Mon20 May 2013

Zardari cancels Russia visit

Posted on 11 months ago

F.P. Islamabad Office
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday cancelled a visit to Russia in a bid to contain a domestic crisis sparked by the Supreme Court disqualifying Yusuf Raza Gilani as prime minister, a spokesman said. Zardari was due to attend the June 20-22 St Petersburg International Economic Forum but would now hold talks with coalition partners "to consider the situation (at home) and formulate a course of action," his spokesman Farhatullah Babar said.
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