Elusive and vague

SOON after taking oath, President Asif Zardari addressed a joint press conference along with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. This was rather unusual as people expect the newly elected President, during his first public exposure, to underline his priorities. President Karzai leads neighbouring Afghanistan, a country with which we share common faith, culture, and ethnicity along with also a number of serious problems. Of late his government has unleashed a smear campaign against Islamabad. Only a day before his arrival in Islamabad, his Foreign Minister had advised the US troops to take their war on terror inside Pakistan.