Saad Rafique stresses consensus, dialogue for political stability.

LAHORE -- Federal Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique on Tuesday stressed the need for developing consensus and initiating dialogue for politiAcal stability in the country.

Talking to the media after apApearing before an accountability court here, he said that political stability was a responsibility of all stakeholders. 'The federal government alone could not bring about political stability if the provincial governments did not cooperate,' he added.

He questioned whether the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and PunAjab governments extended coAoperation to the federal governAment during the recent floods, adding that they did not bother for even coordination though they were supported by the cenAtre. He said that differences exist between the governments, but they should become one on the public and national issues.

Saad Rafique said that for steering the country out of criAses, all political parties, judiAciary and establishment would have to come together on one point. He said that resolution of the economic crisis was the biggest challenge and it was only possible through a charter of economy. All political parAties must reach consensus on a charter of economy, which should also be backed by the state institutions, he suggested.

He said that no one could be excluded from politics through imprisonments or disqualificaAtions. A politician becomes reAdundant because of his lack of public service, he added.

The federal minister said that Imran Khan had pushed the country to the brink of deAfault and it was a great success of the coalition government to save it from further disaster. He said that the coalition governAment had assumed the power to save the country, and not for the sake of merely gaining powAer. He said it was for the first time that national parties and...

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