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’Unfazed’ Zardari vows to fight challenges

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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is unfazed by the Supreme Court's judge-ment declaring the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as unconstitutional'. and has vowed to face the challenges.
Talking to media persons for the first time following die apex court's verdict, which may force him to step down, Zardari said he respects the judiciary and that his party, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), would also abide by the decision of the court.
"The PPP believes in reconciliation. The government accepts the court and its verdict on the NRO and the PPP leadership is not scared of the verdict," The Dawn quoted Zardari, as saying.
Comparing the current scenario with the regime of Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Zardari said he is not afraid from facing the challenges.
"We will tackle the challenges with courage. We have witnessed the NRO-like crisis in the past and we are also ready to cope with today's situation, but we will not allow anyone to derail democracy in the country," he said.
Describing terrorism and extremism as the biggest threats facing the country, the President said that the people of Pakistan are fully supporting the military operations being carried against the militants, and added that his government is taking all steps to address people's grievances.
"The armed forces are combating insurgency with courage and dedication and the nation stands shoulder to shoulder with security forces. We have introduced the Baluchistan package to redress grievances of the Baluch people and mega development schemes are under way inSindh," he said.
Meanwhile, the United States has refused to comment on the Pakistan
Supreme Court's decision declaring the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) as 'unconstitutional', saying it was that country 'internal issue'.
"That is an internal Pakistani matter and we respect the decision of the Supreme Court," The Daily Times quoted deputy spokesman of the State Department Robert Wood, assaying.
During a regular briefing, Wood was asked about the reported delay by the Pakistani authorities to grant visas to tire US officials, to which he replied that the administration is working with its Pakistani counterparts to resolve the issue.
Asked if the delay was having an impact on US-Pakistan relations, he said: "It's hard for me to characterise how -would I want to stand up here at the podium and say it's having a real impact right now. 1 don't -1 can't really say that. 1 just don't know. But 1 think, should this continue, it indeed will have an impact."