President Zardari steps down Lahore: Addressing around 4,000 party workers that had gathered in Bilawal House here, President Zardari said that he would stand by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to see the process of democracy through. ARY News reported. “We have to take the struggle for democracy forward,” he said. “An election has to follow after five years.” The former president who reached in Lahore on Sunday said he was confident that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto were by his side. “We established the very thing they lost their lives for,” he stated, adding that Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP)’s mandate had been stolen and taken away in the past. “It would have been easy to start a fire but I have accepted this mandate. I have accepted this Parliament because I do not want politics to happen in Pakistan,” he continued. Commenting on what the future held for the party and him, he said “I no longer have the responsibility of the entire country. Now, I will meet workers, my children and my friends. I will openly interact with everyone and no once can stop that.” Earlier, President Asif Ali Zardari was given a farewell guard of honour in Islamabad. Zardari presided over as the only civilian head of state in Pakistan history to complete a full term in office and hand over to another through the ballot box. He had earlier said that he will not seek to become prime minister and will instead focus on leading his party after stepping down.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 06:52:52 +0000
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