Islamabad, Aug 29 : In order to fast-forward his ascendancy to the post of President of Pakistan, PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has misled various stake-holders on different issues like restoration of judges sans deposed chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and that he was the unanimous choice of stakeholders for Presidency.
And, he bulldozed every other issue out of his way to grab the most powerful seat in the country, said an article written by noted journalist and group editor of The News, Shaheen Sehbai.
Islamabad, Aug 29: PPP Co-chairman and presidential hopeful Asif Ali Zardari has been living in the Prime Minister’s House for the past one week for “security reasons”, fearing a possible attack from militants because of his recent criticism of the Taliban and call for banning the organisation.
Sources in Islamabad said that Zardari planned to stay in the PM’s House till the presidential election scheduled for Sept 6.
They said that the PPP co-chairman moved to the Prime Minister’s House on the “advice” of his colleagues in the government.
Islamabad, Aug. 28 : Pakistan''s key coalition leadersAsif Ali Zardari and Nawaz Sharif exchanged views about the presidential elections here today.
The News quoted sources as saying that Zardari offered Sharif to rejoin the ruling coalition and asked him to withdraw Justice (retired) Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui from the presidential elections, but Sharif said that things had gone to far ahead and his PML (N) is firm about restoration of all sacked judges.
Lahore, Aug 28 : Pakistan will be an unfortunate country if a person like PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari became the next President, because he will be a “security risk” for the country, the country’s cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has said.
Drawing a parallel between Zardari and former president Pervez Musharraf, he said that the former had no right to exonerate the latter from his Nov 7 unconstitutional acts and slaughter of people (at Lal Masjid) in pursuance of the US’ agenda.
Lahore, Aug 28 : Bookies in Pakistan are putting their bet on PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari as the country’s next president. They declared him as the people’s “favourite” candidate for the highest post of the country.
Bookies claimed that numerous police officers had also placed bets with them on Zardari’s name for the post of President.
A bookie, requesting anonymity, reportedly said that many people were placing their money on Zardari, as they believed that he would win the presidential elections, reported the Daily Times.
Islamabad, Aug 27: Ahead of PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari’s possible ascendancy to the post of President of Pakistan, fears are being expressed about his style of functioning as the country’s head of state. Political commentators have said that the kind of politics he was adopting could turn out to be bad.