I run the country, not Zardari: PM Gilani

[Omar1984]

I run the country, not Zardari: PM Gilani
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BERLIN: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told a German press agency that he runs the government and not President Asif Ali Zadari, DawnNews reported.

Gilani said in the interview during his visit to Germany that he was the chief executive and in a parliamentary system of government the chief executive was the head of the government.

Zardari, he said was the head of the state, and that it was a ‘childish question who runs the government.’ However he downplayed suggestions of differences between him and Zardari on the issue.

In a symbolic move, an embattled President Zardari amended a key law last week to relinquish the executive control over the country’s nuclear weapons to the prime minister.

Gilani said Sunday that the transfer of the powers was ‘a true litmus test’ of relations between him and the president, whose popularity has sunk significantly since he took over in September 2008.

Applauding the move, Shahbaz Sharif, the chief minister of the country’s largest province and an opposition leader, asked the president to shed the rest of the powers before it’s too late. ‘The nation would appreciate this act,’ Sharif told reporters Sunday.

Analysts have argued that Zardari’s reluctance to take the ceremonial role is leaving the country with a ‘lack of unity of command’ that is essential, especially at a time when the country is in the midst of a crucial fight against Taliban.

Gilani dispelled the impression that the Pakistan was ‘leaderless.’

‘It’s just a perception, not reality,’ Gilani told DPA. ‘There is difference of opinion ... but that does not mean that the government is not stable.’

He said the recent ‘successful’ military offensives against the Taliban in north-western districts of Swat and South Waziristan showed that Pakistan did not ‘lack unity of command.’— DawnNews

 

[Omar1984]

 

[AliFarooq]

Zardari puppet??

 

[Balance]

I see Zardari moving slowly deeper in the trouble.

 

[AHMED85]

nice

OK sir Gilani
and ware is going ISI
who have done a back role in this regard

i do not think so in this country any democracy continuous for max 10 years
that's
how any party run thins country

 

[Balance]

BTW, if Gilani runs country, then why everyone goes bashing Zardari for every bad thing happens in Pak?

 

[AHMED85]

BTW, if Gilani runs country, then why everyone goes bashing Zardari for every bad thing happens in Pak?

i think Zardari knows

 

[Chanakyaa]

What can be the fate of Diplomacy and the country itself if The Top Two Leaders of a Country don't have agreement over "power" issues.

I think had it not been powerful men like Kayani in control, Zardari's and Gilani's would have make Pakistan fall apart.

Even if there were differences i Think it was inappropriate to make such statement in press.