Those having ‘3-year job tenure’ have no right to decide people’s destiny, says former President Zardari
HYDERABAD (15th December, 2018): Former President of Pakistan and Pakistan People’s Party-Parliamentarians (PPPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari today while addressing a gathering in Karan Shoro village here today said that except for the parliament, “no one has this right to decide the destiny of people […] especially those who have fixed tenure of jobs only for three years”.
He asked the gathering ‘powers that be’ to “stop joking with Pakistan every day” as we have had enough.
Referring to Hon. Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, Zardari said the top judge should be concerned about the nine lac cases pending in the judicial system, but instead, he was “visiting other places and raises objections” at other people.
Zardari said he wanted Musharraf to live longer so as to see how people pour their love for Benazir Bhutto and visit Garhi Khuda Bux to pay homage.
The former President said he wasn’t in favour of foreign investment and could ensure local investments through Pakistan-based industrialists “only if PPP is allowed to win elections”.
“How can foreign investors invest capital when local investors are avoiding any investment in Pakistan”, he said.
Terming the water crisis a grave concern, he asked the Sindh Chief Minister in public to implement modern technologies for water conservation.
It is not the first time that Zardari has issued such remarks, in 2015 he had delivered a hard-hitting speech, where he lashed out at the military establishment for overstepping its domain.
The former President had said army chiefs come and go every three years but the political leadership was here to stay. “We know the country better and we know how to run its affairs”, he had stressed.
Zardari had warned the establishment to refrain from character assassination of political parties. “If you do not stop, I will come out with a list of accused generals since Pakistan’s creation”.
The former President had then also said that he did not want to weaken the country’s institutions, but “they [establishment] should also not try to create hurdles for politicians”.
It was after making these remarks that Zardari had left the country and had spent 18 months in self-imposed exile.