President condemns kidnapping of Haider Gilani

KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday expressed grave concern and condemned the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani, son of former Prime Minister and PPP leader Yusuf Raza Gilani and PPPP candidate from PP-200 in Multan.

The President who telephoned Yusuf Raza Gilani a short while ago termed the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani as "a most reprehensible act of a cowardly enemy."

Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar said the President also called upon the relevant government agencies to get into action to recover the kidnapped Gilani safely and bring the culprits to book.

The President said the progressive democratic parties had already expressed their serious apprehensions about the militants' threats and had called upon the Election Commission and the government to take appropriate measures so that the elections were not hijacked by the extremists.

The President said democratic forces will not be deterred by such cowardly acts and will continue to fight the militants and extremists to the finish and make the ongoing process of democratic transition a success.