Zardari’s Gamble in Critical Phase

March 12, 2009 . 9 Comments

President Asif Ali Zardari seemed to be coming under renewed pressure from political friends and foes alike against the backdrop of fast-paced political developments on Monday.

Two developments indicated that the president’s political gamble of recent weeks may well backfire rather than pay dividends as his decision to nominate Law Minister Farooq Naek as the Pakistan People’s Party candidate to run for the Senate chairman to replace the retiring Mohammedian Soomro irked a key party leader.

Raza Rabbani, a party loyalist and one of the most trusted lieutenants of the slain leader Benazir Bhutto, is understood to have resigned both as the leader of the upper house and as the minister of inter-provincial coordination to protest against the decision to nominate Mr Naek.

Farooq Naek was Mr Zardari’s counsel and defended him over the course of nearly a decade in multiple cases, including those involving corruption charges, and thus came close to the president.

It is said he is the key adviser to President Zardari in all matters concerning the judiciary now.

It was not just Mr Rabbani’s unhappiness that was threatening to become a major headache for the president as senators belonging to the Pakistan Muslim League-Q, which the PPP has been wooing in order to have some hope of forming a government in Punjab, unanimously said they wanted their leader Chaudhry Shujaat Husain to run for the Senate chairmanship.

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Asad Ghalib said:

Zardari thinks as long as American support is behind him army and establishment will follow his orders

zardari thinks “I AM THE KING”

12 March 2009 at 8:18 am

Ghost Of TK said:

Jang is reporting about a british newspaper report that Zardari is contemplating a COUP AGAINST KIYANI !!! He wants to promote his own generals to fulfill the American Agenda. These are the junior officers who are American CIA “Assets” just like Zardari.

I guess Kiyani “the asset” isn’t working out as well as the americans thought?

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/mar2009-daily/12-03-2009/europe/euro1.gif

12 March 2009 at 10:45 am

fanaticmulla said:

thats interesting…..if Kiyani has to prove that Army stands with people then he should immediately call army from those 4o cities where they are in standby position…

12 March 2009 at 10:55 am

altf_0011 said:

@Asad Ghalib
ZAB said in 1977, that I am weak but my seat is very strong. Anyhow he had lots of good qualities and was a good leader. Zadari is a black stain (badnaami) on PPP, compare to Z.A. Bhutto, he is, he is__________________ you know what he is???

12 March 2009 at 12:08 pm

SnrCtzn said:

@ Asad Ghalib/ altf_ 0011.
Actually, the chief of thugs, may be INSTEAD thinking ‘I AM THE REAL KING OF THUGS.’ And that’s what he is, you know what?

12 March 2009 at 3:03 pm

Ghost Of TK said:

Zardari considered “irritant” by foreign masters. Says Rauf Klasra.

12 March 2009 at 6:14 pm

Ghost Of TK said:

second part: http://geo.tv/important_events/lawyers_longmarch/news_images/12-03-2009/news8.gif

12 March 2009 at 6:18 pm

bechari-awam said:

It doesn’t look like raza rabbani has any spine either, may be that is the reason zardari called him impotent. He was in the senate rigorously defending pco zada constitution before the senator’s oath. I am surprised that even PMLN senators didn’t object on the constitution copies which contained 270AAA in it.

12 March 2009 at 6:46 pm