Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, he said that the PPP respects the feeling of Aitzaz Ahsan on judges' issue. "But this is his personal opinion. We will talk to him when he comes to attend the party meeting. The party opinion is not much changed than that of detained Aitzaz," said Zardari.
He said that PPP would remain stick to form a government of national consensus. Zardari said terrorism is Pakistan's internal problem and this will be sorted out through negotiation and other means.
"Only the use of gun is no solution to the problem," he said adding that eighty percent Pakistanis, who voted for liberal democratic forces in the last vote, do not want to become Taliban. He said that If the PPP formed the next government, we will take Benazir Bhutto murder case to the United Nations for independent probe.
The UN has informed the PPP that world body needs a formal request from the government to investigate the case, he said adding our government will send a formal request to the UN. The former senator sent a strong-worded message to the Chief Election Commissioner to finalise the results of the remaining seats as they are unduly being delayed. "The judges are, no more, strangers to jails," he added.
He said that media organisations would be given representation on Pemra. The PPP-led national government would also implement the wage board award, he added. Zardari said that the world has heard the message of Pakistani people. Yes, the US has an interest in wiping out terrorism, but we have core interest, he replied to question.
I was informed by the US officials in the meeting that Washington stands by the people of Pakistan, he said. The former senator and widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said that PPP is keen that Pakistan should have an independent judiciary. "What if we call for the reinstatement of former chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry? This will not ensure that no chief justice will be ousted again in future. We want a mechanism that no ruler could dare do so," he added.
Zardari, who remained behind the bars for eight years, said that the PPP government would do away with National Accountability Bureau (NAB). "It remained a tool for the past government and it was used only for the victimisation of political opponents," he added.
PPP would work for strengthening the parliament, he said adding "the PPP wants governance and not the government and will prefer to sit in opposition if offered the government only," he added.
He said that the parliament will take each and every decision including the decision on terrorism and a position on judges issue. The parliament will take the decision that what kind of president the next government wants to have, he added.
PPP will talk to the political parties and forces, Zardar said and added, "we will talk to those who are in the parliament. We will talk to those who are not there. We will talk to those who have taken position with arms in Balochistan mountains." He said that the party would look into the issue of provincial autonomy with open heart.
However, he clarified that the party will not talk to the PML (Q). "I don't think that it was a political party. But I am not excluding the MQM from being a political party," he added. Zardari said that it is a fact that PPP has enough strength to form the government in Sindh, but "we will still like to talk to MQM."
He said he would soon hold a meeting with businessmen and they would inform the media about the real economic development achieved by the previous government. It will be the businessmen who will tell you the startling facts, Zardari added.