PPP support Nawaz Sharif Government: Zardari
Lahore: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said that his party will support Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government as it does not want to strengthen anti-democratic forces in the country.
“A new era of politics has begun in Pakistan. We want to tell the world that we will not let democracy be weakened. We want to give a message to the world that we stand by democratic forces,” Zardari told jubilant Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) workers who had gathered at Bilawal House to greet him for successfully completing his term.
However, while Zardari talked about strengthening the hands of Sharif he claimed that the PPP’s mandate was snatched in the May 11 general elections. “We have accepted the mandate of PML-N for the sake of the country, democracy and coming generations,” he said.
Citing Taliban and extremists, Zardari said he wanted to tell those who were holding guns that “we haven’t yet accepted defeat”. The Husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said some other forces wanted to destabilize the country and vowed to strengthen the PPP across Pakistan and Kashmir. “I am sure Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto are watching him me and must be happy with my work,” Zardari said.
