Not a bad start for Zardari

The new vigilantes out to pick holes, followed him up to even Mazar-i-Quaid, blaming him for misspelling the word God while entering his comments in the official book. Before that it was reported much to the amusement of certain sections that there was a stampede at a function in which the PPP's entire cream was in attendance including President and Prime Minister when Marriott blast took place. It was stated that while Prime Minister and President took refuge under tables, it was Army Chief Kiani who remained calm and cool. Interestingly, as the political leadership is taken for ride and ridiculed, Mr. Kiani is being built up in the media. He appears in the TV and so his statements in the press more frequently.

Returning to Zardari's visit to New York where he was invited to address the General Assembly like other leaders of world. Back in Pakistan all eyes were glued to TV to find out what our new set of leaders were up to this time around. Special programmes and talk shows were organised to analyse the visit, the good and bad about it. The visit was quite eventful-not a bad start for the PPP government either. Zardari will be leaving US a lot more confident, making some personnel gains by the end of the day. It turned out to be a huge PR exercise for him. He met within no time several world leaders, projecting Pakistan's viewpoint on war on terror as opposed to US viewpoint in this respect.