Asif Ali Zardari News: Pakistan is again playing the ‘India card’ to divert attention from its internal failures. The latest statement of President Asif Ali Zardari points in this direction. On the one hand, from the Parliament platform, he proposed to come to the negotiating table, while on the other hand, under the guise of being a ‘responsible nuclear nation’, he threatened India with serious consequences.
CNN-News 18 has written in its report that Asif Ali Zardari claimed in his address that the Indian leadership is preparing for another war. He said, “As a lifelong advocate of regional peace, I would not advise this. Indian leaders should move away from the battlefields and come to the table for meaningful negotiations, because this is the only path to regional security.”
However, while appealing for peace, Zardari changed his tone and mentioned Pakistan’s nuclear power. He said that Pakistan is a responsible nuclear country and understands its responsibilities, but it also knows how to protect itself when needed.
Zardari fumes on Indus Water Treaty!
Not only this, regarding the Indus Water Treaty, he said, “India’s illegal action of suspending the Indus Water Treaty is clearly hydro-terrorism.” India is misusing vital water flows to gain political advantage.
“India’s illegal actions placing the Indus Waters Treaty in obedience is plain and simple hydro-terrorism — a weaponisation of vital water flows to exert political leverage.”
~ President Asif Ali Zardari, Address to Joint Session of Parliament. pic.twitter.com/V5ArEIiMSk
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) March 2, 2026
Political maneuvering- India on Zardari’s statement
Instead of taking these statements of Zardari seriously, Indian intelligence sources have termed them as mere ‘political maneuvering’. According to CNN-News 18 sources, this speech has been given only to divert the attention of the people of Pakistan. Presently Pakistan is facing crisis on many fronts simultaneously. On one hand, the economic condition of the country is in a shambles, while on the other hand, tension on the Afghanistan border and internal security problems remain serious.
India has always made it clear that talks with Pakistan are possible only when it takes concrete and verifiable action against terrorist networks operating from its soil.
