LONDON: President Asif Ali Zardari yesterday dismissed the world’s perception that he left the country in a difficult of trial.
In an interview with a British daily, the President said: “I travel so much and meet world leaders so much because whatever I need to do on the ground can be done more efficiently when I am helped. If I hadn’t travelled, I wouldn’t be going back with nearly $1 billion (£660m) of aid. I am grateful but I need more, much more.”
He said terrorism is not just Pakistan’s problem but it is “world’s problem”.
“It’s no good everyone being in denial. If we don’t defeat the militants, where will they go next?” he questioned.
“If they hadn’t taken her (Ms Benazir Bhutto) away so rudely from me, I wouldn’t have come back to fight as I have, and I don’t think her son would have taken up this responsibility.”
To a question regarding his children, President Zardari said: “I think they’re brave children, they have brave genes. She’s made them grow up realising life is not just about yourself but to live for a larger cause.”
To another question about Swat peace deal he said: “I didn’t hand over anything, you won’t catch me handing anything over. The provincial government had already signed the agreement and I just passed it to parliament, and they signed it.”
He said it was a good thing, because it exposed Sufi Muhammad for what he was.
In an interview with a British daily, the President said: “I travel so much and meet world leaders so much because whatever I need to do on the ground can be done more efficiently when I am helped. If I hadn’t travelled, I wouldn’t be going back with nearly $1 billion (£660m) of aid. I am grateful but I need more, much more.”
He said terrorism is not just Pakistan’s problem but it is “world’s problem”.
“It’s no good everyone being in denial. If we don’t defeat the militants, where will they go next?” he questioned.
“If they hadn’t taken her (Ms Benazir Bhutto) away so rudely from me, I wouldn’t have come back to fight as I have, and I don’t think her son would have taken up this responsibility.”
To a question regarding his children, President Zardari said: “I think they’re brave children, they have brave genes. She’s made them grow up realising life is not just about yourself but to live for a larger cause.”
To another question about Swat peace deal he said: “I didn’t hand over anything, you won’t catch me handing anything over. The provincial government had already signed the agreement and I just passed it to parliament, and they signed it.”
He said it was a good thing, because it exposed Sufi Muhammad for what he was.
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