LAHORE, April 4: President Asif Ali Zardari has said the government is aware of peoples` problems, but domestic and international situation has forced it to take tough decisions to secure better future for the coming generations.

Talking to PPP Punjab legislators at Governor`s House on Wednesday, he said the PPP always worked in difficult circumstances. He said the PPP believed in policy of reconciliation and tolerance.

`It was due to this policy that the 1973 Constitution was restored to its original form and the government achieved many other milestones.

The president said the PPP continued efforts to strengthen democracy and democratic institutions. He said democratic values were taking roots in the country as a result of PPP`s efforts. He said his party respected the mandate of other parties and would go to next elections on the basis of its performance.

Some MPAs apprised the president of their problems. The president assured them that the federal government would solve their problems.

Earlier, Governor Latif Khosa and other PPP leaders received him at the old airport.

PML-N Information Secretary Mushahidullah Khan told Dawn it could not welcome the Pakistan People`s Party cochairman.

To a question whether the PML-N had any plan to march on the Governor`s House to protest against loadshedding and increase in petroleum prices, he said the PML-N believed in `peaceful demonstration`.

Meanwhile, PML-N President Nawaz Sharif has returned from Dubai while Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif is in London.