Zardari's return proves rumor-mongers wrong

Pakistani President Zardari's return to the country from Dubai has proved rumor-mongers wrong, said Pakistani Information Minister on Monday.Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said that those who were making speculations about the President Zardari's trip to Dubai for medical treatment should apologize. Rumors arose following Zardari's sudden leave for Dubai for medical treatment about two weeks ago. There were reports saying that President Zardari would resign due to the Memogate issue in which President Zardari was allegedly involved in seeking the U.S. help in reining in the Pakistani army following the May 2 raid by the U.S. special task forces, which killed the former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan's northwest city of Abbottabad. Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said that President Zardari would consult his legal team for submission of reply in the Supreme Court on memogate issue.She said that everyone would be informed about the best outcome of the discussion of the president and the legal team.The minister also said the government, in the leadership of President Asif Ali Zardari, is ready to face any challenge. President Zardari returned to Pakistan on Monday after nearly two-week-long medical treatment in Dubai. He arrived by a special plane at a Pakistan Air Force base in Karachi in the wee hours of Monday. Prior to Zardari's return, local media quoted the Presidential spokesman as saying that Pakistani army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had phoned Zardari and during the conversation the army chief had inquired about the health of the President. A spokesman for Bilawal House, Zardari's official residence in Karachi, said that President Zardari would resume political activities and meet party leaders from Monday.The spokesman also said that the president will leave for Islamabad after spending some days in Karachi.