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Zardari says govt., Parliament in no danger
NEW YORK: President Asif Ali Zardari has voiced full confidence in the stability of Pakistan’s present democratic set-up, saying neither the government nor Parliament were in any danger.“The 18th Amendment to the Constitution is a reflection of the great maturity, I feel, democratic forces in Pakistan have achieved,” he said when asked during an interview with a magazine whether the government was in danger of falling.
“I think all the political forces sitting today in Parliament have reinvented ourselves,” the president observed during the wide-ranging interview published in the U.S. weekly magazine’s latest issue. With obviously his peace overture towards India in mind, President Zardari said he was “disenchanted” with New Delhi’s attitude.
“I expected the largest democracy in the world to behave much more maturely,” he said while responding to a question about progress on Pakistan’s request for the extradition of Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
“This new-age terror has created a phenomenon where a few people can take entire states to war,” he went on to say. “The fact that these people happen to belong to Pakistan or India or Bangladesh is immaterial.
They are non-state actors, and states should behave like states”.
Courtesy www.Geo.tv