President Asif Ali Zardari on Monday said that being the government imposed huge responsibilities on the PPP and it was our duty to remain calm and not over-react to political provocation's. "We will continue our forward march and complete the term, no matter whatever the provocation," he said, adding "let there be no doubt or mistake about it". There will be no mid term elections," he said.

The President was addressing the combined Senate and National Assembly Parliamentary Party meetings of the PPP in the Presidency which was also attended by Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani. "Actions speak louder than words and let us prove to the world that through actions we rose to the expectations of the people," the President asked the Parliamentary Party members.

The President said PPP knows the value of democracy because it had made huge sacrifices for it and it will protect democracy at all cost. Spokesperson for the President Farhatullah Babar said the President also declared 2010 as the year for local bodies election.

The President said that the PPP will seek to take a collective decision on the nature of local bodies polls with coalition partners in all the provinces. He said that the economy was showing signs of improvement and the nation was on its way to overcome its difficulties.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2010