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'Despised' Zardari under vitriolic attack from US, UK media | Under attack from various quarters in the country for his government's slow response to the catastrophic floods,
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's apparent failure to handle the crisis has also earned him criticism from the US media. Both print and electronic media in
America have launched a scornful attack on Zardari, blasting him for taking a
trip to France and Britain when the massive floods were unfolding, and described
him as an ineffectual leader. Though Zardari, through his column in The Wall Street
Journal last week, had tried to justify his foreign trip, but even that has not
stopped columnists and analysts from slamming the President. " Pakistan 's cataclysmic
floods have left the government of President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad isolated
and despised by the public. The government's response to the inundations has been
feeble and inept," prominent columnist, Eric Margolis, wrote in The Huffington
Post. "Most of the rescue operations were conducted by the military, which still
remains popular. Expect accusations that aid money is being stolen by corrupt
government officials," Margolis added. He pointed out that people of Pakistan
are furious with Zardari for enjoying a foreign trip while his countrymen were
struggling to wade through the raging flood waters. "Pakistanis were furious at
Zardari for swanning around Europe while over a third of the nation was drowning.
Pakistan 's parliament has stripped Zardari, whose popularity is at minus zero,
of most of his important powers, handing them over to the amiable but weak prime
minister, Yousuf Raza Gilani, another compliant US ally," the column said. The
British media had also launched an assault on him for taking a foreign trip at
a time when his country was reeling under the worst floods in recent times. The
Guardian called Pakistan "a washed-out state in need of international aid" while
expressing fears that an inadequate civilian response to the disaster may let
the extremists back in power in areas like Swat, just like what had happened after
the deadly 2005 earthquake in the Kashmir region. The Times reported that there
was growing anger to the government's flood response, especially President Zardari's
official trip to Europe. |
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