Zardari accuses Musharraf of conspiring to destabilise Sindh govt
PPP co-chairman warns that such moves will not be allowed to succeed
ISLAMABAD:
A day after he blamed Gen Pervez Musharraf for failing to take notice of Benazir Bhutto’s attackers, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman on Sunday accused the former military ruler of conspiring to destabilise the Sindh government.
In a statement, PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari said that he had reasons to believe that Musharraf was "hobnobbing with some elements" who are trying to destabilise the PPP government.
Zardari’s spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the PPP will never permit any such attempt to succeed.
“PPP is a united political force and those seeking to topple the present provincial government through horse trading will not succeed in their designs,” the statement read.
Zardari urged all democratic political parties to take notice of these machinations.
On Saturday, the PPP co-chairman had blamed the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for the upward spiral of militant violence in the country. “Had he [Musharraf] taken notice of the October 18, 2007 terror attack on PPP workers and launched an operation against terrorists, the Peshawar tragedy could have been averted,” he added.
“Although he [Musharraf] is on bail, he is engaged in politics with the army’s help,” Zardari said. “If the army wants to use him in politics, then we are ready to face him the way we faced military dictators since General Ziaul Haq’s era.”
A day after he blamed Gen Pervez Musharraf for failing to take notice of Benazir Bhutto’s attackers, Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman on Sunday accused the former military ruler of conspiring to destabilise the Sindh government.
In a statement, PPP co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari said that he had reasons to believe that Musharraf was "hobnobbing with some elements" who are trying to destabilise the PPP government.
Zardari’s spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the PPP will never permit any such attempt to succeed.
“PPP is a united political force and those seeking to topple the present provincial government through horse trading will not succeed in their designs,” the statement read.
Zardari urged all democratic political parties to take notice of these machinations.
On Saturday, the PPP co-chairman had blamed the former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for the upward spiral of militant violence in the country. “Had he [Musharraf] taken notice of the October 18, 2007 terror attack on PPP workers and launched an operation against terrorists, the Peshawar tragedy could have been averted,” he added.
“Although he [Musharraf] is on bail, he is engaged in politics with the army’s help,” Zardari said. “If the army wants to use him in politics, then we are ready to face him the way we faced military dictators since General Ziaul Haq’s era.”