In a hard-hitting statement issued from London and released by the PPP’s Media Office here, Mr Zardari alleged that the steps being taken by the government “clearly indicated” that the rulers were “dividing” the nation in an attempt “to save their natural allies Taliban and the terrorists” and to “weaken” the war against terror.
Political observers believe that the recent arrest of his close friend Dr Asim Hussain forced Mr Zardari to issue such a harshly-worded statement.
The statement came two days after PPP leaders declared in Islamabad that the party had decided to end its policy of reconciliation and would no longer be supporting the PML-N government in any political crisis.
Declares end to reconciliation, warns of ‘disastrous consequences’
He said that first it was Qasim Zia, the former PPP Punjab president. Then, Senator Saifullah Bangash’s son was picked up from Lahore and now Dr Asim Hussain, who is also the chairman of the Sindh Higher Education Commission, had been arrested in Karachi.
And immediately afterwards, he said, arrest warrants for former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and ex-commerce minister Makhdoom Amin Fahim, who was seriously ill, had also been issued.
Mr Zardari demanded that “politics of revenge” should be stopped immediately. Otherwise, he warned, there could be “disastrous consequences”. He also alleged that the actions being taken by the federal agencies in Sindh were in clear violation of the Constitution.
For more detail Parliament Watch: Fury of PPP and PML-N over Rangers hides helplessness
0 comments: