President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday called for concerted efforts to strengthen the federation, affirming that the government wanted Pakistan to make economic progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He made the remarks at a public gathering in Naushahro Feroze district\u2019s Moro city, where he interacted with local notables and elected members, and visited the residence of Home Minister Ziaul Hasan Lanjar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe will together strengthen the hands of the establishment, strengthen our own hands, and strengthen the country,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zardari said the country must ensure food self-sufficiency and strengthen its economy to become more stable and stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He reaffirmed the government\u2019s aim to improve agriculture, raise per-acre yield, increase incomes and uplift people\u2019s living standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president said the government was aware of public difficulties and was working to address them with a focus on long-term benefits for future generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He noted that development plans in Gwadar were expected to bring positive economic change to both Balochistan and the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zardari added that his party would continue to work within the framework of the 1973 Constitution while taking steps to empower citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Referring to the Bhutto family, he said ex-president Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, ex-premier Benazir Bhutto, Murtaza Bhutto, and Shahnawaz Bhutto had \u201cembraced martyrdom for Pakistan\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe exist because of Pakistan,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his speech, Zardari criticised India for committing injustices against Muslims, pointing out that news about it was not being widely reported due to restrictions on the Indian media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Indian Prime Minister Modi had deprived the people of occupied Kashmir of their rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recalling the May 2025 conflict<\/a>, Zardari remarked that Pakistan had made India realise its military strength during the four-day military escalation, in which eight Indian aircraft<\/a> were shot down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pakistan could have caused more damage to India but chose to avoid escalation, the president added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday called for concerted efforts to strengthen the federation, affirming that the government wanted Pakistan to make economic progress. He..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leading"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1.png",800,480,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1-300x180.png",300,180,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1-768x461.png",768,461,true],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1.png",800,480,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1.png",800,480,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-1.png",800,480,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Leading<\/a>","tag_info":"Leading","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2314"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2316,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2314\/revisions\/2316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}