ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari, after a long time, broke his
silence and said that parliament is supreme and he will respect probe by
the Parliamentary Committee on National Security (PCNS) on memogate
scam.
This is his first interview to any news channel after a
long hiatus. Talking to a private TV channel, President Zardari opened
spoke on the key national issues.
Commenting on ‘memogate’, he
said that he would respect the Parliamentary Committee on National
Security’s (PCNS) decision as he believed that the Parliament is
supreme.
He said he doesn’t afraid of early elections and is
ready to talk to PML-N President Nawaz Sharif in this regard. During the
interview President rejected that the national entities like PIA,
Railways, WAPDA etc. are inching towards collapse.
“Media think
it was so, but I don’t think so, these entities have only weakened”,
President said. To a question the President denied any rivalry with the
Chief Justice.
The president also showed consent holding
dialogue with opposition on all the issues particularly on early
elections. He also rejected the impression of confrontation among the
institutions, saying that he they are moving towards evolution.
To
a query regarding differences between him and Dr Zulfiqar Mirza, the
President did not openly comment over it except reciting a verse.
Commenting
over holding trial of former president Pervez Musharraf, Asif Ali
Zardari stated that it could have discouraged the morale of army. He
also clarified that he didn’t separate Shah Mehmood Qureshi over the
Raymond Davis issue. The president looked very confident and committed
to complete his constitutional term in the presidency. Online
