Gilani determined to end ‘imbalance’ in Pak power structure

“For a new Pakistan we need to implement the Charter of Democracy signed by two former prime ministers,” Gilani told The Times newspaper,adding “I think this is the way forward.” One of the key demands of the Charter is to return to the Prime Minister the powers that former President Pervez Musharraf gave himself to appoint the army chief,Supreme Court judges and election commission chief.

This,the British daily said,would make Gilani the country’s undisputed chief executive while being accountable to Parliament unlike the President.

“We have to return to parliamentary democracy on the lines of Westminster,” he said,indicating his determination to strip the presidency of the extra powers that it accumulated under Musharraf,who took power in a coup in 1999.

“We are committed to end this imbalance in the country’s power structure,” Gilani said in crucial remarks as behind the scene political maneuverings continued in Pakistan.