[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]Asif Ali Zardari, a former president, stated on Monday that his party and the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) each have their own positions on the digital census, which is now being conducted nationwide.
Speaking to reporters at the home of local PPP leader Shehryar Khakwani, Mr. Zardari said his party was “part of the government” but not a member of the PDM alliance, adding that they would consider the issue of alliances with other political parties when the elections are held, a day after his son warned that the PPP may not remain part of the federal cabinet if their concerns were not addressed.
He described politics as “the art of the feasible” and asserted that Imran Khan was not a politician, despite negotiations being possible with politicians and political parties.
Elections were not a topic of conversation during Mr. Zardari’s most recent meeting with Maulana Fazlur Rehman and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, he claimed.
The PPP leader claimed that Nawaz Sharif’s decision over when to return home was caused by Mr. Khan’s arrest, which was causing the interior ministry headaches. On Bilawal Bhutto-remarks Zardari’s about resigning from his positions in the government, Mr. Zardari stated that his son is a young man who easily becomes irate when commitments are not kept.
Read More: Bilawal threatens to leave the government.
Mr. Zardari stated that he favoured individuals that suffer and put in a lot of effort in politics, using the former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani as an example. He noted that Mr. Gilani had spent six years in prison and said that this was one of the factors in the party’s decision to choose him prime minister.
He was reported in the statement as stating, in response to a query on the judiciary, “the way we have to put the economy and other things on the correct track, and also deal with the military attitude, we have to also deal with the court.”
He added that “we have to talk to them,” saying that the judiciary is made up of members of society who were formerly attorneys and are now judges.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
