VEHARI: Former president Asif Ali Zardari stated on Monday, in response to a question, that his party and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) each have their own views regarding Sindh’s objections to the ongoing digital census across the country.
Mr. Zardari told reporters at the home of local PPP leader Shehryar Khakwani that his party was “part of the government” but not a member of the PDM alliance, and that they would consider the question of alliances with other political parties when elections are held.
He referred to politics as “the art of the feasible” and stated that while conversations with politicians and political parties were conceivable, Imran Khan was not a politician.
Mr. Zardari stated that elections were not discussed at his recent meeting with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Maulana Fazlur Rehman.
Mr. Khan’s arrest, according to the PPP leader, is an issue for the interior ministry, and Nawaz Sharif must decide when to return home. On Bilawal Bhutto-statement Zardari’s about leaving ministries in the centre, Mr Zardari stated that his son is a young man who becomes quickly enraged when promises are not kept.
Using former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as an example, Mr. Zardari stated that he favoured individuals who suffer and work hard in politics. He noted that Mr. Gilani had been imprisoned for six years, adding that this was one of the reasons the party selected him as its prime minister.
“Imran Khan fears confronting the courts, but a politician does not fear the courts or prisons,” he was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the PPP Media Office.
“Imran Khan wanted to sell all of the country’s institutions, but we protected the country by removing him from office,” he added, adding that it was “in his character” to change his mind.
He also ascribed Mr. Khan’s recent victory in Rajanpur by-elections to the price increase. On the economic crisis, he stated, “Pakistan is a country, not a public limited company that would disappear.” Japan and other nations have defaulted in the past, and a default does not spell the end of a nation.
In response to a question concerning the judiciary, he was quoted in the statement as stating, “In the same manner that we must correct the economy and other issues, as well as address the military mentality, we must also address the judiciary.”
The judiciary is comprised of members of society; they were formerly attorneys and are now judges, he remarked, adding, “we must communicate with them.”
