Asif Ali Zardari

How Zardari “joked” Nawaz out of making arch nemesis Aitzaz Punjab Guv!

Lahore, Sept 12 : How Zardari “joked” Nawaz out of making arch nemesis Aitzaz Punjab Guv!Newly sworn in Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari declined PML-N leader and former premier Nawaz Sharif’s call of installing Supreme Court Bar Association President Aitzaz Ahsan as the next Punjab Governor, saying in a lighter vein that by doing so the Governor House would become “a centre of anti-PPP rallies”.

Zardari to form parliamentary caucus to solve Kashmir issue

Islamabad, Sep 12 :Zardari to form parliamentary caucus to solve Kashmir issue President Asif Ali Zardari is hopeful that the two pending disputes with India — Siachen and Sir Creek — will be resolved very soon and an atmosphere of trust will be created in which India and Pakistan will try to achieve a breakthrough to resolve the Kashmir dispute.

President Zardari assured that his government will not depend on secret diplomacy, The News reported.

Next US Prez will inherit challenge of persuading Pak leaders to fight war on terror

Next US Prez will inherit challenge of persuading Pak leaders to fight war on terrorIslamabad, Sep 11 : Pakistan’s civilian and military leaders don’t want to fight the war on terror as the United States want them to fight.

The new Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will not likely be able to solve the problems in near future, so the next US President will inherit the challenge of persuading the Pakistani leadership that it needs to continue prosecuting an unpopular, but necessary, war, The International Herald Tribune reported.

“Broke” Zardari govt to make journos pay while accompanying him on foreign tours

Foreign, domestic leaders hail Zardari’s election as Pakistan PresidentIslamabad, Sept 11 : Newly-elected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has reportedly decided to cut down the size of entourage that would accompany him on his foreign visits. The move is seen as a cost-cutting exercise in the wake of the deep economic crisis Pakistan is going through.

According to the Daily Times, Zardari will also take a usual commercial flight on foreign visits instead of a separate aircraft.

Zardari accepts PML-N ministers’ resignation, no fresh efforts to rope in N-League again

Zardari accepts PML-N ministers’ resignation, no fresh efforts to rope in N-League againIslamabad, Sept 11 : The Pakistan Government on Wednesday evening formally accepted the resignation of the five PML-N ministers who had resigned nearly two months ago in protest against the PPP-led Government’s dillydallying tactics in restoring the deposed Supreme Court judges.

Though the acceptance of resignation of PML-N ministers was pending for nearly two months, the Government okayed it within three days of the new President Asif Ali Zardari assuming the Presidency.

Zardari, Manmohan likely to meet at UN session later this month

Islamabad, Zardari, Manmohan likely to meet at UN session later this month

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