Zardari pledges to pursue reconciliation policy

President Asif Ali Zardari has said that the reconciliation policy is better than politics of confrontation. He was addressing a function held in Karachi on Friday to mark 46th founding day of Pakistan People’s Party. President Zardari urged political parties to concentrate more on issues faced by people than doing just politics. The president said the policy of reconciliation conceived by Shaheed Benazir Bhutto has now become a buzzword not only in Pakistan but also in regional and global politics. He said even the powers that came to this region are now talking of reconciliation and peace. President Zardari said it was dire need of hour to conceive and implementation infrastructure projects to promote Pakistan s connectivity with rest of the world. He said PPP and MQM successfully have been maintaining their cooperative relationship for the last four and a half years despite attempts made to create rifts between them. He said both the parties understand that their confrontation could harm not only economic interests of Karachi but also the entire Pakistan. The President said that resumption of work on Lyari Expressway project had been initiated with complete cooperation of MQM.