Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, who has the backing of top military commanders for his goodwill gestures towards India, has said that the army is united in dealing with the threat emanating from militants and arc no more worried about the Indian threat.

In Pakistan civil leaders always operate in the shadow of the military, but Zardari appears to have backing of the army high command for some controversial stances, a report in The Telegraph

states.

Gestures of goodwill towards India allied to a campaign to end militant influence have attracted criticism, but for the moment his opponents are at bay, it adds.

"It rankles the small mind. It does not rankle the army, because after India and Pakistan became nuclear powers, that position of being able to take over another state is nullified," the paper quoted Zardari, as saying.

Zardari also has said he would like to be remembered in Pakistan for creating a country free of militancy.