President Zardari has no plans of resigning: Spokesperson

According to Babar, there is no question of a resignation.


Web Desk May 17, 2013
Presidential Spokesperson Farhatullah Babar. PHOTO: FILE

ISLAMABAD: Dispelling rumours, presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar has announced that President Asif Ali Zardari will not be resigning any time soon, reported Express News on Friday.

According to Babar, there is no question of a resignation.

Despite suffering a historic defeat at the centre and in three provinces, the PPP has surprised many by retaining its earlier position in Sindh by again winning a simple majority here.

The party has bagged 67 seats in the province, according to unofficial results of the 2013 elections. It took 68 in the 2008 elections.

Some analysts and politicians expected that the party will lose its mandate in Sindh owing to unpopular policies it pursued during its reign.

The incoming government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is in the process of finalising a list of its cabinet members as well as various other portfolios.

Nawaz Sharif has officially designated Senator Ishaq Dar as the federal minister for finance and Sartaj Aziz as the adviser to the prime minister on economy and foreign affairs, as the PML-N works towards finalising its cabinet.

The Sharif brothers are dealing with various lobbies within the party to decide who gets which cabinet slot.

 

COMMENTS (10)

jamal | 11 years ago | Reply

we should turn a deaf ear to the romours about president as he is the symbol of the federation and success and defeat is the part of game . but he and his party undoubtly run the country in a very critical position. the incoming goverment should take oath from him as the head of the state. In this way the democracy may continue.

Hammad | 11 years ago | Reply

Certainly. He has instead planned a medical checkup which shall last an eternity. The countdown has already begun and his plane ready.

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