Islamabad: As tensions between Pakistan’s powerful military and the civilian government are on the rise over memogate scandal that has been roiling the nuclear armed nation, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has come up with an aggressive mood, claiming that conspiracies are being hatched to topple the democratically elected government.
Speaking to students at a ceremony held with regard to birth anniversary of Pakistan’s founding father Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah on Thursday, the prime minister said the country dismembered in the past due to treason allegations against the politicians.
“Conspiracies are being hatched against government,” he said and added despots have been attacking the Constitution of the country.
Gilani said that the Pakistan Army was an organize institution and would respect the constitution.
The prime minister said no army in the world could fight a war without the backing of the masses.
Later, speaking in the National Assembly, the prime minister said the his governmnet supported the military in trying times.
“We raised salaries of our soldiers, we stand by with the army after OBL operation, we stand by with them after Nato raid, but, we will not allow them to be an state within state, they would be accountable to the parliament, ” the PM went on saying.
He said that now the question was being raised who had issued visas to Americans. We also have a question that who had issue visa to Osama bin Laden.
