Urging the “patriotic” members of the National Assembly as well as the opposition to resign and seek a fresh mandate from the people, former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi announced on Monday his resignation from the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and the National Assembly.
“I am announcing this with a heavy heart today because it is not easy to break away from long-time relations. It was the most difficult decision of my life. I am resigning from the Zardari League and the membership of the National Assembly,” Qureshi said in a press conference outside Parliament House. Reportedly, Qureshi is set to join the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) at its public gathering in Ghotki on November 27. Qureshi said the current PPP was not the party of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and President Asif Ali Zardari had buried her politics along with her at Ghari Khuda Bux. “Zardari has disowned and drifted away from the vision of Benazir Bhutto. The PPP existing at present is not the PPP of Benazir Bhutto, this is Zardari League. Zardari is following politics of capitulation. He has converted Benazir’s politics of resistance into politics of perpetuation of his rule. Zardari is ready to put everything, the party, its ideology and its workers at the altar of perpetuating his rule,” said the former foreign minister. Giving reasons for his resignation from the National Assembly, Qureshi said the House had failed to implement resolutions passed unanimously by parliament.
Qureshi leaves PPP, targets Zardari
