President Asif Ali Zardari’s address to the United Nations General Assembly represented the sentiments of not only Pakistan, but the entire Muslim Ummah, Information Minister Qamar Zaman Kaira said on Sunday. The minister said that Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) adopted the resolution presented by Pakistan pertaining to the anti-Islam film. He said the Pakistani government lodged a strong protest at the government level, although the president asserted that burning of vehicles and property and loot and plunder were not appropriate ways to protest. Kaira said in his meeting with several heads of state, the president apprised them of the sacrifices rendered by Pakistan in the war against terrorism. The minister said instead of point scoring, time had come to work for resolving the problems of the masses. He said the PPP believed in service to the masses, adding that nobody could deter the PPP as it had a history of unprecedented sacrifices. To a question about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Pakistan, he said the tour had been postponed, not cancelled. About Balochistan, he said the government was ready to discuss all issues with the Baloch brothers. Kaira said Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain had rightly said that all institutions and political forces would have to join hands to resolve the crisis in Balochistan. Regarding the latest IRI survey, the minister said elections were the real measure of the popularity of a political force and the electoral verdict had come in favour of the PPP.
Zardari’s UN speech represented sentiments of Ummah: Kaira
