Islamabad: President Asif Zardari has said that he should have quit his position and led the Pakistan People's Party's campaign in order to ensure a better performance in the just concluded general election.
Zardari made the remarks while interacting with a delegation of the South Asian Free Media Association at his private residence in Lahore last night. The PPP, which led the government at the centre for the past five years, was routed in the May 11 polls by the PML-N.
Asked what he would have done differently about the 2013 polls, Zardari replied he should have resigned from the presidency to steer the electioneering. He said the PPP's campaign had become leaderless and rudderless due to his constitutional position and various other factors.
Zardari stopped participating in political activities earlier this year because of pressure from the Lahore High court, which ruled that the President was expected to be apolitical and impartial....
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