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WikiLeaks divulged that the PPP left no stone unturned to get Zardari elected as president.
A cable sent to Washington by the US ambassador in Islamabad on August 27, 2008 revealed that the Pakistan Peoples Party contacted army, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and factions of the Pakistan Muslim League to secure presidency for Asif Ali Zardari.
In a meeting with US Charge dAffairs Jerry Feierstein on August 27, 2008, PPP deputy secretary general Sheikh Mansoor admitted that his party leadership, including those serving in the government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until Asif Zardari was elected Pakistans president.
Party members were busy securing deals with factions of the Pakistan Muslim League, the Muttahida Quami Movement, and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
Mansoor recognised that Zardari would have to make good on his promise to the army to grant former president Pervez Musharraf immunity, but said such a bill would be presented to the National Assembly only after Zardari became president.
Mansoor said that the PPPs plan to gradually reinstate the deposed judges, minus former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, was working, with eight judges returning to the Sindh High Court and possibly a couple of Supreme Court justices were agreeing to the re-appointment.
A cable sent to Washington by the US ambassador in Islamabad on August 27, 2008 revealed that the Pakistan Peoples Party contacted army, Muttahida Qaumi Movement, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and factions of the Pakistan Muslim League to secure presidency for Asif Ali Zardari.
In a meeting with US Charge dAffairs Jerry Feierstein on August 27, 2008, PPP deputy secretary general Sheikh Mansoor admitted that his party leadership, including those serving in the government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until Asif Zardari was elected Pakistans president.
Party members were busy securing deals with factions of the Pakistan Muslim League, the Muttahida Quami Movement, and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam.
Mansoor recognised that Zardari would have to make good on his promise to the army to grant former president Pervez Musharraf immunity, but said such a bill would be presented to the National Assembly only after Zardari became president.
Mansoor said that the PPPs plan to gradually reinstate the deposed judges, minus former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, was working, with eight judges returning to the Sindh High Court and possibly a couple of Supreme Court justices were agreeing to the re-appointment.
