Zardari back from Dubai, 'not worried' over crisis in Pak

Islamabad: A spokesman for Pakistan’s president said the leader has returned from Dubai and is not worried about a political crisis gripping the country.

President Asif Ali Zardari went to Dubai Thursday for a one-day personal trip. He traveled last month to Dubai for medical reasons, triggering widely reported rumors he was on the verge of resigning.

Tensions between the government and the army have risen in recent days, with some people speculating the Zardari-led government maybe on its way out.

It is facing challenges in the Supreme Court, said to be supported by the powerful army, which has ruled Pakistan for much of its history.

Asked whether Zardari was concerned, his spokesman Farhatullah Babar said on Friday, “Absolutely not. Why should he be?”

“The president returned to Islamabad in the wee hours of Friday morning,” Babar told Reuters.

Zardari had on Thursday left for Dubai on a day-long private visit , amidst a standoff between the civilian government and the powerful military on the memo scandal.

Presidential sources, termed it a private visit, saying Zardari was going to meet his children and doctors.

Thursday’s visit was Zardari’s second to Dubai, since the memogate sandal triggered a confrontation between the government and the military.

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