ZARDARI: PRESIDENT’S DUAL OFFICES

There is a hue and cry from day one when Mr. Asif Ali Zardari was elected as President of Pakistan. He was the first politician and from the mainstream politics of the country. There is a vilification campaign against the President of Pakistan and some functionaries are involved in whispering campaign against him to tarnish the image. He is a competent politician and he is the leader of the biggest political party of the country and enjoying the support of the broad masses. There is no individual in Pakistan to challenge his popularity among the masses. He is under constant attack from his adversaries, both political and personal. Once a former Foreign Minister of Pakistan in Benazir days disclosed that the Prime Minister had advised her spouse to keep a low profile because he was not popular among the intelligence agencies of Pakistan. He is a turn coat and recently resigned from the PPP for not making him the Foreign minister again and he joined the PTI of Imran Khan, another favourite party of the establishment. Presumably for this reason, every one in close contact with the security agencies are launching frontal attack on Mr. Asif Ali Zardari as they had been asked by the agent handlers. Dozens of TV channels are involved in character assassination of the President of Pakistan merely because he is not popular among the intelligence people. At present, the Punjab High Court is hearing the case of dual office of the President and gave a verdict asking the President to quit the Presidency or the party post. The court had also raised objection over political meetings in the Presidency. It is strange that in the past, former Presidents made the Presidency a vice den and doubtful characters, both men and women, were the frequent visitors. At that no such orders were issued to bar entry of bad character women to the Presidency and President should stop such immoral activities. It is true during the days of General Yahya Khan and General Pervez Musharraf. Some of the functions had exposed the role of former military dictator in videos that were displayed on internet for years damaging the image of the country the world over. Asif Zardari is presiding over political meetings as he is the legal head of the Party and he had the responsibility to regular the party affairs. We hope that the Punjab High Court will stop this biased hearing and allow the President of Pakistan to complete its constitutional tenure as a respectable politician and not as a dummy man.