The foreign ministry must clarify who is paying for Mr Zardari’s foreign tour. Are his expenses met by the Foreign Office or the PPP is bearing the cost of its co-chairman’s visit to Turkey? Why is it that whenever there is a crisis in the country -- and we have more than our fair share -- Mr Zardari heads for a foreign destination? When it was time to fulfil his commitment he made with Nawaz Sharif at Bhurban, Mr Zardari went to Dubai on a personal visit.
When the PML-N leader was declared ineligible to run for a National Assembly seat and later a military operation was launched on the outskirts of Peshawar against miscreants, Mr Zardari considered it best to leave the country and discuss region`s ‘security situation` with the Turkish authorities. He should either give his lieutenants full authority to decide on crucial matters or stay himself in the country to resolve such affairs amicably.