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Govt to rectify

social evils: CE

ISLAMABAD: Chief Executive Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the government has embarked upon a multi-faceted programme of rectifying the social evils and rejuvenating the economy.

In his message on the Pakistan Day, the Chief Executive said that in order to achieve these national objectives, the government has set up new institutions such as National Reconstruction Bureau, National Accountability Bureau which are in the proces of improving the government system to make it more public service-oriented.

He said Pakistan has seen many divergencies, both in political and economic areas. "It was due to lack of stability in these two spheres that we could not make our beloved Pakistan economically and socially as strong as was conceived by the founders of Pakistan," he said.

The government, he said, was bequeathed a wrecked socio-political structure, weakened institutions and, above all, a system of bad governance where people had lost confidence in government and leadership.

The Chief Executive said that political upheavels, social disorder and rampant corruption created endemic conditions of uncertainty for the common man who had to suffer all kinds of deprivation. It was the commitment and strong will of patriotic Pakistanis that helped Pakistan to survive and renew itself, and to remain an important member of the comity of nations.

He said, "Today is not only a day for remembrance but an occasion for strengthening our commitment to the national cause."

Nothing, he said, stands in the way of a strong and determined people from achieving success and glory in every field of national life.ÑAPP