Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has given his farewell address. Source: AAP
PAKISTAN Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has hailed parliament's historic completion of a full term in office as a victory for democracy in his farewell address to the nation.
The nuclear-armed country of 180 million, where Taliban attacks and record levels of violence against the Shi'ite Muslim minority have raised fears about security for the polls, is due to elect new leaders by mid-May.
Parliament, which held its last session on Thursday, has now become the first in Pakistan's history to complete a full term, ending on Saturday.
Its dissolution is a milestone in a country where the military has seized power three times in coups and ruled for around half the country's existence.
"It is matter of pleasure for me that an ordinary person like me is today prime minister of Pakistan and giving a hope of continuation of democracy to the nation," Ashraf said in a nationwide televised address on Saturday.
"There is a long history of tussle between the democratic and undemocratic forces in Pakistan, but the democratic forces have finally achieved a victory."
Analysts attribute the successful completion of the parliamentary term to Zardari's wheeler-dealer ability to keep the coalition intact, the army chief of staff's determination to keep out of politics and the opposition's unwillingness to force early elections.
But despite passing key legislation, which rolled back decades of meddling by military rulers, parliament has presided over staggering economic decline and worsening security over the last five years.
Ashraf said key achievements in his party's rule included the devolution of power to the provinces, but he admitted the government had been unable to solve the energy crisis.
He appealed for people to participate in the May elections, assuring voters that they would be fair.
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