Zardari ready to face all kinds of challenges

ISLAMABAD: In reaction to the decision on the National Reconciliation Ordinance, President Zardari said he is ready to face all kinds of challenges, as he wants to save Pakistan from turning into another Afghanistan.

Speaking to a delegation of journalists from the Hyderabad Press Club at the presidency in Islamabad, Zardari said he is ready to face all the challenges in the same way as Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto faced them.

He said the controversial statement made by Kamal Azfar during the NRO case hearings was uncalled for.

While being reluctant to take questions about the current situation in the country, Zardari said he has been making efforts to change attitudes in the country.

However, the president gave no indication about his future course of action and also stated that he had avoided the NRO at the Supreme Court so that contradiction among the parties could be avoided.