Asif Zardari is not suitable candidate: Qazi

Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain Ahmad has said that Asif Zardari has been a controversial person, so his election as the president would not augur well for the PPP and it could open a new door to military intervention.

The JI will vote for Justice (retd) Saeeduzzaman Siddiqi because of his merit for the slot and being the most suitable candidate, Qazi said while talking to journalists at Mansoorah after inaugurating a 'Qawareer Hijab Centre' on Wednesday.

He said his party did not want to create any bitterness in the present political situation, adding that he had suggested that elections under General Musharraf should have been boycotted because the JI felt it would not be fair.

He said the JI had wanted all the political parties to remove Musharraf through a forceful movement and then hold fresh election under an impartial system after restoring the Constitution to the Oct 99 position. He expressed sorrow that Nawaz initially agreed with him on not taking part in the general election but later participated in it.