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Roads, motorways alone can’t prosper country: Zardari

Asif Ali Zardari, co-chairman of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) gestures as he addresses a news conference after attending a conference of the Socialist International Asia-Pacific Committee in Islamabad on May 30, 2008. Former premier Nawaz Sharif said he and the widower of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari, had agreed in talks on May 28 to oust President Pervez Musharraf in the wake of the coalition's victory in February elections. Musharraf on May 29 dismissed speculation that he was going to resign, blasting "rumour-mongers" for spreading stories that he has lost the army's support. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

LAHORE: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has criticised the present government and said that he observed arrogance in the leaders of today. He rejected the idea that the country was progressing merely just because of the construction of roads and motorways.

He said, “Governments are temporary, but his party [PPP] is here to stay.”

Addressing an event to mark Pakistan Day, Zardari said that he was the first one who said ‘Pakistan Khappay’. He said that love for Pakistan was the first priority and that it was up to the leaders of today to protect future generations.

“When I apologised to the people of Balochistan, I was severely criticised,” he said.

The former president also spoke highly of his wife Benazir Bhutto and said that she had fought for democracy against the dictatorship of Zia-ul-Haq.

Zardari said that the ‘NRO election’ conducted by former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry held no value and that PPP was here to stay.

 

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