Coalition partners of PPP squarely responsible for destroying the country: Nisar

Calling the coalition partners of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) equally responsible for destroying the country, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan, Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly, said Saturday President Asif Ali Zardari was not alone in damaging the country but allies of the government were also squarely responsible. After briefly attending the presidential address here at the Parliament House, Chaudhry Nisar told journalists that Zardari lied before the Parliament and the nation. "The country was surrounded with problems but after listening to what the president said, I thought he was talking of any other Pakistan," he said. He said that the president bargained on every issue and his allies were now following his way. "I wonder which Pakistan Zardari was talking about," remarked Nisar expressing his 'utter surprise' over the president's fifth parliamentary address on Saturday. "Pakistan, that we live in, is in a state of misery," the opposition leader said, adding that he asked as to how the president could deliver such a confident speech after "what he has done" to the country. "I was astounded at Zardari's speech." For nine years, a dictator kept paralyzing the nation at gunpoint and then whatever was left was fulfilled by Zardari, he added. Nisar, in a questioning tone, further asked "Zardari said that government did a lot for Balochistan. What have they done?"