President hits out at CJ

President Asif Ali Zardari, lashing out at the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, said on Tuesday that he (Iftikhar) took up the petitions against the government but was not paying heed to the petition sent by him to seek revisiting of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case.
With pointing out name, he asked the Chief Justice what happened with the case of Shaheed BB murder case.
While addressing PPP workers at Garhi Khuda Bux, President Zardari said, “I ask Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry what has happened to the BB murder case.”
He said further some cases are visible to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry while some others are not. The things which are against our prestige are important in your view, he added.
President Zardari said the best way to pay tribute to slain premier Benazir Bhutto on the fourth anniversary of her martyrdom was to foil anti-democratic conspiracies. He vowed to protect the system, disallowing the federation’s split.
He added that he had spent many years behind the bars but his love for democracy remained firm and steadfast.
He further said that they would continue to fight undemocratic forces but would do so following democratic norms. “We will fight for democracy, not seats” said President Zardari.
Zardari stated that the democracy is new in the country, and needs time to mature and get to the point where it should be. He said those who say that democracy is in place must know that the spirit of democracy will take time to hold. The democracy with all its qualities will take time and sacrifices, which we are willing to pay.
“Let us on this day re-dedicate ourselves to the democratic mission of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto whose life was dedicated to fighting dictatorship and those seeking to defame and dismantle democratic institutions,” the president said.
“I therefore urge all the democratic forces and the patriotic Pakistanis to foil all conspiracies against democracy and democratic institutions,” he said.
Her assassination was a conspiracy to rid the world of its best weapon to combat international violent extremism. It was a conspiracy to rob Pakistan of its best hope to establish a fully functional democracy,” he added.
He declared himself completely fit saying that he wanted to make history not headlines in the media. The embattled president, who has recently been under treatment in Dubai after the alleged memogate surfaced, seems very energetic during his rare speech, targeting the apex court and ‘anti-democratic forces’.
“We don’t make headlines, we make history,” the president said adding that his government had given identity to Pakhtuns and run the system smoothly while bearing two floods.
Zardari said tailor-made democracies don’t work. I don’t pay heed to anyone except Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani as he represents the parliament.
He said the chapter of Benazir assassination has been reopened after former US state secretary Condoleezza Rice’s book surfaced.
The president said he wanted to address miseries of Baloch people. “I want to resolve the matters within the parameters of the federation,” he continued. “If Baloch want to fight, they should learn from us how to fight,” he said.
The president slams the apex court saying that cases like Zulfiqar Bhutto’s murder and former religious affair minister fraud case were being ignored.
President Zardari also took a swipe at TV talk shows. He also said that Asifa will carry forward the legacy of Benazir Bhutto. He said he has advised his political leaders, party men and activists not to attend TV talk shows, which he said pitch politicians against each other.
It is vital to mention here the large gathering got together in connection of the Benazir Bhutto’s fourth death anniversary. Bhutto, twice-elected prime minister and wife of Zardari, was killed in a gun and suicide attack on December 27, 2007 in the garrison city of Rawalpindi after addressing an election rally.