Lahore, Sept 15 : Newly elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that in the past whatever steps had been taken to control the spread of terror, they have only worsened the situation.
Calling for a new dialogue to tackle terrorism, he said that he would seek an international conference on the issue at the UN General Assembly later this month.
“Whatever medicine we’ve been using, it hasn’t ended the poison, it’s made it worse,” the Daily Times quoted Zardari as saying in an interview with The Sunday Times.
Zardari said he felt that Pakistan was being blamed for NATO’s failure in Afghanistan.
London, Sept 14 : Pakistan’s high commissioner to the UK Wajid Shamsul Hasan has reportedly said that American raids on the Taliban and Al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan could provoke terror attacks in London.
He said the US bombings had killed hundreds of civilians, but had failed to eliminate any Al-Qaeda leader.
Islamabad, Sept 14: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani have reportedly condemned the last evening’s blasts in New Delhi claiming at least 30 lives, saying it was a “heinous act”.
The dup also expressed their shock and grief over the loss of “precious human lives”.
Gilani said that “those involved in such heinous act were the enemies of humanity”.
Nawabshah, Sep 13: President Asif Ali Zardari has said that democracy has been restored completely in Pakistan and Benazir Bhutto’s mission has been completed.
Talking to parliamentarians and officials from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) at the VIP Lounge of the Nawabshah Airport, Zardari said the PPP did not believe in “politics of revenge” and had tried to bring together all political parties in the country.
The president said Nawabshah had been ignored during the last 11 years due to political opposition and pledged a development package for the district.
Islamabad, Sep 13 : Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari after getting elected last week has tried to challenge public opinion by declaring the US-led fight against terror as “Pakistan’s own war,” but does not enjoy the support in the country, where there is growing anti-American sentiment largely fuelled by the indiscriminate American missile attacks and cross-border incursions.