President Zardari is now well: Kaira

Kaira says doctors attending to President Zardari have allowed him to resume presidential duties.

LALA MUSA: Pakistan People’s Party, Information Secretary and former Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Sunday that President Asif Ali Zardari is now well and will resume his presidential responsibilities soon.

Kaira said that the doctors attending to President Zardari had allowed him to resume obligations as his health condition is now improving.

The president told Kaira from Dubai over telephone on Saturday that the PPP leaders and workers were ready to face all national issues.

Zardari directed Kaira to inform party workers that they should face the situation with patience and that it was the policy of the party to keep all political parties on board under the reconciliation policy.

While talking to the media, Kaira said that PML-N President Mian Nawaz Sharif had become politically isolated as no party was supporting him and that he is now seeking help from nationalist parties.

He said that Mian Shahbaz Sharif went abroad after every couple of months for treatment but the PPP never drew attention to his visits, adding that it was unfortunate that some people were spreading conspiracies regarding the president’s illness instead of praying for his health.

He also said that there was tension between the United States and Pakistan after the Nato attack and that national unity was the need of the time in such condition. He added that those spreading rumours want to weaken the country.

Earlier this week, Zaradri flew to the United Arab Emirates after falling ill in the midst of a major scandal over alleged attempts by a close aide to seek US help to limit the power of Pakistan’s military.

His illness sparked media reports that he is contemplating resignation, but loyalists have ruled out any question that he may step down and the president has defied many critics in already holding onto power for three years.

“He had a minor heart attack on Tuesday. He flew to Dubai where he had an angioplasty. He’s in good health now,” Mustafa Khokhar, adviser to the prime minister on human rights who sits in the cabinet, told AFP.

“There’s no question of any resignation,” he added.