President Zardari Will Not Resign : Spokesperson

Islamabad May 18, IRNA – Presidential spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar has said that President Asif Ali Zardari will not be resigning, local media reported on Friday. According to Babar, there is no question of a resignation. Despite suffering a historic defeat at the center and in three provinces, the Pakistan Peoples Party has surprised many by retaining its earlier position in Sindh by again winning a simple majority here. The party has bagged 67 seats in the province, according to unofficial results of the 2013 elections. It took 68 in the 2008 elections. Some analysts and politicians expected that the party will lose its mandate in Sindh owing to unpopular policies it pursued during its reign. The incoming government of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is in the process of finalizing a list of its cabinet members as well as various other portfolios. Nawaz Sharif has officially designated Senator Ishaq Dar as the federal minister for finance and Sartaj Aziz as the adviser to the prime minister on economy and foreign affairs, as the PML-N works towards finalizing its cabinet./end