CEC authorizes PM to reshuffle Cabinet.

ISLAMABAD, November 17, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The Central Executive Committee of the Pakistan Peoples Party has authorized the Prime Minister to re-shuffle the Cabinet to make it more responsive to the challenges the country was facing. Spokesperson to the President former Senator Farhatullah Babar said the meeting chaired by the Co-Chairman and President Asif Ali Zardari that continued till the wee hours of Tuesday morning also unanimously adopted a six-point resolution that condemned the vilification campaign against the President. According to the CEC resolution the party vowed to stand united against all conspiracies, restore the 1973 constitution in its original form, reposed trust in leadership of co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, congratulated the party over success in GB election and resolved to carry on policy of reconciliation. Addressing the CEC President Asif Ali Zardari said the PPP was a huge political force and was fully prepared to face all challenges confronting it politically. The President said the PPP formed government with coalition partners in the centre and the provinces and the democratic forces returned to the Presidency to embark upon a course of political and economic reformation. President Zardari said the party had a long history of rendering great sacrifices for the sake of democracy and peoples rights and was not afraid of rendering sacrifices if the need arose. Following is the text of the PPP CEC released from the President House Tuesday. 1. The PPP will continue its historic struggle for the social and economic rights of the people and for the continuation of democracy. The Party is united in fighting all conspiracies against it and will continue its struggle till the victory of the peoples rights. 2. The meeting reiterated that the Party will seek to restore the original 1973 Constitution in the light of Charter of Democracy. 3. The meeting reposed complete trust and confidence in the leadership of Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari and reiterated that all workers and Party organizations are standing united by the side of the Party leadership. 4. The meeting congratulated Co-Chairman President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani over the Partys success in elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. The meeting also thanked the people of Gilgit-Baltistan for reposing confidence in PPP. It also complimented party workers and the Party organizations. The meeting reassured the people of Gilgit-Baltistan that the Party will rise to their expectations. 5. The meeting decided to continue the policy of dialogue and reconciliation in the light of the political philosophy of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. The PPP will seek to carry along all the democratic forces for the success of democracy, ending militancy in the country and for the welfare of the people of Pakistan. 6. The meeting also condemned the campaign of vilification against the Party leadership. The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani, Makhdoom Amin Fahim, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Jahangir Badar, Mian Raza Rabbani, Raja Pervaiz Ashraf, Ms. Faryal Talpur, Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah, Naveed Qamar, Dr. Babar Awan, Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah, Shahbaz Bhatti, Rehman A. Malik, Sardar Latif Khosa, Sardar Assef Ahmed Ali, Yousuf Talpur, Qamar Zaman Kaira, Ms. Farahnaz Ispahani, Mir Ejaz Jhakrani, Ms. Farzana Raja besides members from all provinces, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir.

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