Asif Zardari calls for fight against anti democratic forces
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ISLAMABAD: (APP) Former President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the people to fight the mindest behind a systematic assault on women rights in the country.
Asif Zardari, in his message on the eve of the 63rd birthday of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto which falls on Tuesday, said on the birthday of the Muslim world's first directly elected woman Prime Minister it was worrying that in the name of religion, obscurantist elements were increasingly suppressing women - some even calling for violence against them.
"We condemn and reject such declarations by semi-literate and obscurantist male chauvinists in the name of religion. We condemn and reject the hysterical anti-women noises increasingly being made by these elements. The party vows to fight bigots and obscurantist to the finish," he added.
Zardari also asked people to follow Shaheed Benazir Bhutto in standing up to militants and extremists and not allow them foist their ideology through brute force. "At the same time we must also protect and defend democratic institutions and constitutionalism," he said.
Recalling her last words at public meeting in Liaquat Bagh Rawalpindi asking people to stand up to extremism, dictatorship and to banish poverty and ignorance, Zardari said these words served as a road map for making Pakistan a modern and pluralistic state.
Zardari said that the party would continue fight militancy and strengthen democracy by fighting forces of status quo and anti-democracy.
Zardari also paid tribute to those who laid down their lives or suffered in the course of democratic struggle and in fighting regressive elements.
