Ready to face all challenges post-NRO annulment: Zardari

President Asif Ali Zardari warned that any political confrontation at this stage would be harmful for Pakistan.

Declaring that he is ready to face “all challenges” in the wake of the Supreme Court’s annulment of an amnesty granted to him in graft cases,President Asif Ali Zardari warned that any political confrontation at this stage would be harmful for Pakistan.

Zardari,the chief of ruling Pakistan People’s Party,said he is ready to “face all the challenges” created by the apex court’s verdict in the same way as PPP founder Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and his daughter,slain former premier Benazir Bhutto,had tackled crises.

The beleaguered President told a delegation of journalists from the Hyderabad Press Club during a meeting in the presidency that he wants to avoid any political confrontation as it could be harmful for Pakistan.

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He said he wants to save Pakistan “from turning into another Afghanistan.”

The President’s comments came a day after the Supreme Court struck down the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO),a law issued by former military ruler Pervez Musharraf that was used by authorities to scrap graft cases against over 8,000 people,including Zardari and several of his close aides.

The reporters who met Zardari said he was reluctant to answer questions about the situation created by the apex court’s verdict.

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