Gilani added that the ruling regime was serious about scrapping the president's sweeping powers.
Prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said there was no rift between the civilian government and the powerful army. He added that the ruling regime was serious about scrapping the president's sweeping powers.
"The military is playing its role very efficiently and there is no sort of rift (between) the army and the civil government. I do not see any rift. We have good relations," he told reporters after meeting the families of security personnel who died in terrorist attacks.
The Pakistani media has been abuzz with speculation about deteriorating relations between the army and Pakistan Peoples Party since party chief and President Asif Ali Zardari said "non-state actors" were conspiring against him and the country.
Responding to questions from the media, Gilani said institutions like the army, judiciary and parliament were working within their limits.
"There could be a clash (between these institutions) only if they cross their limits. There is no need to worry as no
one is crossing the limits now," he said.
Gilani expressed confidence that the Pakistan Peoples Party-led federal government will complete its five-year term.
"I will be worried the day the people are not with me (but) there is no such thing now. The PPP respects the people's mandate. The people have given us a mandate for five years," he said.
The government is "200% serious" about scrapping constitutional provisions that were introduced during the previous military regime to give the President sweeping powers to appoint service chiefs and dissolve the parliament, Gilani said.
President Zardari too is committed to repealing these constitutional provisions and a constitutional reforms committee comprising leaders of all political parties is working on the issue, he said.
The premier refused to set a timeframe for the scrapping of the President's powers, saying only the constitutional reforms committee could set a deadline in this regard.
The opposition has been mounting pressure on beleaguered Zardari to give up the President's sweeping powers.
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