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Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Zardari addressed in language alien to people: Imran
ISLAMABAD: Reacting to a speech by President Asif Ali Zardari to a joint session of parliament, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said that the president addressed the joint session in a language alien to the people of Pakistan, adding that it might be that the president was addressing his masters on whose orders he continues to remain in power. Imran said that on one hand the people were desperate for a change in the policy in the war on terrorism that has destroyed Pakistan’s internal security and economy, and “on the other hand the president announced that the war would last for an indefinite period, which would cause further destruction”. At a time when national sovereignty and honour was put to shame by the Pakistan People’s Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz governments in the way Raymond Davis was freed, the president is advocating a continuing slave-master relationship with the US, he added. “In his speech, the president stressed on the need for a sovereign parliament and the supremacy of the constitution, conveniently forgetting or deliberately ignoring the resolution of the joint session that called for an end to all drone attacks,” he reiterated. Imran said the president again repeated his claim that the murderers of Benazir Bhutto would be arrested soon, adding that whereas the reality was that even after three years, the PPP-led government was no closer to arresting those involved. staff report
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk