Day 3: President continues attacking PML-N
Zardari says he always considered Nawaz Sharif as his brother, yet he was not loyal with the PPP.
LAHORE:
President Asif Ali Zardari launched yet another scathing attack on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying that he gave the party the bastion of power in Punjab to expose their true colours and motives.
Talking to media reporters at the Governor House, he said that his party wanted to form a coalition with the Sharif brothers to remove then president Pervez Musharraf, which he termed was the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) first and foremost target.
He claimed that he thought of “Nawaz Sharif as my brother, and despite him not being loyal towards the PPP, I will continue to be loyal towards him and his party.”
Regarding the reopening of the Nato supply routes, he was adamant that the parliament would decide on the issue and all options would be laid on the table. He added that he believed he served Pakistan with dignity and by upholding the Constitution, saying that no one could hold this against him. “The secret to my success is trust in God,” he expressed.
When asked about the US bounty placed on the head of Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, he said that he would let the parliament decide on what course of action to take and it will have his full support on whatever it decided.
He was also in a defiant mood about his detractors constantly leveling allegations and threatening him. “Eight years ago someone threatened to hang me in Karachi in public. Let them continue hurling such threats towards me, I have full faith in God that he will protect me.”
President Asif Ali Zardari launched yet another scathing attack on the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), saying that he gave the party the bastion of power in Punjab to expose their true colours and motives.
Talking to media reporters at the Governor House, he said that his party wanted to form a coalition with the Sharif brothers to remove then president Pervez Musharraf, which he termed was the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) first and foremost target.
He claimed that he thought of “Nawaz Sharif as my brother, and despite him not being loyal towards the PPP, I will continue to be loyal towards him and his party.”
Regarding the reopening of the Nato supply routes, he was adamant that the parliament would decide on the issue and all options would be laid on the table. He added that he believed he served Pakistan with dignity and by upholding the Constitution, saying that no one could hold this against him. “The secret to my success is trust in God,” he expressed.
When asked about the US bounty placed on the head of Jamaatud Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, he said that he would let the parliament decide on what course of action to take and it will have his full support on whatever it decided.
He was also in a defiant mood about his detractors constantly leveling allegations and threatening him. “Eight years ago someone threatened to hang me in Karachi in public. Let them continue hurling such threats towards me, I have full faith in God that he will protect me.”