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Zardari says, i have no right to fight presidential election

Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday said he will not contest the next Presidential polls as his Pakistan Peoples Party no longer has a majority in the national and provincial assemblies.
Zardari said he felt he no longer has the right to contest the next Presidential election, which will be held once he completes his tenure in September.
“This time, I will not have the right (to contest the presidential election) because we do not have a majority. Yes, there can be a fight but that fight will become messy,” Zardari said.
“After that, if the PPP considers me capable of leading it, I will take on its leadership. Otherwise, I will function in the capacity of a worker,” he said.
Asked about the incoming PML-N government’s plans to hold peace talks with the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Zardari called for a cautious approach, saying it would be better to engage “political forces” instead of directly talking with militants.
“If a dialogue is to be held with these forces and if this is the mandate of this (new) government and they want to hold a dialogue with these forces, then they should first identify which forces are political and which are militants,” he said.

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