PPP slams US newspaper article about Zardari

NEW YORK - A spokesperson of the Pakistan People's Party has strong denounced a recent article in The Wall Street Journal that portrayed   President Asif Ali Zardari as corrupt and said his presidency would be a disaster.

"Mr. Zardari suffered 11 years in prison on politically motivated charges without having been convicted. He went on to lead his party to victory in democratic elections and then skillfully helped to craft a viable democratic coalition. As president he will lead our nation decisively forward in its transition to a stable democracy," Spokesperson Farahnaz Ispahani, who is also a member of the National Assembly, wrote in a letter to The Wall Street Journal on Saturday.