Zardari hints at becoming prime minister

LONDON: Co-chairman Pakistan People’s Party Asif Ali Zardari has announced that he will be taking part in the coming bye elections and that he can become a prime minister if need be.In his interview to a British news channel, Zardari said he and his sister Faryal Talpur will submit nomination papers to contest by-elections from Benazir Bhutto’s constituency NA-270.To a question he said, it is not necessary that party chairman must become prime minister but he can be the PM if need be.He said his party will maintain status quo with the President but will think about his accountability if they get a two-third majority in the Parliament. To a question he said the prime minister had got more than two third of the votes in the national assembly but some members may not vote for the President's accountability. Zardari said the Establishment brought President Musharraf into power and “these are the same forces which are now hatching conspiracies against the democratic government.” He said the establishment had also asked Benazir Bhutto to boycott the elections. He alleged that the judges did not start the war because of any danger to democracy but they did so in their self interest. He however said that even then he is in favour of reinstating the deposed judges.