Former President of Pakistan and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari has urged critics to give time to the newly elected American President Donald Trump and advised them from jumping to conclusions.
Zardari, the only elected Pakistani president ever to have completed a full term in office, told The Washington Times in an interview that Trumps critics should not dismiss him out of hand but rather give him a chance to make his mark in the region, beset by conflicts in Afghanistan, jihadi terrorist movements and the increasingly tense Indian-Pakistani dispute over Kashmir.
Its too early, Zardari said on the eve of Trumps inauguration last week. Wait for the first 90 days at least, and then we see how the cookie crumbles, or talks and walks.
The man has managed to get a majority in states where it was never imagined that the Democrats could lose, he said. So how do we underestimate him?
Former US President Barack Obama did not keep appropriate contact with any Chief Executive of Pakistan, said Zardari. "After Richard Holbrooke's death, the American administration did not pay due attention to diplomacy," he added.
Asif Zardari urged Donald Trump to make a policy against terrorism with Pakistan's help. He said that in order to enhance confidence building and thwart extremist mentality in the region, an effective policy must be in place.
The former Pakistani president urged Donald Trump to immediately appoint a senior delegate to South Asia. He suggested the name of Anne W. Patterson for the post of US Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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