ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari ignored the advice of opposition politicians to continue his policy of reconciliation following his military outburst weeks ago.
Leaders of a number of parties said that although the PPP’s second-tier leadership had tried to undo the damage that was reportedly caused by Mr Zardari’s fiery speech during a party convention held on June 16, he had continued in the same vein in a subsequent speech on the occasion of the late Benazir Bhutto’s birth anniversary on June 21.
Shujaat Hussain said that the PPP co-chairman should not have repeated his ‘thorny remarks’ at Ms Bhutto’s birth anniversary at Garhi Khuda Baksh.
The PML-Q chief said that Bilawal Bhutto was present at their meeting but remained expressionless and did not talk to his father throughout the meeting.
