ISLAMABAD: US yesterday said it supports civilian democratic governance in Pakistan and has taken no position on opposition parties marches planned for Independence Day.
“We don’t have any position on the planned marches,” State Department spokesperson Marie Hard said when asked about the PTI’s march yesterday the Independence Day of Pakistan.
She explained that the United States stands strongly in favour of a democratically elected civilian government but also respects people’s right to assemble.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon yesterday made no direct comment on to the planned march on Islamabad by Pakistani opposition parties but said the UN chief upholds the right of people to protest peacefully.
Pakistan is today a democratic parliamentary republic with its political system based on an elected form of governance.
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