Govt being run by ordinances in parliament's presence, laments Rabbani.

LAHORE -- Existing parliament have less powers than Majlis-e-Shura of Gen. Zia ul Haq, former chairman Senate Raza Rabbani lamented while addressing a gathering at a private university in Lahore, media reported on Monday.

'We talk about reforms in state institutions but don't know which institutions need reforms,' Senator Rabbani said.

'There are only three state institution as per the constitution i.e. the executive, the legislature and the judiciary,' he said. 'Regretfully, the parliament has no control over defence, foreign policy, internal security and the nuclear assets presently as well as in the past,' Raza Rabbani said.

The state has wiped out all resources in the country, which were producing leaders of caliber. 'Presently the system is not under the attack but those want to bring change in the system have been under the attack; the media, students and lawyers are under the attack,' Rabbani said.

He stressed on necessity of dialogue among the institutions. 'The institutions should decide how could they perform their responsibilities according to the constitution,' Senator Raza Rabbani said.

He urged the parliament to lead the way by initiating the dialogue. ' The federation could not sustain a tragedy anymore.' 'The democracy should...