KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari has gone to Dubai to celebrate his 67th birthday with his nine-month-old grandson Mir Hakim Mahmood Choudhry.

Mr Zardari’s daughter Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari tweeted that his father would be spending his 67th birthday and first as a grandfather with his nine-month-old grandson.

Bilawal House Spokesperson Surendar Valasai told Dawn that Mr Zardari wanted to celebrate his first birthday as a grandfather with his only grandson.

Strongly criticising the rumors by the opponents regarding the recent visit of former President Asif Ali Zardari to Dubai, the spokesman said that the entire nation was a witness that he endured the hardships of unjustified imprisonments for 11 years, but did not leave the country.

In a communique issued here on Monday, the Bilawal House spokesman said that the elements who were afraid of Mr Zardari and had a grudge against him resorted to such rumor-mongering, and added that the former president would return home soon.

Meanwhile, on the occasion of the former president’s birthday, cake-cutting ceremonies will be organised by the workers of PPP across the country. The party’s co-chairman was born on July 26, 1955.

Provincial Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said former president Asif Ali Zardari would return back as per his schedule.

Published in Dawn, July 26th, 2022