Zardari says he doesn’t wish to be prime minister

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari says he doesn’t intend to become prime minister of Pakistan because he thinks presidential slot should be an optimum position for any politician.

In an interview with veteran journalist and Geo News anchor Sohail Waraich, Mr Zardari said that strengthening the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) was the most important task than anything else.

When asked whether he learnt some lessons during his imprisonment, the outgoing President said; “I learnt patience during my 11-year solitary confinement as jail starts to test your nerves after two initial years in detention.

Answering a question, Asif Ali Zardari said that he used to watch foreign TV channels during his imprisonment to keep him up to date as well as writing his thoughts. He said that the letters and poetry he had written to his wife Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed were now in possession of his children.