Pakistan has suffered the most in the war against terrorism with losing over 36,000 lives and an incurring a direct economic loss over $70 billion, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday.
In an interview published in a leading Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, President Zardari, here to attend a trilateral summit on Afghanistan, said, “No country has made greater contributions and sacrifices in fighting terrorism than Pakistan.” “We have lost our great leader and my wife Benazir Bhutto at the hands of terrorists. No one should question our commitment or intentions in fighting the war.” Turkish President Abdullah Gul will host the sixth trilateral Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan summit today (Tuesday) where Zardari will meet his Afghan counterpart, Hamid Karzai, for the first time after the assassination of former Afghan president and Peace Council head Burhanuddin Rabbani. The three will set a new struggle strategy on terror.
History: To a question, Zardari said the Osama Bin Laden issue was ‘history’ and “Pakistan is looking forward to a new chapter of relations with the United States”.
Pakistan suffered more in terror war: Zardari
