for fighting the war against terrorism forthe national benefit. Where needed, the PPP willaggressively seek to use the fiscal space to retireexpensive domestic and foreign debt. The aim of

the PPP is to make Pakistan into a self respecting,self reliant nation whose citizens are honoureduniversally.

Containing Inflation

High Inflation is a major economic problem ofPakistan, especially hurting the low income groupsAt the macro level, containing inflation will beachieved through prudent Monetary and FiscalPolicies. In addition, the following specific measures

will be considered:

Special steps to increase production of foodgrains, including creating an enablingenvironment so that greater private sectorcredit flows towards these sectors.

Enhancing competition, in both manufacturingand domestic trade, and reducing supply chainconstraints so that costs of essential goods are



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reduced. To this end, the Securities andExchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) willbe strengthened to unleash competitive forces,and aggressively combat monopolies andcartels

Create effective institutions at Federal,Provincial and District levels to monitorsupply positions of essential commodities toensure prompt remedial measures.

Maintain strategic stocks of wheat and otheressential commodities to overcome shortages,while ensuring that fiscal costs are manageableand waste/corruption is eliminated.

Establishing a Fair Tax System

The Party is determined to overhaul the taxationsystem and bring about changes which will leadto fair practices, rational tax slab, curtailment ofdiscretionary powers and growth of business andindustry. The tax system will be made taxpayer-friendly so that voluntary compliance is enhanced.

The PPP commits itself to rationalizing the taxationsystem so that the burden of tax on the poor andlow income groups is reduced, while at the sametime Tax/GDP ratio is increased. PPP recognizesthat Tax/GDP needs to be increased to provideadequate resources for providing good qualityservices to all people and for Pakistan to have thenecessary infrastructure to sustain high growth. Tothat end, bold initiatives will be taken emphasisingbetter collection and expanding the tax net,

especially to those that can afford to pay.

Combating Unemployment

The PPP will put in place bold and innovativeprograms to create jobs in the public and privatesector. PPP fully recognizes that high growth willbe the main driver of Full Employment. At thesame time, the PPP will establish programs to help

those who are unable to find gainful employment

A four-pronged strategy will be used to provideincome earning opportunities to the poor as wellas unemployed youth.

The strategy comprises:

Public Works Programme (PWP)

A labour-intensive PWP will be put in place so thatthere is guaranteed employment, of at least oneyear, to one working member of the poorest 25 percent families of Pakistan.

The PWP will expand labour-intensive civil worksin infrastructure, sanitation, road works, water andirrigation; with a view to providing large-scaleemployment in ruraland urban areas. These schemes will be community-driven and managed.

Literacy and Health Corps (LHC)

Unemployment amongst educated youth hasassumed alarming proportions. With twinobjectives of providing short-term employment toeducated youth, and to assist with social policygoals, a Literacy and Health Corps Scheme will beestablished. Under the scheme, there will be anemployment guarantee of two years to all youthcompleting Intermediate, Graduation and Post-Graduation in a given year. A large proportion ofthe jobs will be in the social sectors (elementaryeducation and basic health-care) and will form part

of the PPPs programme for the expansion of socialservices. This will constitute a basic literacy andhealth corps in the service of the Nation.

Vocational Training

The PPP will put in place programs, which offerthe youth Vocational Education and TechnicalTraining in those service sectors where there is ashortage in the market.



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Microfinance

The PPP government under Mohtarma BenazirBhutto introduced microfinance institutions inPakistan to provide self employment. Thisprogramme will be doubled. Appropriate micro-finance policy and institutional reforms will be putin place so that Commercial Banks, Micro-Financeinstitutions and NGOs aggressively increase theiroutreach to meet the goal of 5 million beneficiarieson a sustainable basis.

Targeted Poverty ProgramsThe PPP is committed to assist those that arebypassed by growth and development, especiallythe vulnerable and disadvantaged. It will put inplace a comprehensive Targeted Anti-PovertyProgram, comprising the following strands:

Conditional Cash Transfers, which transfercash subsidies to poor families in return forsending children (especially girls) to school

and getting children inoculated.

Strengthening and expansion of socialprotection programs, such as Zakat, SocialSecurity, Baitul Mal, worker-retraining andmobility

Special Program for the least developed (lowest50%) Districts to improve access to socialservices

The PPP will look after the senior citizens ofour land; amongst other measures, we willprovide financial support to all Senior Citizensabove the age of 65 years who have no sourceof income.

The PPP will establish a database of the poorest25% of families, so that these programs can beproperly targeted.

Just Labour Policies

For high levels of Employment, equitable growthis crucial and Pakistan needs to have a labour policythat is in line with the ILO standards.

To protect the basic rights of workers, the PPP willinitiate the following policies:

The Industrial Relations Ordinance 2002 willbe reviewed to bring it in conformity with theILO Conventions, ratified by Pakistan, and

Fundamental Rights guaranteed by theConstitution of Pakistan.

The EOBI and other labour welfare programswill be strengthened and Public-PrivatePartnerships established, so that labour andtheir families have access to quality educationhealth care and affordable housing.

Review of the President's Special Powers ofRemoval from Service Ordinance 2000 with

regards to trade union activities.

Elimination of child labour, forced labour andbonded labour, and education andrehabilitation of those children oncewithdrawn from the workplaces.

Enforcement of statutory labour laws, througheffective inspection systems.

Regularly holding National Tripartite Labour

Conference to formulate labour, economic andsocial policies and to devise mechanisms fortheir effective implementation with a view topromoting social justice, decent work and raisingthe dignity of labour.

Developing a safety culture for making worksafe and prevention of accidents at workplacesand occupational diseases of workers.



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Minimum wage will be enhanced to meet theescalating needs of labour.

Private Sector as Engine of Growth

The PPP is committed to ensuring that PrivateSector and export-led development will be the mainengine of growth. The government will embark onan aggressive Investment Climate ReformsProgramme to establish a favourable and enablingenvironment so that all businesses, foreign anddomestic, flourish. The Party will improve the

investment climate especially for Small and Micro-Businesses, initiate programs to reduce cost of doingbusiness and increase Pakistans competitiveness,streamline government business interface throughaggressive deregulation, and seek Foreign DirectInvestment (FDI) in export manufacturing.

The Pakistan Peoples Party will confine the role ofthe Public Sector in Health, Education andInfrastructure. The role of the State will be restrictedonly to those areas where the Private Sector is not

forthcoming.

A special program will be developed to attract thefinancial resources and special skills of PakistaniDiaspora and overseas workers, with a view tocontribute to the national development efforts.Privatisation was introduced by the first governmentof Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, elected in 1988.This will be continued in a transparent manner,ensuring that labour is a beneficiary of the process.The PPP will vigorously pursue a policy of

diversification of industrial exports andmanufactured products. The emphasis will be onadding value to primary products and rawmaterials. The PPP Government will providemarket-based and fiscally affordable incentives todevelop non-traditional exports.

We will also provide incentives to raise the level oftechnology in our industries

An important pillar of our private sectordevelopment will be an aggressive program tofoster and encourage Small and Medium Enterpries(SMEs), recognizing that these provide the bulk ofemployment. Programs and Policies will be put inplace to reduce the regulatory burden on SMEs andenhance the voluntary flow of credit to thesebusinesses.

Accelerating Agriculture and Rural Growth

Agriculture is the mainstay of the National Economy

of Pakistan. As a farmer-friendly party, the PPP willhelp farmers boost production and obtain fair pricesFarmers got the best prices when the PPP was ingovernment. The key to agricultural exportablesurpluses is to augment the output per acre andproductivity per farmer

Aggressive Agriculture and Rural Developmentwill be another central pillar of our growth andpoverty reduction strategy. Our efforts will befocused on improving productivity and crop

diversification, agricultural markets and exports,and special programs for small farmers to reducerisks faced by them. Moreover, with advances intechnology the desert can be made green.

The Pakistani peasant, mired in poverty and debthas to be rescued from the morass of despair by abold policy which ensures that the private sectorprovides key inputs and services -such as credit,fertilizer, pesticides, extension, marketing, seeds,tractors-in a timely manner and at competitive

prices.

Special attention would be given to encouragingBanks to expand rural lending, while maintainingsound credit policies.

Special capacity-building programs for agriculturalsupport services will be put in place to revitalizekey institutions of research and extension.



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A sustainable program of farm to market roads willbe put in place to ensure that perishable andvaluable agricultural products like fruits; vegetablesand milk can reach markets to enable better incomesfor farmers and for the benefit of urban consumers.

Peoples Party commits itself to providing all surpluselectric power during off peak hours for tube-wellsfree of cost

Ensuring Water Security

The PPP government is committed to ensuringwater security for irrigation and availability of cleandrinking water

Pakistan is now a water scarce country. Scarcitywill increase with time, with a burgeoningpopulation and climate change. The PPP will putin place a bold and comprehensive program toensure water security for future generations. Keyelements of the strategy would consist of: waterconservation, additional storages, farmer-managed

irrigation systems, rehabilitation of the ageing canaland barrage system, an effective drainage system,enhancing water productivity, strengthening waterrights and protecting the lower delta eco-systems.

In respect of the Arid Zones, a program will bedeveloped to harness water from rain and flashfloods, promote drip irrigation and crops that needless water.

Clean drinking water is a basic need. The PPP shallcreate a legal framework to ensure availability of

clean drinking water for all.

Ensuring Energy Infrastructure

The consumption of electricity is an index ofeconomic prosperity. Pakistans per capita electricityconsumption is about one tenth of the worldaverage. The last power station established in thepublic sector was the PPPs Ghazi Barotha 1450MWhydro electric power project which went online in

2004. The PPP also obtaineda 500 MW nuclearpower station at Chasma. The PPP governmentinducted over 5000MW of private power generationending shutdowns. Now Pakistan needs another8000 MWs by 2010 to meet the energy requirementsof the people. This will be met by utilising coal,solar, hydro and wind power.

The PPP is committed to establishing acomprehensive and credible program that ensuresEnergy Security andAdequacy of Supply. Keyelements would include: maximum use ofindigenous water and hydrocarbon resources,

energy conservation, proper pricing to ensure properuse while protecting the life line consumers.

Specific actions and interventions will includeencouraging and attracting private sector energyprojects, fast tracking of exploration anddevelopment of indigenous hydro carbon resourcesincluding the Thar coal project, acceleratingdevelopment of alternative energy, including windand solar energy, reviving the Keti Bunder project,establishing an energy corridor from Central Asia

to Balochistan, and a sustainable program to bringenergy to the doorstep of the poor.

Fisheries

The PPP will establish programs that will providetraining and micro-credit facilities to the fisher folksand ensure proper facilities, infrastructure to increaseexport potential of this sector in keeping withinternational standards.

Growth-Inducing Transport InfrastructureDevelopment

The PPP will develop and implement a nationaltransport development program, to sustain highgrowth, improve access to rural areas and to reduceinternal logistics costs and downtime, especiallyfor exports. In particular, it would establish a worldclass North South Transport corridor.=



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MEETING BASIC NEEDS

Empowerment and Social Change will be anothercornerstone of the PPPs Agenda for change.Using the full resources of the Government,Private Sector and Community Organizations, asocial transformation program will be ushered.

Education

The Peoples Party built 48,000 schools in its twotenures between 1988 to 1996; it recruited and

trained 100,000 teachers in three years alone,thereby doubling literacy.

The PPP increased the education budget by manybillions in its last two recent tenures of power, atestimony to the top priority it gives to education.

The PPP commits to its sons and daughters ofPakistan an education system that enables abrighter future than that of their parents so thatthey can hold their heads high in the comity of

Nations.

Quaid-e-Awam introduced free and compulsoryprimary education, promoted Centres ofExcellence, created Institutes of Science andTechnology and took Pakistan to the cutting edgeof Nuclear Physics, establishing centres of NuclearMedicine. He set up a chain of new Universities,Medical and Engineering Colleges in theneglected areas as a harbinger to a MuslimRenaissance.

The PPP will focus on providing computersprogressively for every Secondary School andCollege in Pakistan. The Party will install at leastone computer in each School so that the newgeneration can enter the digital age.

To universalize basic education, every child ingovernment primary schools will be provided astipend.

Universal enrolment by 2015 of all childrenbetween the ages of 5 to 10 is the target of theParty.

The Pakistan Peoples Party believes in providingquality higher education in all regions of Pakistanthrough both Public and Private Sector CollegesUniversities and Institutes. The quality of existingColleges and Universities will be improved andthe number of Public Universities and Collegesparticularly in Science and Engineering, Medicineand Agriculture will be increased. Funding willbe regulated and monitored through Quality

Assurance Boards of the Higher EducationCommission. Funding to Private SectorUniversities will be enhanced through acompetitive programme.

Madrassah Reforms

We are in the process of sowing the seeds ofnational disintegration of a new generation ofalienated young people bred on hate andparanoia. Educational extremism thus represents

the greatest danger to Quaid-e-Azams vision ofthe federation.

The funding of groups during Afghan Jihad ofthe 80s has led to the rise of political madrassahsMany of them are not schools but irregular armyrecruitment centres for militants as well as armdepots holding rocket launchers and Kalashnikovguns. No militia will be allowed to seek refugeunder the name of madrassahs for militantactivities. Madrassahs will be reformed to be

Madrassahs that impart knowledge to childrenThe PPP had planned to build Apna Ghar (OurHome) as a free boarding school for socially oreconomically disadvantaged children. The planinitially adopted by the PPP in the budget of1996, but dropped by subsequent governmentswill be revived.



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Student Militancy

The PPP will lift the ban on Student Unions as ithas done in all its tenures. It will not permit armson campus.

Health of the Nation

All PPP Governments have made health a highpriority, believing that the welfare of People flowsfrom investing in the health of the people. BasicPrinciples of the Health Policy are: First, theGuarantee of Access to a Doctor for every Citizenof Pakistan via a National Health Service; Second,the Prevention of Disease; Third, the Guaranteethat Affordable Medicines are available to thesick and needy; Fourth, the provision of goodMedical Education and Training.

The Lady Health Workers (LHW) programmeinitiated by the PPP government has been themost successful initiative in the preventive healthsector in the last two decades; it increasedcontraceptive prevalence and reduced mother

and child mortality ratios. The PPP will furtherconsolidate this programme and take the numberof LHWs up to 200,000 in the next 5 years,extending it to Katchi Abadis in urban areas. Ascheme for inducting 10,000 male health workerswill be introduced in parts of NWFP andBalochistan.

The party will initiate a media campaign onvarious aspects of preventive health measures toincrease awareness on health, safe motherhood,

hygiene and nutrition.Access to quality drugs has eluded the poorcitizens of this country. The Pakistan PeoplesParty will initiate a pro-people Drugs policy forthe Public Sector Health System and maintainprices within the reach of the common man forthe WHO- approved list of 300 essential drugs.The PPP will introduce competitive measures toensure parity with regional price levels.

As in other Muslim Countries, including Iran,Bangladesh and Indonesia, Pakistan aims toprotect the health and care of both Mother andChild through Planned Parenthood.

Census

The PPP will hold a census every ten years andensure that the Census results are accurate,enabling resource distribution equitably in thecountry.

Human Settlements

Historically, Town Planning is a conceptdeveloped by the ancient Indus ValleyCivilization. To keep up with its glorious legacy,the PPP will invest in providing clean drinkingwater, sanitation and planning.

The Pakistan Peoples Party will set up a HumanSettlements Commission to prepare a MasterPlan of Human Settlements for the Whole

Country including the needs for housing, roads,parks and playgrounds.

The Pakistan Peoples Party will assist Provinciaand District Governments with establishingliveable cities and human settlements. The urbandegradation that is taking place will be reversedwith the provision of resources and capacitysupport.

Housing Policy

A house for every family is a key part of the PPPsloganMaang Raha Hai Har Insaan, Roti Kapra AurMakaan.

A comprehensive and credible program will bedeveloped and implemented to enable low andmiddle income families to own their own homesSuch a program will comprise releasinggovernment urban land, changes in zoning and



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land titling, changes in foreclosure laws, provisionof long-term credit which is sustainable, andestablishment of needed institutions, in thePrivate and Public Sector, to make the dream ofhome-ownership a reality for the masses.

Empowerment ofWomen

The Pakistan Peoples Party has an unflinchingcommitment to the cause of Gender Equality eversince it was founded in 1967. It is also the onlyParty in Pakistan that is headed by a Woman.

Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto was the first electedWoman Head of Government in the MuslimWorld.

The Party shall enunciate a nationalemployment policy for Women, facilitatingjob creation and Women's participation in theeconomy. The 10% affirmative actionjob quota for Women in public service initiatedby Mohtarma Benazir Bhuttos governmentwill be increased to 20%.

Effective legislation to enable legal ownershipof assets and resources for Women will beenacted to facilitate their financialindependence.

The Party will take institutional initiatives toprevent crimes against Women in the nameof tribalism, such as honour-killings andforced marriages.

Family Courts will be presided by WomenJudges to hear Family Law Cases. Right ofMaintenance and child custody according tolaw will be implemented.

Women will be appointed to the superiorjudiciary.

Ministry of Women Development will be partof important policy-making bodies to ensurethat gender priorities are reflected in all policyinitiatives.

Human RightsAs the Party that introduced a Ministry forHuman Rights, the PPP will respect the life,liberty, property, livelihood and right to freedomof association, expression and movement of everycitizen. It will honour the International HumanRights Declaration in both letter and spirit. ThePPP will protect the rights in particular of theweak and oppressed, the discriminated and thedowntrodden.

Minorities

To uplift and empower minorities, a job quotafor minorities in the services of Pakistan, includingthe operational services like Army, Police,Intelligence Agencies, Judiciary and ForeignAffairs will be allocated.

An independent permanent NationalCommission for Religious Minorities will be

instituted, with the powers of Tribunals whichcan entertain complaints and provide redress onurgent basis.

Minorities will be given administrative controlof their places of worship and a person belongingto a minority group will be made head of theEvacuee Trust Property Board.

The statutes that discriminate against religiousMinorities, and are sources of communaldisharmony, will be reviewed.

Information and Media

The Pakistan Peoples Party recognizes that a Freeand Vibrant Press is the greatest guarantor againsttyranny and oppression. In accordance with thisprinciple, the PPP liberated the Press in 1988 byallowing free import of newsprint, the abolitionof government permission to establish



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newspapers and journals, and by introducingPrivate Radio and Television Stations.

Each ministry will set up its own media cell toput across the point of view of the Ministry.Journalists from the private sector will be eligiblefor induction on contract basis and on competitivemarket rates.

A Press Complaints Commission will beestablished on the basis of the British system ofPress Complaints.

The Private Sector will be allowed to freelyestablish television and radio stations subject totheir operating within a legal framework. FMstations licenses will be given to the PoliticalParties.

Information and CommunicationTechnologies

The PPP heralded the information age intoPakistan with colour television, fax machines, e-

mails and satellite television. It laid fibre opticlines in 1989 and digitalised telecommunications.In 1993, it began computer literacy programs toherald the computer literate generation. Softwaretechnology parks were to be established in themajor cities by the PPP.

ThePPP fully supports theUnited NationsInformation and Communication Technology TaskForce (UNICTF) goals. Working with the UN, thePPP will create an enabling environment to map

UN's Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).We believe that ICTs play an important role indevelopment, poverty reduction, empoweringwomen, reducing gender gap and communicatingand practicing democratic values.We will replicatethe best practices in Pakistan and willdevelop acomprehensive e-Government Strategy.

The PPP will implement an ICT policy andprogram to bridge the digital divide and to enable

Pakistan to join the ranks of world leaders in IT.

A comprehensive program will include: expandingtelecommunications bandwidth capacity, expandtraining institutions for IT professionals, promotionof IT and software exports.

Science and Technology

The PPP gave the best science and technologyinstitutions to the country. Science and TechnologyHubs will be established in major urban areas,

much like the science cities in the developedworld.

Culture

The Pakistan Peoples Party will promote NationaHeritage and Culture of Pakistan. We will increasefunding for the Arts, and support artists and theirinstitutions.

Environment

We have inherited the earth to nourish andtreasure, not to plunder and destroy.

The PPP will follow environment-friendly policiesto build a cleaner, healthier environment for ourchildren. Curriculum on environment will beintroduced in schools.

The PPP supports the Kyoto protocol on climatechange.

The PPP will accelerate programs which willensure Clean Air, Land, and Water for All.

The PPP will introduce CNG units in major citiesto reduce vehicular pollution.

The PPP will set up a new National Calamitiesand Disaster Management Authority and makethe Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency(PEPA) an autonomous authority.



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GOOD GOVERNANCE

Magna Carta of Pakistan

The Pakistan Peoples Party reaffirms itscommitments to implement the Charter ofDemocracy; the veritable Magna Carta ofPakistan.

As early as 1949, the Public RepresentativesOfficers Disqualification Act (PRODA) was usedfor the ulterior purpose of driving out the

Stalwarts of Muslim Leaders from the arena ofPolitics. The scythe of the Electoral BodiesDisqualification Order of 1960 decapitated theentire Founding Fathers of Pakistan. Ziaul Haqpromulgated the Martial Law Order 17 of 1977in order to victimize and disqualify the leadershipof the Pakistan Peoples Party. In the most heinousdeed of our tormented political history, ZiaulHaq physically murdered his benefactor on April4, 1979.

The so-called accountability measures since 1996were used to incarcerate Senator Asif Ali Zardarifor eight long years, although he and MohtarmaBenazir Bhutto were never sentenced for anycrime. False cases were used in a conspiracy inan attempt to break their will to fight for thepeople of Pakistan and also to deceive the peopleof Pakistan about their legitimate democraticleadership.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan rightly observedin 1958: When politics enters the Palace of Justice,Democracy, its cherished inmate, walks out ofthe backdoor. A Judges duty in a given case isto adjudicate on the right or liability and thisfunction he must discharge according to law. TheConstitution entrusts the interests of the Country,in the appointment of a Prime Minister, to themembers of the Parliament and if the country isruined by the wrong choice of a Prime Minister,the responsibility is that of the people and their

representatives and not of the Judge. The Judgesduty is to administer the law and not to lay downthe moral or political standards for the choice ofa Prime Minister.

The Charter consists of the following 36points in brief:

1. The 1973 Constitution as on 12 October 1999shall be restored save for the provisions ofJoint Electorates, reserved seats for Minoritiesand Women, lowering of the voting age to 18,

and increase in seats in Parliament.

2. The appointment of Governors, three serviceChiefs and the CJ SC shall be made by thePrime Minister who will be the ChiefExecutive.

3. The appointments of Judges to SuperiorJudiciary will be made with the advice andconsent of a Joint Parliamentary Committeeconsisting of equal representatives of the

Treasury and the Opposition on therecommendation of a Commission headed byformer Chief Justice who has not taken oathunder the PCO.

4. A Federal Constitutional Court with equalrepresentation to each Federating Unit willresolve Constitutional issues.

5. The Concurrent list will be abolished.

6. Reserved seats for Women will be allocated

in proportion to percentage of votes polledby each contesting Party.

7. The strength of the Senate will be increased8. FATA will be merged into NWFP in

consultation with the Tribal Areas.

9. Northern Areas will be given a Special Statusand Empowerment.

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11. National Security Council will be abolished

and replaced by Defence Committeeheaded by the Prime Minister.

12. The ban on Third term for Prime Ministerwill be scrapped.

13. Truth and Reconciliation Commission will beestablished.

14. Politically motivated NAB will be abolishedand replaced by an IndependentAccountability Commission whose

Chairman will be appointed jointly by thePrime Minister and the Leader of theOpposition with the advice andconsent of Joint Parliamentary Committeewith parity between Treasury and theOpposition parties.

15. The Media will have freedom of access toInformation regulated by Law.

16. The Chairman of the Public AccountsCommittee will be appointed by the respective

Leaders of the Opposition in the House.

17. Nuclear Command and Control will be placedunder the Defence Committee of the Cabinet.

18. The future of Kashmir will be determinedaccording to the aspirations of the people ofKashmir and UNResolutions.

19. Good Governance will include quality Health,Universal Education, Price Stability

Employment Generation and Austerity byGovernment Officials.

20. Women, Minorities and under-privileged willbe provided equality of opportunity.

21. Electorate mandate will be respected andextra constitutional ways will not be adoptedfor undermining the rights of the Governmentor Opposition.

22. Signatories to the Charter will not join Military

regimes or sponsored Governments.23. All indirect elections will be by open ballots

24. All Military and Judicial Officers will fileannual statements of Wealth and Income.

25. National Democracy Commission willpromote Democratic Culture.

26. Terrorism and militancy will be vigorouslyconfronted.

27. Impartiality and independence of the ElectionCommission will be guaranteed.

28. Elections will be held on a level-playing field

29. Local Body Elections will be held within threemonths of General Elections.

30. Neutral administrators will be appointed bythe Competent Election Authorities duringthe Conduct of elections.

31. Elections will be conducted by a neutralCaretaker Government.

32. All Security Agencies including ISI and MIwill be answerable to the elected PrimeMinister.

33. All indemnities promulgated by militaryregimes will be reviewed.

34. Defence Budget will be placed before andapproved by Parliament.

35. Military Land and Cantonments will becontrolled by the Ministry of Defence.

36. Rules of Business will be reviewed to conformto Parliamentary Traditions.

Provincial Autonomy

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a true Federal Democracy in theory and practice

by enacting the following reforms in order tomake Provincial Autonomy meaningful.

The unanimous Constitution of 1973 authoredby Quaid-e-Awam introduced ProvincialAutonomy to the Countrys Federal System. ThePPP will take the following measures:

The Concurrent Legislative List will beabolished.

Provinces will be given their due share intheir Natural Resources.

Distribution criteria for NFC award will takeinto account contribution to revenues,geographic size, backwardness and level ofdevelopment as well as population.

The Natural Gas rates and Royalty formulawill be as determined by the Constitution of1973.

All Companies engaged in exploration andextraction of Natural Resources will berequired to train local people and allocatefunds for social development.

Provinces will be given part of the saleproceeds in the sale of federal assets in theirprovince.

Octroi will revert to local governments andbe collected by them.

Sales tax will be progressively returned toProvinces.

Local Government

The Pakistan Peoples Party believes in a three-tier system of Government: Federal, Provincial

and Local. Each will enjoy autonomy and function

under the law.

The system of Local Government introduced bythe military regime, which has been manipulatedfor political ends, will be revamped to bring it inline with the Partys Devolution Plan.

Primary Education, Basic Health, Water Supply,Sanitation and Population Welfare will be lookedafter by the Local Governments. The DeputyCommissioner will perform the functions of the

DCO. Local Government will be based on modernpatterns such as those that exist in the establisheddemocracies of the world. Caretaker districtgovernments would be established duringelections.

Civil Service Reforms

No modern state can function without animpartial, honest and efficient bureaucracy. The

Pakistan Peoples Party will initiate theimplementation of broad-based Civil ServiceReforms. Security of service, fixed tenures, merit-based appointments, barriers to lateral entry anda ban on inductions from other state institutionsare required for an effective bureaucracy.

Training of civil servants will be conducted tomake the Civil Services citizen-friendly andresponsive to the needs and demands of thepublic.

Police Reforms

The PPP government will embark on ameaningful Police Reforms Program. The aim ofthe reforms will to provide security to citizensby creating a crime-free society. The PPP will betough on crime and the causes of crime. It willfoster a professional police force owing allegianceto the Constitution and rule of law, and stop the



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practice of using the police force for political

purposes.The PPP will expand law enforcement and equipit with modern means to combat crime andmaintain security. A strong police force isnecessary to combat the forces of internalterrorism.

In the previous PPP Government, Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto instituted a revolutionaryprogramme of Women's Police Stations headedby Women Police Officers to encourage Women

to report crimes of domestic abuse. This highlysuccessful programme was dismantled bysubsequent administrations. It will beimmediately reconstituted under the PPPgovernment.

Prison Reforms

The PPP prison reforms aim at reformingprisoners enabling them to integrate into societyas responsible citizens. The concept of hard andrigorous labour will be abolished. Prisoners willbe encouraged to take classes to learn skills andearn points towards good behaviour early release.They will be paid proper wages for workundertaken and be entitled to purchase facilitiesfor themselves including television, computersand other products. Common rooms will provideInternet access to selected sites as well as readingmaterial in libraries. Medical attention will begiven promptly. Proper seating arrangements for

interviews will be made.

Prisoners will have the right to make availabletransport for going to Court hearings in the eventof vehicle shortage.Prison administrations willbe given rules within which to function and willbe autonomous in their functioning. AnOmbudsman will be appointed to hearcomplaints of Prisoners against the violation ofjail rules.

Female prisoners will be housed in separate

quarters and looked after by female staff. Nomale staff will be permitted entrance to the femalequarters. Female quarters will have similarfacilities as male quarters with additional child-care areas.

Rule of Law

The basis of a civilised society lies in the rule oflaw. In developed countries, those whoundermine the majesty of law go to prison. In

our country, too often the victims of those whoperpetuated injustices are sent to prison. Eachelected leader of Pakistan left office brutalizedand criminalised while none of the militarydictators paid a price even when theydisintegrated the Nation and mutilated theConstitution.

When the state apparatus perverts the course ofjustice, evil consequences flow which underminethe premise on which civilised society can be

based.

The PPP will establish a Truth and ReconciliationCommission to investigate how the so-calledNational Accountability Bureau tried to pervertthe course of justice by torturing witnesses tocommit perjury and wasted national resourcesto politically re-engineer Pakistan.

Judicial Reforms

The Pakistan Peoples Party is committed to aneutral independent judiciary free of politicalmanipulation. Justice must be fair and blind.From the lower courts to the Supreme Court, thePPP commits its government to a trulyindependent judiciary.



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FATA Reforms

Quaid-e-Awam introduced development for thepeople of the Federally Administered Tribal Areasand the PPP government headed by MohtarmaBenazir Bhutto continued those policies.

The PPP will restore the authority of theGovernment in the Tribal Areas and stop the pro-Taliban forces from using its territory to mountattacks on neighbouring Afghanistan.

The current situation in the FATA represents aclear danger to national security. The militaryregime has given up Pakistan 's sovereign territoryin the Tribal Areas to foreigners. ConsequentlyFATA has become a safe haven for militancy andextremism.

The PPP will reclaim Pakistan's territory and re-assert the authority of the government

The PPP will facilitate the extension of the Laws

of Pakistan to FATA, including the Political PartiesAct. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, ChairpersonPakistan Peoples Party has already moved aconstitutional petition in the Supreme Court inthis regard.

The Party will establish an Elected Council inthe Tribal Agencies on the pattern of the NorthernAreas to elect local representatives. Developmentfunds will be disbursed through the elected

Agencies Council.

The PPP would also establish an independentjudicial system in the Tribal Agencies by undoingthe present system in which the executive andjudicial functions are performed by the sameauthority.

The PPP will provide the right of Habeus Corpusand establish Sessions Courts in the Tribal Areas

The PPP will enable a right of Appeal to thePeshawar High Court and further to the SupremeCourt of Pakistan, providing judicial protectionto the people of the FATA.

The seats in the NWFP Provincial Assembly willbe enhanced to accommodate representativesfrom the FATA directly elected by adult franchise

according to the population of each Agency.

The PPP will push forward schemes for theeducational advancement and economic upliftof FATA, creating job opportunities, increasingquotas in Colleges, Universities and GovernmentThe tribal people will not be abandoned to themercy of Political Agents and Maliks.

From centres in the tribal areas, the PPP willprovide employment, education andempowerment to the noble Pakhtuns who havelived in hardship.

The PPP will liberate them from backwardnessand ignorance.

In order to expedite investment and create jobsthe FATA will be made into a tax-free zone onitems manufactured in these areas

Northern Areas

The PPP government will actively pursue policiesthat promote education, development, and peacein the Northern Areas.



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PAKISTAN AND THE WORLD

The guiding principles of the Pakistan PeoplesParty shall be the universal principles of peace,reciprocity and flexibility in its foreign relations.The Party is opposed to all forms of terrorismand seeks to build bridges in the worldcommunity and promotes inter-faith harmonyafter the polarities arising from September 11.The Party believes that civilizations anddemocracies do not go to war, and will not allowextremists to hijack a progressive agenda. ThePPP will endeavour to add depth and substance

to Pakistan's relations with regional, economicand social organisations. The PPP believes ingood neighbourly relations with Afghanistan,India, Iran and the Peoples Republic of China.The Party also believes in further strengtheningrelations with the USA, Canada, European Union,Japan and the Commonwealth. Pakistan is at thehub of Central Asia, the Gulf and the GCC, hencethe PPP will provide a fresh impetus to the tradeand cultural ties with these regions. Our specialrelations with Bangladesh will be strengthened.

Self-Determination

The Pakistan Peoples Party supports the right ofself-determination for all people.

Kashmir

The Pakistan Peoples Party supports the rightsof the Kashmiri people and will pursue thecomposite dialogue process agenda that itinitiated with India including Kashmir and Indo-Pak issues. It will not allow lack of progress onone agenda to impede progress on the other.

The PPP, without prejudice to the UN SecurityCouncil Resolutions, supports open and safeborders at the Line of Control to socially unitethe Kashmiri people. It notes that India andChina have a border dispute and yet enjoytension-free relations.

Relations with India

The Simla Agreement of 1973 provides aframework for relations between the twoCountries. It seeks to reduce tensions with Indiathrough peaceful negotiations to outstandingdisputes and issues, and recalls the great progressin bilateral relations that took place under thegovernment of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.During the December 1988 SAARC Summit, theproposal of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto totransform SAARC from a cultural organization

into an economic one was accepted by the SAARCcountries.

The PPP government will work for a regionaleconomic framework for the countries of SouthAsia to benefit all its people through economiesof scale. Such a regional economic group has thepotential to turn into a global economicpowerhouse, attracting investment, creating jobsand eliminating poverty.

Under Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto's governmentsthe PPP has consistently pushed to replace theinfrastructure of conflict with the architecture ofpeace.

The PPP believes that a prosperous Pakistan is aprosperous South Asia. Maintaining peaceful tieswith India is imperative if we wish to achievethese goals. When elected to power, the PPPintends to tackle the social and economic malaiseinfecting the region by promoting an Asian

Common Market that can attract investment,create jobs and build bridges of peace and tradethrough all of South Asia.

Afghanistan

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The PPP will not allow Pakistan's territory to beused for cross-border terrorism againstAfghanistan. The Party firmly adheres to theprinciple of non-interference in Afghanistan'sinternal affairs and favours no group, faction ortribe. The PPP government will engage theAfghan government for an overall understandingon border security, exchange of intelligence, flagmeetings between sector commanders, exchangeof information, and non-use of force in oneanother's territories.

The PPP will seek to sign a Treaty of Peace andCooperation with Afghanistan based on thefollowing principles:

Respect for fundamental human rights andfor the purposes and principles of the Charterof the United Nations.

Settlement of all disputes by peaceful means,such as negotiation, conciliation, arbitrationor judicial settlement.

Promotion of mutual interests and

cooperation.

Respect for justice and internationalobligations.

A commitment to the restoration of closecultural, economic and trade ties withAfghanistan

The PPP will set up joint working groups withAfghanistan to enhance and rationalize tradebetween the two nations.

The PPP will commit its government to usingits resources in Balochistan for the mutualbenefit of the energy needs of Afghanistanand Pakistan's largest Province.

Terrorism

Terrorism was born in the bowels of dictatorship,which recruited, trained, armed and financed

extreme factions while marginalizing themoderate, democratic and pluralistic forces.

History teaches us that Democracies do not wagewar with each other nor do Democracies promoteinternational terrorism.

The PPP will dismantle militant groups who seekto take hostage the foreign policy of the countryand impose their writ through force on the tribalareas of Pakistan and elsewhere.

Distinctions between, and amongst terroristgroups will no longer be maintained.

Defence

The PPP believes that a sound economic basepromotes a strong Defence. It seeks to identifyPakistans core Defence needs to enable thecountry to meet its defence targets.The educational curriculum in Defence instituteswas prepared to train an officer cadre that could

uphold the forces of military rule. That curriculumwill be revised to ensure respect for Democracy,Democratic institutions and elected officials. Inaddition, all newly appointed Service Chiefs willbe given a public oath of office, similar to the onetaken at commissioning, prior to their taking uptheir assignment.

The PPP gave Pakistan a strong defence tosafeguard its territorial integrity and nationalindependence. Quaid-e-Awam gave Pakistan thenuclear program to achieve nuclear parity withIndia. Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto gave Pakistanmissile capability to enable the country to deteraggression.

The PPP will ensure that our armed forces areamongst the best in the world in so that they earnthe love and respect of the nation as a Defenderof our Motherland free of political involvementand controversy.



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CONCLUSION: TOWARDS A NEW

PAKISTANThe Pakistan Peoples Party makes a sacred pledgeto the people of Pakistan that it will lead ourNation to peace and prosperity. It will build atomorrow better than any of the yesterdays wehave known by following in the footsteps of ourheroic leaders, Quaid-e-Azam and Quaid-e-Awam to build a federal, democratic, egalitarianPakistan. The PPP believes that the key to theadvancement of Pakistan lies in focusing on

employment, education, energy, environmentand equality.

From Khyber to Karachi, from the mountains

that Alexander the Great crossed to the desertsands of Sindh where Mohammad Bin Qasimbrought the Message of Islam, under the bannerof Pakistan and the tri-colour flag of Quaid-e-Awam, there will be one nation, one leader, onemission, one programme, one destination, andone voice reflecting the hopes, the desires, thewishes and the aspirations of our great people.

Ilm Roshni, Sab Ko KaamRoti Kapra Aur Makaan

Maang Raha Hai Har Insaan

Documents

PPP Manifesto 2008.pdf