Zardari claims Osama dead

Islamabad
Sept. 10: Pakistan President Asif Zardari has said that Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden is dead.
“Osama bin Laden has died,” President Zardari said in an interview after competition of his one year in office.
He told the BBC, “Osama bin Laden has died and the Pakistani nation is with us (the government) against terrorists.”
Mr Zardari demanded investigation into killings in Kunduz attack, in which 70 civilian had been killed.
The President said democracy is working and we have got political responsibility. Defending the one-year performance of his government, he said Pakistani military, government and democracy could give better results and therefore, the world should extend support to Pakistan.
In reply to a question regarding “British police action” in Pakistan, Mr Zardari said he would accept the proposal “if the British police were better than Pakistan police, but our big problem is resources and if world provides us with resources then we can extend the war against Taliban to other areas.”
According to Mr Zardari, the United Nations and other international organisations are present in Afghanistan and they had in the past conducted investigations in such events.
Regarding rigging allegations in Afghan elections, he said the allegations are being reviewed, however, he supported Hamid Karzai and hoped to attend his oath-taking ceremony.
In a separate interview with the Financial Times, President Zardari rejected the Obama administration’s strategy of linking policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan in an effort to end a Taliban insurgency.